The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) has announced the Project Managers (PMs) selected for the Moonshot Goals 3 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.
In Moonshot Goal 3, in response to the change PD, new research and development projects will be launched to ensure the achievement of the goal. Open calls for new projects were held for each Moonshot Goal, and a total of 53 applications were received. Applications were reviewed by PD in cooperation with external experts, after which document and interview screening was conducted to make a final selection of 14 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.
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Contact
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SAKURAI Shoichi
Department of Moonshot Research and Development Program
Japan Science and Technology Agency
K's Gobancho, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076
E-mail: moonshot-koubo
jst.go.jp
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