e-Rad is Japan's cross-ministry portal for competitive research funding.
e-Rad is Japan's cross-ministry portal for competitive research funding. The calls beneath it come from different ministries and agencies, are published in Japanese, and are generally aimed at researchers affiliated with a Japanese institution.
All 12 of the calls open under it now accept a single applicant, so there is no consortium to assemble.
The next cut-off is 09 Sept 2026.
6 months carry a cut-off. Each links to every call closing that month, across all programmes.
The nine nearest cut-offs under this programme. Everything else is in the full list, where you can filter by deadline, applicant type and funding rate.
| Programme | Open calls | Published budget | Soonest cut-off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia, GrantConnect | 138 | , | 19 Aug '26 | |
| Korea, national R&D | 33 | , | 20 Aug '26 | |
| Australia, business grants and programmes | 28 | , | 03 Sept '26 |
Figures are computed from what Japan, cross-ministry public calls itself publishes. A call appears here only while a cut-off is still ahead of it.
Eight questions, no account, nothing sent anywhere. You will know which of the 1526 open calls you can actually enter before you finish your coffee.
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