Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)
Funds investigator-led research across humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences through Japan's flagship competitive program.
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, better known as KAKENHI, is the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science's flagship investigator-led research program. It is Japan's main competitive route for academic research funding, and it spans humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences under a national framework that still reflects shared administration with MEXT.
The program uses grant fundi…
Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.
Funds Japanese researchers with international collaborations for overseas joint studies.
Funds Japanese scientific research groups in investigator-led, challenging, and early-career domains.