Calls for Proposals FY 2025 Advanced International Collaborative Research Program - Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for an Innovative Research Ecosystem (ASPIRE) [7th Call (Japan-Swiss Joint Call)]

Outline

Status of Grants/Funding Opportunities Awarded projects
R&D phase Basic Study, Applied Study, Nonclinical Study/Pre-clinical Study
Key Fields Project for Seeds Development and Research Base
Contact
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
Division of Research Program, Department of International Strategy
E-mail: amed-aspire“AT”amed.go.jp (Replace “AT” with @)
Remarks:
Inquiries by email are strongly encouraged.

Adoption contents

The evaluation committee discussed and identified the following awarded projects.

Project
Japan
Switzerland
Principal Investigator
Affiliation
Title
Partner Principal Investigator
Partner Affiliation
From Sleep Dynamics to Inflammaging Control: A High-Throughput Systems Biology Initiative for Brain Aging UEDA Hiroki The University of Tokyo Professor Scheiermann, Christoph University of Geneva
Comprehensive research on inflammation and aging with a focus on the role of cGAS-STING in inflammation-inducing cells. NAKANISHI Makoto The University of Tokyo Professor Ablasser, Andrea Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Modulating Inflammaging via Microbiome-Regulated Signaling in Hepatocytes and Kupffer Cells HONDA Kenya Keio University Professor Ho, Ping-Chih University of Lausanne

* Projects are listed  in the order of Japanese syllabary based on the name of the principal investigator.

Evaluation Process

Call open 18 April – 1 July 2025
Evaluation committee (interview) 19 September 2025
Number of proposals 13
Number of awardees 3

10/21/25

Last updated 10/21/25