The deadline of Call for Proposals was expired on 12 PM, 18th September 2025

Call for Proposals

Call for Research Applications for FY 2025

FOREST program invites applications for challenging and original research that requires long term endeavor without fear of failures, targeting research fields related to science and technology (excluding those related to the humanities alone) with the potential to create seeds that will lead to disruptive innovation.

The call for research applications will be conducted via the Cross-ministerial R&D Management System (e-Rad). Those applications which have not completed the application process by the specified deadline will not be accepted for any reason.

Please note that, for the FY 2025 call, only one application will be accepted per applicant regardless of the affiliated institution at the time of the application.

For details, please read and understand the Application Guideline.

Selection Schedule for FY 2025

Start of call for research application Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Application deadline
(The submission of application via the Cross-ministerial R&D Management System [e-Rad] must be completed.)
Thursday, September 18, 2025
12:00 pm (noon)
<Strictly enforced>
Document screening period Early October, 2025 - Early January, 2026
Notification for interviewees December, 2025 - January, 2026
Interview screening period Mid January - Mid March, 2026
Notification/Announcement of selected projects Late April, 2026 -
Research Start August, 2026 -

*The dates after the application deadline are tentative. They are subject to change in the future.

Documents for Application

Please download the following application forms and submit via e-Rad before the deadline. Applications that are not completed the submission until the deadline, or using wrong application form will not be accepted.

Application Guideline Under construction
Application Forms/Guidance Under construction
FAQ (in Japanese) Under construction
Appendix: How to Apply Using the Common R&D Management System (e-Rad) (in Japanese)
Under construction

Message from Program Officer

Arita, Makoto  Baba, Hideo  Chung, Ung-il  Furuhara, Tadashi  Gong, Jian Ping  Goto, Masataka  Kato, Tadafumi
Okada, Mariko  Oki, Taikan  Saitou, Mitinori  Sakakibara, Hitoshi  Sakemi, Yasuhiro  Shiomi, Junichiro  Mori, Hatsumi 
Kobayashi, Tadashi (FOREST Chief Advisor, Review team for humanities and social sciences) 

Interview schedule

Interviews will be conducted online. Please note that the interview schedule is subject to change. JST will designate the date and time of the interveiw screening.

Program Officer Date(2025)
PANEL headed by Professor ARITA TBD
PANEL headed by Professor BABA TBD
PANEL headed by Professor CHUNG TBD
PANEL headed by Professor FURUHARA TBD
PANEL headed by Professor GONG TBD
PANEL headed by Professor GOTO TBD
PANEL headed by Professor KATO TBD
PANEL headed by Professor MORI TBD
PANEL headed by Professor OKADA TBD
PANEL headed by Professor OKI TBD
PANEL headed by Professor SAITOU TBD
PANEL headed by Professor SAKAKIBARA TBD
PANEL headed by Professor SAKEMI TBD
PANEL headed by Professor SHIOMI Junichiro TBD

Information Sessions on Call for Research Applications(in Japanese)

We will be holding several Zoom-based webinar-style presentations on the Call for Research Applications. Details will be announced on this web page later.

Contact

For inquiries related to call for applications of FOREST program, please contact to the following email address.
souhatsu-application (at)* jst.go.jp

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