Call for Proposals

[Important] About alternative application method for FOREST research proposals

Regarding e-Rad system, there is a possibility that system delays may occur due to a large number of accesses on the day of the application deadline (FOREST: Wednesday July 20th noon).
Therefore, please give yourself enough time to complete submission of proposal.
In the event of an unexpected incident, we will post the latest information of the research proposals call the direction on this web site.
(https://www.jst.go.jp/souhatsu/en/call/index.html）.

＜Notes on application＞

If you perform "retract" on the day of the deadline, and when the system is congested, you may not be able to access or upload after "retract", and you may not be able to apply in time for the deadline, so please refrain from doing so as much as possible.
If the application is not completed, the proposal uploaded before the retraction will be also invalid, so please do not so.
After completing the application, please confirm that the application status of turns to "Processing by funding agency in progress” = 「配分機関処理中 申請中」.
Please refer to the link below for the confirmation procedure.
https://www.jst.go.jp/souhatsu/document/erad_manual2022.pdf(Japanese only)

[Important] About e-Rad "Registration of Research Integrity"

From this fiscal year, it is necessary to newly input information related to research integrity into e-Rad.
https://www.jst.go.jp/souhatsu/document/erad_manual2022.pdf (Japanese only)