2026 PRESTO Call for Research Proposals (Organism–Environment Interactions | Japan)
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
The 2026 PRESTO Call for Research Proposals in the Strategic Basic Research Programs from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) supports Japan-based principal investigators in innovative technology research. The project aims to promote unique and challenging fundamental research with leading purposes estimated to develop into internationally high-level technology seeds. The call welcomes proposals in the following research areas and more:
- Challenges in Uncharted Quantum Domains
- Foundations and Innovations for Ultra Enduring Materials: Redefining the Future of Service Life
- Foundation for Digital Spatiotemporal Expansion through the Integration of Computational and Data-Driven Sciences
- Deciphering External Stimulus Sensing and Development of Innovative Augmentation Technologies
- Quantum Material
- Materials innovation through understanding and controlling fluctuations
- Fundamental Innovation for Real-World Intelligent Systems
- Fundamental Research & Development for a Symbiotic and Collaborative Society with Human and AI
- Creation of supra-biological tissues through understanding and control of multicellular dynamics
- R&D Process Innovation by AI and Robotics
- Exploration of new science using mathematics to predict and control the future
- Pioneering the Synergy of Information and
- Physics Connected by Optics and Photonics
- Basic Research for the Development and Recycling of Materials
- Multiscale and interdisciplinary approaches to investigate mechanisms of resilience and diversification across wide ranges of spatiotemporal metrics
The funding provides 30 to 40 million JPY (including indirect costs, which account for 30% of the total direct cost) for up to 3.5 years.
Applications close on May 26, 2026.
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