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Principal Investigators
Principal investigators and research programs for the 16th period (2025)
Science and Technology that Achieve a Good Future
| Research title | Affiliation Name, title |
Grant-in-aid (in thousands of yen) |
Period | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Development of Water Use Efficiency Control Technology for Plants to Achieve Harmonization of Water, Greenery, and Microorganisms |
The University of Tokyo Misato Ohtani, Professor |
30,000 | 3 years |
| 2 | Fundamental Research for the Development of an AI Model to Predict Perinatal Mental Health Disturbances |
Osaka University Momoko Buyo, Professor |
30,000 | 3 years |
| 3 | Development of a Universal 3D Camera for Blind and Sighted People to Explore and Enjoy the World Together |
National Center for University Entrance Examinations Kazunori Minatani, Professor |
30,000 | 3 years |
(Affiliation and job title are as of the time of adoption.)
Science and Technology that Create New Industries
| Research title | Affiliation Name, title |
Grant-in-aid (in thousands of yen) |
Period | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apomictic breeding of major crops such as rice and soybean |
Nagoya University Ryushiro Kasahara, Designated Associate Professor |
14,000 | 3 years |
| 2 | Development of large-scale integrated circuits operational at high temperature |
Kyoto University Mitsuaki Kaneko, Assistant Professor |
20,000 | 3 years |
| 3 | Development of mitochondrial therapeutics revolutionizing central nervous system disease treatment |
Tokyo University of Science Kosuke Kusamori, Associate Professor |
20,000 | 3 years |
| 4 | Development of in vitro growth culture for bovine oocytes toward a future where breeding cows are no longer needed |
Gifu University Kenichiro Sakaguchi, Associate Professor |
20,000 | 3 years |
| 5 | Rapid AI-Driven Drug Discovery for Rare and Intractable Diseases |
Institute of Science Tokyo Hideyuki Shimizu, Professor |
20,000 | 3 years |
| 6 | Development of a 3-dimensional precision avatar integrating all medical information |
The University of Tokyo Hospital Naoyuki Shono, Assistant Professor |
15,000 | 3 years |
| 7 | Exploring Crustacean Genome Editing using DIPA-CRISPR |
Kyoto University Takaaki Daimon, Professor |
18,000 | 3 years |
| 8 | Development of a versatile DNA synthetic method by phosphorofluoridate chemistry |
Tokushima University Noriko Saito-Tarashima, Associate Professor |
20,000 | 3 years |
| 9 | Fabrication of molecular circuits by chemically oriented wiring of functional supramolecular devices |
The University of Tokyo Jun Terao, Professor |
14,000 | 3 years |
| 10 | Engineering of Josephson junction arrays towards realization of Majorana Fermions |
Institute of Science Tokyo Sadashige Matsuo, Associate Professor |
18,000 | 3 years |
| 11 | Cancer cell apoptosis induced by the interaction of the molecular assembly and a cell surface receptor |
Kobe University Tatsuo Maruyama, Professor |
14,000 | 3 years |
| 12 | Generation of light beams conveying 3D topological structures as supreme information carriers |
Institute of Science Tokyo Wenbo Lin, Assistant Professor |
14,000 | 3 years |
(Affiliation and job title are as of the time of adoption.)
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