The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST, President HASHIMOTO Kazuhito) has approved funding for seven new research projects under the Advanced International Collaborative Research Program (AdCORP).

JST launched the AdCORP call for proposals for Japan-based researchers seeking to collaborate with foreign-based researchers of targeted countries and regions in seven designated fields of research, including biotechnology, AI and information, materials, semiconductors, energy, quantum and telecommunications.

A total of 43 proposals were submitted to the call, out of which seven proposals in six of the research fields were selected for funding following an evaluation by a panel of experts.

Each project is planned to be funded for five years with support of up to 26 million JPY per year project.