Joint Call for CREST, Japan(JST)-France(ANR), Research Proposals FY2026.

7th April, 2026 JST and the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche; “ANR”) concluded a Framework Agreement in December 2017. The purpose of this Agreement is to foster Japanese-French collaboration in scientific research and to fund joint research projects conducted by Japanese and French partners eligible for funding from each agency, within the framework of the JST-CREST program. In FY2026, JST has agreed with ANR to establish the following two CREST Research Areas as common priority research areas and to invite Japanese-French joint research proposals, as well as regular (non-joint) proposals:

• [Symbiotic AI Interdisciplinary System] Creation of Interdisciplinary System Foundation for a Symbiotic and Collaborative Society with Humans and AI
• [Prediction Mathematical Foundation] Creation of Mathematical Foundation for Prediction and Control Excellent joint research projects, in which complementarities of research expertise and synergetic effects of research groups of the two countries can be expected, are highly welcome to apply. For selected joint research projects, JST(CREST) will fund Japanese research groups and ANR will fund French research groups in accordance with the regulations and policies applicable to each agency.

• Please Refer Application Guidelines which will open in early April.
• “Research Supervisor’s Policy on Call for Applications, Selection, and Management of the Research Area” will be uploaded to this site as soon as possible. To apply, principal investigators (PIs) from the Japanese and French sides will write a common joint research proposal and submit it to JST and ANR in parallel.

1. The joint research proposal should be written in English using the Common Application Form.
   • Common Application Form [MS Word]
2. PI from French side will apply and submit the common joint research proposal to ANR.
   • Deadline for proposal submission to ANR is June 2nd, 5AM CEST.
   • Please refer to ANR’s website.
3. PI from Japanese side will apply and submit the common joint research proposal to CREST via the e-RAD system.
4. JST and ANR will evaluate proposals in parallel and make common funding decisions.
5. Funded research projects will start in October or later.

Attentions

• Only applications submitted to both JST and ANR will be considered for evaluation.
• Although the above two CREST research areas also invite regular proposals, PIs on the Japanese side may submit only one application with either a joint or regular proposal.
• The proposal submitted to ANR cannot be changed when submitting to CREST. Neither joint nor regular proposals have an advantage during evaluation and will be evaluated equally.
• FAQ about Japanese-French Joint Research Proposal [PDF]