JST has decided to award funding to 11 projects for COVID-19 related research under the J-RAPID Collaborative Research/Survey Program for Urgent Research framework.

JST launched the J-RAPID call targeting researchers who are currently in collaboration with or anticipate collaboration with foreign-based researchers for non-medical research directly applicable to mitigation of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

A total of 23 proposals were submitted to the call, out of which 11 were selected for funding following an evaluation by a panel of experts.

Supported research is ongoing and the support period is scheduled to last until March 2021.