News

Call: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

“Bioeconomy International 2020”

[Deadline: 2020/08/17] The BMBF has launched the call „Bioeconomy International 2020“. German-Japanese research proposals are very welcome.

News: Autonomous Driving / Joint Press Release

Japanese Cabinet Office and BMBF intensify Japanese – German research cooperation

Japanese Cabinet Office (CAO) and The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have now further intensified their cooperation on research activities related to autonomous driving, first initiated in 2017. The joint Steering Committee approved the funding of two new projects.

Call: Any sector area

EUREKA Globalstars call with Japan

[Deadline: 2020/09/10] Within the GlobalStars initiative of Eureka, based on mutual consent, Japan, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Spain and UK are launching a common call. Participants from Japan and the respective Eureka member countries are invited to submit joint project proposals in the research and development of innovative products and applications with a strong market potential.

News: Results of Joint Call 2019 (SICORP)

Japanese-German research projects on “Optics and Photonics”

Three new German-Japanese research projects from the second call for proposals (2019) on “Optics and Photonics” will start on October 1, 2020.

Call for proposals: RIKEN

RIKEN’s newest supercomputer for research against COVID-19

RIKEN is making a part of its new supercomputer Fugaku available, ahead of its original schedule, for research projects aimed to combat COVID-19.

Call: COVID-19 rapid access proposals

Synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8 for COVID-19 research

The synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8 (Super Photon Ring – 8 GeV) in Hyogo Prefecture / Japan is accepting rapid access proposals for important public and urgent research. The call is also open for international applicants.

Call: Joint Call 2020 (EIG Concert-Japan)

ICT for Resilient, Safe and Secure Society

[Deadline: 2020/07/17] The European Interest Group Concert-Japan announced the opening of its 7th joint call for proposals on the theme of ICT for Resilient, Safe and Secure Society.