New SATREPS Projects for FY 2026 under AMED International Collaborative Research Program

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED, President: NAKAGAMA Hitoshi) announced the provisional selection ^*1 of two new projects in the Infectious Diseases Control research area concerning “Research on measures to address infectious diseases control attuned to the needs of developing countries” for the Fiscal Year 2026 Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) program under AMED's International Collaborative Research Program.

The SATREPS is a Japanese government program that promotes international joint research. The program has been structured as a collaboration among AMED, the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Based on the needs of developing countries, AMED and JICA cooperate to promote international joint research targeting global issues with an objective of future utilization of research outcomes. Implemented through collaboration with Official Development Assistance (ODA), the objectives of the program are to acquire new knowledge and technology that lead to the resolution of global issues and the advance of science and technology, and through this process, to create innovations. International joint research under this program also aims to enhance the research and development capabilities of developing countries, and to help create sustainable research systems which could address and resolve issues related to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

For FY2026, AMED called for project proposals from researchers in Japan in the infectious diseases control research area and began to accept proposals on August 19th, 2025. A total of 14  eligible proposals was received by the close of applications on October 20th, 2025. Evaluation committee reviewed the proposal documents with ex-ante evaluation criteria including ODA perspectives established by the committee. AMED provisionally selected 2 new projects based on the committee evaluation results and will begin the support after the conclusion of contracts.

*1 Provisional selection:

Before starting a project , an international agreement needs to be concluded between MOFA and the government of the counterpart country regarding implementation of the project, followed by an agreement on the details of Technical Cooperation between JICA and the research counterpart(s) in the counterpart country. However, depending on the situation in the counterpart country or the result of discussion of details with the research counterpart, a project may result in modifications or even termination. For this reason, the status of these projects at this stage is “provisional selection".

“The Project for the Establishment of Integrated Robust Health System for the Control of Chagas Disease”
Plurinational State of Bolivia
(HIRAYAMA Kenji, Professor, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University)

“The project for acceleration of malaria elimination and development in the Southwest Pacific: a multi-pronged strategy tailored to local characteristics”
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
(KANEKO Akira, Specially Appointed Professor, Osaka International Research Center for Infectious Diseases (OIRCID) / Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University)

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

SATREPS Desk
Department of International Strategy
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
Tel: 03-6870-2216
E-mail: amed-satreps"AT"amed.go.jp (Replace "at" with "@".)

“The Project for the Establishment of Integrated Robust Health System
for the Control of Chagas Disease”
Plurinational State of Bolivia
HIRAYAMA Kenji, Professor, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University)