13.05.2024

JST-DFG: Japanese-German Joint Call for Proposals on “Quantum Technologies”

Deadline: 26 June 2024

This call is launched jointly by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). With this joint call, JST and the DFG are working together to foster cooperative efforts in scientific research between Japan and Germany. This call for proposals aims at bilateral research projects in Quantum Technologies, an emerging priority area in both Japan and Germany. 

Proposals submitted to JST and the DFG will be evaluated jointly and adopted projects will be respectively supported by both agencies. Japan-based research teams will be supported by JST through the ASPIRE (Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for Innovative Research Ecosystem) programme; Germany-based research teams will be supported by the DFG via a standard research grant (“Sachbeihilfe”).

Research Areas
The present call is open to joint research projects in the research field of “Quantum Technologies”. 

Submission of Project Proposals
Each project proposal must have at least two eligible research teams: one or more teams in Japan and one or more teams in Germany. 

The Japanese and German teams will need to submit their proposals by parallel submission, using the designated proposal form to draft a joint proposal and submit it to the proposal submission websites of their respective countries. Each research team in each country needs to be led by a PI who also must submit all required consortium proposal documents on behalf of the consortium to JST or the DFG.

All proposals have to be submitted to JST by 26 June 2024 17:00 JST. The same proposal and accompanying documents have to be submitted to the DFG before 17:00 CEST on the same day.

It is necessary to have an elan-account to submit a proposal to DFG. Confirmation of registration is usually provided within three working days. The registration has to be confirmed before submitting.

Equity and Diversity
The DFG strongly welcomes proposals from researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological or social backgrounds, from different career stages, types of universities and research institutions, and with disabilities or chronic illness.

Further Information
https://www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten-themen/info-wissenschaft/2024/ifr-24-34