We are pleased to announce that 44 recipients have been selected for the 57th Kurata Grants (FY 2025) following a rigorous review by the selection committee.
The presentation ceremony will be held on March 2, 2026.
Below is the list of recipients and their selected research topics.
| Category | Field | Number of grants |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Sciences and Engineering | Energy and the Environment Urban Development and Transportation Healthcare |
8 6 19 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | ― | 11 |
| Grant No. |
Name | Institution | Title | Research Title | Research Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1653 | Masato Adachi | Kyoto University | Associate Professor | Dynamics of Charged Particles under High Voltage Utilization in Vacuum and Its Application to Lunar Solar Power Generation Systems | 1year |
| 1654 | Yuichi Kitagawa | Hokkaido University | Associate Professor | An Efficient Film for Ultraviolet-to–Near-Infrared Light Conversion | 2years |
| 1655 | Takanari Koike (and 2 others) |
Kyoto University | doctoral student | Systematic Elucidation of Degradation Mechanisms and Lifetime Prediction Modeling of Biodegradable Plastics | 1year |
| 1656 | Shoki Kosai (and 3 others) |
Ritsumeikan University | Associate Professor | Nature-based Solutions for Coastal Biodiversity Restoration:An Integrated Assessment of Nature-positive Impacts from the Valorization of Herbivorous Fish | 2years |
| 1657 | Toi Kobayashi | Keio University | Assistant professor | Development of Noble Metal Recycling Technologies Using Hierarchical Octacoordinate Coordination Systems | 1year |
| 1658 | Masayuki Suda | Nagoya University | Professor | Development of Novel Water Electrolysis Catalysts Utilizing Topological Surface States | 2years |
| 1659 | Takashi Nakamura (and 1 other) |
Nagoya University | Professor | Development of electrocatalysts based on flexible tuning of anion defect structures | 2years |
| 1660 | Wahyu Satpriyo Putro (and 1 other) |
National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology | Senior researcher | Design of CO2-integrated processes for next-generation chemical recycling of PET | 1year |
| Grant No. |
Name | Institution | Title | Research Title | Research Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1661 | Kento Sakiyama (and 1 other) |
Kyoto University | Doctoral Program | Investigating the Implementation of Land-Use Regulation under Integrated Flood Risk Management and Integrated Evaluation of Urban Structure, Flood Risk, and Social Impacts Using an Agent-Based Model | 1year |
| 1662 | Takayuki Shinohara | National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology | Senior researcher | Lightweight and Interpretable Future Prediction of Satellite Imagery through the Integration of Deep Learning and Dynamic System Models | 1year |
| 1663 | Takahiro Tsubota | Ehime University | Associate Professor | A Driver Stress Estimation Model Based on Time-Series Analysis of Driving Behavior and Applications to Traffic Safety | 1year |
| 1664 | Toshinori Maezawa (and 1 other) |
Yokohama City University | Master's course | A Study on Optimization Design Methods for Urban Service Areas Based on Actual Travel Time: A Case Study of Emergency Medical Systems in Hiroshima Prefecture | 1year |
| 1665 | Hailong Wang (and 1 other) |
The University of Tokyo | Project Associate Professor | Development of a liquefaction risk assessment system for urban and residential areas based on ultra-small microtremor array survey | 1year |
| 1666 | Zhao Gang (and 2 others) |
Institute of Science Tokyo | Assistant Professor | Integrating Levee Systems into Global Flood Modelling for Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment under Climate Change | 1year |
| Grant No. |
Name | Institution | Title | Research Title | Research Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1667 | Satoshi Abe | Kyoto Prefectural University | Associate Professor | Elucidation of Order-Control Principles in Protein Assemblies Based on Structural and Physical Properties | 1year |
| 1668 | Daichi Inoue | The University of Osaka | Professor | Elucidating the Mechanisms of Aging and Cancer through the Selenocysteine-Mediated Antioxidant Translation System | 2years |
| 1669 | Takuya Otsuka (and 7 others) |
Hokkaido University | Visiting student | Functional characterization of cancer-associated adipocytes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with extrapancreatic fat invasion | 1year |
| 1670 | Kenta Kainoh (and 1 other) |
University of Tsukuba Hospital | Post doctoral fellow | Structural and thermodynamic characterization of the sensing mechanism toward metabolite sensor-targeted discovery of novelanti-obesity drugs. | 1year |
| 1671 | Kazufumi Kunimura (and 2 others) |
Kyushu University | Associate Professor | Development of placenta-selective nucleic acid delivery technology and its application for preventing miscarriage | 1year |
| 1672 | Tetsuro Komatsu | Gunma University | Associate Professor | Development of an imaging method that visualizes aging of a cell | 1year |
| 1673 | Naohiro Kon | National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology | Team leader | Drug development for regulation of circadian clock through mitochondrial Ca2+ | 1year |
| 1674 | Tatsuo Saito (and 1 other) |
Tokyo University of Agriculture | Associate professor | Total synthesis of natural products reusing aromatic compounds | 1year |
| 1675 | Ikki Sakuma (and 2 others) |
Chiba University | Specially Appointed Associate Professor | Drug discovery for metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis based on elucidating the mechanisms of hepatic lipid droplet formation induced by choline deficiency. | 1year |
| 1676 | Aya Shiba (and 1 other) |
University of Tsukuba | Associate Professor | Chromosomal Instability–Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Refractory Lung Adenocarcinoma | 1year |
| 1677 | Akinobu Senoo | Kyushu University | Assistant Professor | Development of diagnostic antibodies for non-invasive imaging of inflammatory bowel disease | 1year |
| 1678 | Katsuyoshi Takaoka | Tokushima university | Associate professor | Establishment of an in vitro system for embryonic diapause | 1year |
| 1679 | Shinji Tanaka | The University of Tokyo Hospital | Assistant Professor | Elucidating neuroimmune interactions with photoconversion | 1year |
| 1680 | Yuki Tanaka | National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology | Senior Researcher | Development of an ultrasensitive micro-inflammation detection Platform via interdisciplinary integration of quantum sensing and immunological assays | 2years |
| 1681 | Akifumi Higashiura (and 2 others) |
Hiroshima University | Assistant professor | Structural Basis and Application Development of Size-Variable Encapsulin from Pyrococcus furiosus | 1year |
| 1682 | Yoshiyuki Manabe | The University of Osaka | Professor | Cell Surface Glycan Engineering Toward Next-Generation Cellular Immunotherapy | 2years |
| 1683 | Kenji Murata (and 2 others) |
Sapporo Medical University | Assistant Professor | Elucidation of immune responses in sarcomas using a novel comprehensive antigen–TCR pair discovery system | 1year |
| 1684 | Naoki Morita | The University of Tokyo | Assistant Professor | Elucidation of the regulation of intestinal microbiota during infancy by breast milk IgA antibodies and the regulation of susceptibility to inflammatory diseases after maturation | 1year |
| 1685 | Ryuta Watanabe (and 3 others) |
Ehime University Hospital | Senior Assistant Professor | Exploring the Molecular Basis of PSMA-Targeted Tumor Vasculature for a Tumor-Agnostic Therapeutic Strategy | 1year |
| Grant No. |
Name | Institution | Title | Research Title | Research Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1686 | Kenya Endo | The University of Tokyo | PhD Student | Mapping Unevenness—How the Material Infrastructure of Water Shapes Post-disaster Communities in the Philippines | 1year |
| 1687 | Hiromi Ono | University of Tsukuba | Associate Professor | Male Parental Leave and Couplesʼ Career Equality in the Era of Telework | 1year |
| 1688 | Ai Suzuki | Fukushima University | Project associate professor | Implementing Evidence-Based Policing in Japan: Insights from Practices in the United Kingdom | 1year |
| 1689 | Yuko Tsuchiya | Institute of Science Tokyo | Researcher | An Examination of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues of Technologies Transcending the Boundary Between Life and Death | 1year |
| 1690 | Marina Nishii (and 2 others) |
Nagoya Institute of Technology | Associate Professor | Reconsidering the“ Atomic Bomb Experience” : Historical Research Based on the Tōyūkai Hibakusha Consultation Records | 1year |
| 1691 | Jin Hamamura | The University of Tokyo | Project Researcher | P5 and "N5" : On the Interplay of Two Institutional Privileges in International Politics | 1year |
| 1692 | Miho Hayashi (and 1 other) |
Okayama University of Science | Associate Professor | Proposing the Concept of "Pollution Heritage":Based on an Example of the Hyakken Drainage Outlet in Minamata | 1year |
| 1693 | Ryusuke Matsuo | University of Miyazaki | Associate Professor | Big Tech, Algorithmic Governance, and Digital Constitutional Democracy | 1year |
| 1694 | Satomi Mizuno (and 1 other) |
National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry | Research Fellow | Social, Institutional, and Ethical Challenges in Implementing Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Illicit Drugs in Japan | 1year |
| 1695 | Mariko Yoshida | Hiroshima University | Assistant Professor | Metabolic Rifts in Bioengineered Life: Environmental Anthropological Perspectives from Oyster Aquaculture | 1year |
| 1696 | Minchung Hsu (and 4 others) |
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies | Professor | Population Aging and Long-Term Care Demand: Can AI Robots Transform the Future of the LTC Industry? | 1year |
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