The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) has announced the Project Managers (PMs) selected for the Moonshot Goals 6, 9 and 10 handled by JST under the Moonshot Research and Development Program.

The program pursues challenging R&D concepts set by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in order to solve issues facing our future society such as super-aging populations and global warming. Each of the Moonshot Goals has a Program Director (PD), under which PMs formulate an R&D scenario, design a project, and plan and manage the organization of R&D to achieve their respective Moonshot Goals. Open calls were held, and applications were reviewed by PDs in cooperation with external experts.

R&D for Moonshot Goals 6, 9 and 10 started, but in order to achieve each Moonshot Goal, R&D projects have now been added. Open calls for new projects were held for each Moonshot Goal, and a total of 64 applications were received. Applications were reviewed by PDs in cooperation with external experts, after which document and interview screening was conducted to make a final selection of 17 PMs. Under the direction of their PD, selected PMs will refine their plans to achieve their Moonshot Goal so that the R&D will be more effective and efficient. Once they have received PD approval, each PM can begin their R&D project.

For details, please refer to the website below.

https://www.jst.go.jp/moonshot/en/index.html