Moonshot R&D Program — Open PM and Project-Team
Funds disruptive Japan-wide missions in science, society, and advanced technology.
The Moonshot Research and Development Program is Japan's high-risk, high-reward national R&D initiative targeting ambitious societal challenges with 2050 horizons, overseen by CSTI and the Cabinet Office. The programme is organised around 10 Moonshot Goals covering areas such as disease-free longevity, human-machine symbiosis, sustainable agriculture and food systems (Goal 5, managed by BRAIN), cl…
10 goals including: cyber-physical society, disease-free longevity, human-machine collaboration, sustainable agriculture (Goal 5), clean energy, ocean exploration, AI-human symbiosis. Goals 1, 2, 3, 6 continuation confirmed November 2025.
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