Calls for Proposals FY 2023 Japan-Singapore Joint Call for Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP)

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) is pleased to invite proposals to the Joint Call with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).

For further information, please refer to the Application Guidelines (AMED-A*STAR Joint Funding “Tackling and Conquering Cancer Complexity” Call for Collaborative Proposals) for applicants and the Supplemental guidelines for Japan-based applicants.

SICORP provides support for international joint research projects on the basis of equal partnership in countries, regions, and fields of cooperation that have been designated as particularly important by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) on the basis of intergovernmental agreements，in collaboration with funding agencies in the countries concerned.

The aim of this program is to contribute solutions to challenges facing world today and to bolster Japan’s scientific and technological capabilities through collaboration with a broad range of countries.
This program, with a view to disseminating excellent research results of our country to the world, expects to achieve synergies and develop mutually by collaborating with foreign countries and regions in science and technology that can be a source of our competitiveness.

*Deadline for Singapore-based applicants is 17:00 SGT, Thursday July 20^th.

The co-applicants from Japan and Singapore shall work together to write a common research proposal. The Japan-based applicants are required to submit the proposal with Supplemental application form (written in Japanese) to AMED via e-Rad by 17:00 (JST) on July 20^th, 2023.
 
For more details, please refer to the Application Guidelines for applicants and the Supplemental guidelines for Japan-based applicants.
 
* This call for collaborative proposals will require a set of applicants who will be serving as co-Principal Investigators (PI) based in Singapore and Japan to work in partnership on research projects. Research teams with partners from only one country are not eligible.

Submission of Application