{"id":830,"date":"2026-10-12T02:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.piri.or.jp\/japan\/?page_id=830"},"modified":"2026-10-12T02:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:21:39","slug":"apply","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.piri.or.jp\/japan\/en\/grants\/apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilingual research-grant application"},"content":{"rendered":"<section aria-label=\"Notifications alt+T\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-relevant=\"additions text\" aria-atomic=\"false\"><\/section>\n<div class=\"min-h-screen flex flex-col bg-background text-foreground\"><a href=\"#content\" class=\"sr-only focus:not-sr-only focus:absolute focus:top-2 focus:left-2 focus:z-[70] bg-[#142c4a] text-[#f6f1e6] px-3 py-2\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<header class=\"sticky top-0 z-50 text-[#1b241c] transition-shadow duration-200 bg-[#f6f1e6]\">\n<div class=\"hidden lg:block border-b border-[#d9d0bd]\/80\">\n<div class=\"container flex items-center 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This is a complete draft for transcription. Submitting here prepares PIRI\u2019s file; it is not the funder\u2019s electronic filing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-8 h-px w-16 bg-[#c2412d]\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"py-16\">\n<div class=\"container grid lg:grid-cols-12 gap-10\">\n<form class=\"lg:col-span-7 grid gap-4\">\n<div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-4\"><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Principal investigator<input class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\" value=\"Prabhu Natarajan\"><\/label><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Co-PI<input class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\" value=\"Sathish Kumar Natarajan\"><\/label><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-4\"><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">ORCID (PI)<input class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2 font-mono\" value=\"0009-0003-8254-3964\"><\/label><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">ORCID (Co-PI)<input class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2 font-mono\" value=\"0009-0009-0039-9799\"><\/label><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Research topic (set by department)<select class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\"><option value=\"secure-bio\">SECURE-BIO \u2014 Privacy-preserving continuous multimodal behavioural authentication for dependable rural digital services<\/option><option value=\"trust-hokuto\">TRUST-HOKUTO \u2014 Living-lab methods for healthy ageing, gait-based risk awareness, and privacy in Hokuto<\/option><option value=\"access-navi\">ACCESS-NAVI \u2014 Privacy-preserving edge-AI navigation and health-risk awareness for visually impaired and older residents<\/option><option value=\"synth-japan\">SYNTH-JAPAN \u2014 Auditable synthetic data for privacy-preserving training of identity and health models<\/option><option value=\"scholar-comm\">PIRI-SC \u2014 Publication, indexing, and Japan\u2013Asia research-exchange infrastructure for PIRI<\/option><\/select><\/label><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Funder<select class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\"><option value=\"taf-research\">Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF) \u2014 Research Investigation Grant FY2026 (open)<\/option><option value=\"taf-publish\">Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF) \u2014 Academic research publication grant FY2026<\/option><option value=\"taf-travel\">Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF) \u2014 Overseas travel expense aid (rolling)<\/option><option value=\"kddi\">KDDI Foundation \u2014 Academic survey\/research grant; Digital innovation social-implementation grant<\/option><option value=\"kayamori\">Kayamori Foundation of Informational Science Advancement \u2014 Informational science research grants<\/option><option value=\"hokuto\">Hokuto City \u2014 Regional charm \/ DX \/ innovation support (city \u8981\u7db1)<\/option><option value=\"yamanashi-dx\">Yamanashi Prefecture \u2014 Digital garden \/ regional revitalisation implementation via city\u2013prefecture<\/option><option value=\"yamanashi-innov\">Yamanashi Prefecture \u2014 Industry\u2013academia\u2013government innovation \/ R&amp;D subsidy (expected FY2027)<\/option><option value=\"yamanashi-young\">Yamanashi Prefecture Omura Satoshi Fund \u2014 Young researcher incentive (natural sciences up to JPY 1 million)<\/option><option value=\"toyota\">Toyota Foundation \u2014 Research Grant Program 2027 (expected)<\/option><option value=\"mitsubishi\">Mitsubishi Foundation \u2014 Natural sciences and social-welfare research grants 2027<\/option><option value=\"scope\">Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) \u2014 SCOPE \u2014 Strategic Information and Communications R&amp;D Promotion Programme FY2027<\/option><option value=\"ristex\">Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) \u2014 RISTEX social technology \/ R&amp;D FY2027<\/option><option value=\"sakura\">JST Sakura Science \u2014 Sakura Science Exchange Program Course B (Asia\u2013Japan research exchange)<\/option><option value=\"kakenhi\">JSPS \/ MEXT \u2014 KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid FY2027 \u2014 after PIRI is a designated \u7814\u7a76\u6a5f\u95a2<\/option><option value=\"jsps-bilateral\">JSPS Bilateral Programs \u2014 Joint research and seminars FY2027<\/option><option value=\"horizon\">European Commission Horizon Europe \u2014 Cluster 1 Health \/ Cluster 4 Digital \u2014 Japanese partner in an EU consortium<\/option><option value=\"nih\">U.S. National Institutes of Health \u2014 Awards that allow foreign organisations (ageing, digital health, assistive tech)<\/option><\/select><\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-xs text-[#5d5a52]\">Japanese host organisation; foundation form; no promise of award. \u00b7 1 Sep \u2013 30 Nov 2026 \u00b7 Tokyo, Japan (postal application \/ foundation portal)<\/p>\n<p><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Title (Japanese) \u2014 department default if blank<input class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\" placeholder=\"\u5730\u57df\u30c7\u30b8\u30bf\u30eb\u30b5\u30fc\u30d3\u30b9\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306e\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30d0\u30b7\u30fc\u4fdd\u8b77\u578b\u7d99\u7d9a\u7684\u30de\u30eb\u30c1\u30e2\u30fc\u30c0\u30eb\u884c\u52d5\u8a8d\u8a3c\" value=\"\"><\/label><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Title (English)<input class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\" placeholder=\"Privacy-preserving continuous multimodal behavioural authentication for dependable rural digital services\" value=\"\"><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-4\"><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Period<input class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\" value=\"2026-10-01 \u2014 2027-09-30\"><\/label><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Amount (JPY)<input class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\" value=\"2000000\"><\/label><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Abstract (Japanese)<textarea rows=\"4\" class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\" placeholder=\"Leave blank to auto-draft\"><\/textarea><\/label><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Abstract (English)<textarea rows=\"4\" class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\"><\/textarea><\/label><label class=\"grid gap-1 text-sm\">Ethics<select class=\"border border-[#142c4a]\/20 bg-white px-3 py-2\"><option value=\"no-human-id\">No identifiable data (synthetic \/ public)<\/option><option value=\"ethics-needed\">Human-subject component (ethics required)<\/option><\/select><\/label><button type=\"submit\" class=\"btn-primary justify-self-start text-sm tracking-[0.12em] uppercase\">Generate submission draft<\/button><\/form>\n<aside class=\"lg:col-span-5\">\n<div class=\"bg-[#142c4a] text-[#f6f1e6] p-6 text-sm leading-relaxed\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">Copy into<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-3 font-serif text-2xl\">Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-2 text-[#c2412d]\">Research Investigation Grant FY2026 (open)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-4\">Tokyo, Japan (postal application \/ foundation portal)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-3 inline-block text-[#c2412d] underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taf.or.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.taf.or.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-6 text-xs text-[#c2412d]\/80\">Add signatures, official seal, and e-Rad number before filing. 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