In fiscal 2024
research grants were provided for three projects on “manufacturing” themes and ten projects on “fundamental research” themes, for a total of 13 grants from among 262 applications.
Manufacturing Theme
| Name | Affiliated institution Position (Affiliations, positions, and so forth are those at the time of receiving the grant award) |
Grant-Receiving Research Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Mitsuru Komeya | Assistant Professor, Yokohama city university, Department of urology | Development of a Catheter Insertion System Inspired by the Growth Mechanism of Tree Roots |
| Akiko Nakano | Assistant Professor, Bioproduction Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University | Pilot testing of Microbial-Induced Sand Solidification for Field Application |
| Miho Tagawa | Professor, Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS), Nagoya University, Tokai National Higher Education and Research System | Creation of novel materials using the precise structure formation mechanism of nucleic acids: Assembly of high-quality single crystals of nucleic acid nanoparticle superlattices and their application to optical signal-enhancing probes |
Fundamental Research Theme
| Name | Affiliated institution Position (Affiliations, positions, and so forth are those at the time of receiving the grant award) |
Grant-Receiving Research Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Hiroyuki Isobe | Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo | Development of 2D materials by learning from honeybee combs |
| Tatsuto Kageyama | Researcher, Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology | Development of cultured animal fibers inspired by angora rabbits |
| Nobuaki Negishi | Chief Senior Researcher, Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology | Why do insect wing surfaces have a bactericidal effect? Application of mechano-bactericidal effect inspired by the bactericidal wing surface of insects to bacteria in water |
| Shuhei Ikemoto | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology | Development of a mechanical multiplexer for an anthropomorphic robot hand |
| Aya Yoshimura | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University | Antibiotics Discovery Inspired by Interbacterial Communication |
| Kyohei Kanomata | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University | Pickering emulsion-assisted organic synthesis inspired by cell structure and its application to production of pharmaceutical intermediates |
| Chie Kojima | Professor, Institute of SCIENCE TOKYO | Construction of delivery systems into immune cells inspired by amino acid metabolic disorders |
| Yasuhiro Inoue | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University | 4D Printing inspired by biological differential growth |
| Sei-etsu Fujiwara | Associate Professor, Department of Physiology St. Marianna University School of Medicine | Development of a device to alleviate depressive symptoms learned from capybara's behavior |
| Masaaki Fuse | Associate Professor, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering |
Exploring community planning based on the concept of biological evolution |