Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (International Leading Research) | May 2027 (Research Activity Start-up) | June 2027 (Specially Promoted Research and Scientific Research S) | September 2027 (Scientific Research A/B/C, Challenging Research, Early-Career Scientists)
Funding Amounts: Category-specific funding, from ¥100,000 for Encouragement of Scientists to ¥500 million for major projects, with specified exceptions
Summary: KAKENHI supports investigator-led, creative and pioneering basic and applied research across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
Description
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) are competitive funds for research based on researchers’ freely conceived ideas. Administration is divided between the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The program supports basic and applied research across all fields, with the goal of advancing science and creating a foundation for social development.
KAKENHI includes individual and collaborative research, transformative research areas, early-career and start-up support, international collaboration, and dissemination of research results. Projects are selected through peer review by multiple researchers with specializations close to the proposed work. Supported research results are widely published in academic journals.
