SATREPS Call for Proposals: Promoting International Joint Research Targeting Global Issues

Deadline: 31 October 2016

The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), in collaboration with the Japan International Collaboration Agency (JICA) is seeking proposals for its Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development program (SATREPS) with an aim to promote international joint research targeting global issues.

The aim of the program is to acquire new knowledge and technology that lead to the resolution of global issues and the advance of science and technology, and through this process, to create innovations.

Research Areas

• Environment and Energy
  • Research contributing to the resolution of global-scale environmental issues
  • Research contributing to advanced energy systems for low carbon society
• Bioresources
  • Research contributing to sustainable utilization of bioresource
• Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
  • Research on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation measures attuned to the needs of developing countries

Eligibility Criteria

• The principal investigator (PI; applicant) must be affiliated with a Japanese research institution, be able to fulfill the duties as principal investigator for the international joint research project, and be able to engage in the international joint research from start to finish. The application should be written by the principal investigator in person.
• Japan side research participants are required to be affiliated with a research institution in Japan.
  • If a researcher has posts at both a Japanese research institution and a research institution in the partner country, he or she cannot be included in both institutions’ lists of members, so has to choose which one.
  • The principal investigator has to be a Japan side member.
  • If a researcher not affiliated with the research institution is required to participate in the project, appropriate procedures need to be taken.
  • An institution in a third country (neither Japan nor the partner country) cannot participate in the joint research. Moreover, a researcher whose only affiliation is an institution in a third country cannot participate in the joint research.
  • International agencies can participate, but with certain limitations.
  • The lists of members should be shared between the Japan side and the partner country side.

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit SATREPS Program.