（1）Funding agency (Russian side):
- MON
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
- URL
- http://government.ru/en/department/388/events/
（2）Proposal field and other application requirements:
Projects must constitute joint research between the two countries in both the "Rational Nature Management including Arctic Research" and "Energy Efficiency" fields.
（3）Applicant eligibility (Japanese side):
Any independent researcher personally affiliated with (and actively conducting research at) a domestic Japanese research institution, regardless of nationality, is eligible to apply.
（4）Research period:
2 years.
（5）Amount of funding (JST):
Up to 12 million yen from JST to the researchers (JST side) per project over 2 years, including overhead costs (30 percent of direct costs).
（6）Evaluation method:
The evaluation consists of an initial evaluation by experts from the two countries, and the results of which are subsequently discussed by JST and MON.
（7）Evaluation criteria:
- 1）Conformity with the designated research fields
- 2）Expected research/development result
- 3）Collaborative interaction and complementarity of project partners
- 4）Expected exploitation and dissemination of results
- 5）Potential of research collaboration continuation
- 6）Feasibility of work plan (schedule, participants, funds, facilities, framework for cooperation, budget allocation)