Cabinet Office Japan — Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI)

Administers Japan's national science and technology policy and channels public research budgets through partner agencies.

Cabinet Office Japan — Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) is the Cabinet Office's top science-and-technology policy body under the Prime Minister. It sets the STI Basic Plan and the Integrated Innovation Strategy 2025, and it coordinates cross-ministerial R&D budgets rather than acting as a direct applicant-facing grant desk. The record places CSTI inside the Cabinet Office, with delivery delegated to partner agencies.

Its main programs are SIP Phase 3, Moonshot Research and Development, and BRIDGE. The current SIP phase runs from 2023 to 2027 and covers 14 projects; Moonshot is organized around 10 goals; and BRIDGE is the commercialization-oriented program for bridging research and economic value. The same record links CSTI to work across AI, agritech, biotech, climate, energy, foodtech, industrial manufacturing, materials, medtech, quantum, robotics, transport, aerospace, neurotech, and space.

Applicants do not approach CSTI as a standalone grantmaker. They enter through the implementing agency named on the call, typically JST, AMED, NEDO, or BRAIN, which suits consortia and mission-oriented R&D more than small investigator grants. Closed predecessors such as ImPACT, FIRST, and earlier SIP phases show that CSTI operates as a long-horizon policy allocator with a broad program arc.