<Major Changes, etc. in the Call for Proposals for Fiscal Year 2025>(1) Digitalization and Colorization of Review Materials○Research Proposal Documents in color will be newly accepted for Grantin-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A/B) and Grant-in-Aid forTransformative Research Areas (A) (Publicly Offered Research).
Accordingly, the reviewers will view Research Proposal Documents incolor (PDF files) on the electronic application system to conduct reviews(Research Proposal Documents will no longer be printed out inmonochrome (grayscale) and mailed to the reviewers). (Refer to III.
Instructions for Prospective Applicants 3. Preparation of the KAKENHI
Application Form (Research Proposal Document), etc. (3) (iv))[Research Categories Already Subject to Digitalization and Colorization of Review
Materials]*
・Specially Promoted Research, Scientific Research (S), Research Activity Start-up,
International Collaborative Research, Fostering Joint International Research, andHome-Returning Researcher Development Research*For the review of other research categories, Research Proposal
Documents printed out in monochrome will continue to be used as
review materials. Please note, however, that JSPS plans to expand
research categories subject to digitalization and colorization of review
materials based on the review situation in the future.
(2) Relaxation of Application Requirements to Promote Gender Equality○In order to create an environment that enables early-career or child-raisingresearchers to more actively return to or participate in research activities,
the “period of raising preschooler(s)” will newly be taken into
consideration under the application requirements of Grant-in-Aid for
Research Activity Start-up and Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists.
The scope of “preschooler(s)” is limited to “child(ren)”, and based on theinterpretation of the Civil Code, it covers the child(ren) of applicants
themselves (including their natural child(ren), child(ren) out of wedlock,and adopted child(ren)). The new application requirements will apply,

starting from the FY2024 call for proposals for Grant-in-Aid for Research
Activity Start-up and the FY2025 call for proposals for Grant-in-Aid for
Early-Career Scientists. Please refer to the respective Application
Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research for details.
【FY2024 Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up(Start of the Callfor Proposals in March 1 2024)】
A) An individual who obtains eligibility for KAKENHI application on orafter September 20, 2023, and has not submitted an application under thecall for proposals for the following research categories(*1) announced byMEXT and JSPS.
B) An individual who has not submitted an application under the call for
proposals for the following research categories(*1) announced by MEXT
and JSPS because he/she was on maternity leave or was raising apreschooler(*2) in FY2023.
(*1) FY2024 Grants-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research,
Transformative Research Areas, Scientific Research, Challenging
Research, and Early-Career Scientists(*2) Including the period of childcare leave.
【FY2025 Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (call for proposals
to be started in mid-July 2024)】
Researchers who are less than eight years after the acquisition of their
Ph.D. as of April 1, 2025 (*)(*) Eligible researchers include the following:・Those who are expected to acquire their Ph.D. by April 1, 2025
・Those who are deemed less than eight years after the acquisition of their
Ph.D. by exempting the period of maternity leave or the period of raisingpreschooler(s) following their Ph.D. acquisition(3) Changes to the Review Method of Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity
Start-up and Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Scientists○Starting from FY2024, the review method of Grant-in-Aid for Research
Activity Start-up and Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Scientists haschanged from a two-stage document review to a one-stage document

review to make adoption/rejection decisions. This will allow for early
notice of review results, and those whose research proposals were not
adopted under Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up will be able
to secure sufficient preparation time needed for the application for Grantin-Aid for Scientific Research, etc. upon receiving the notice.
(4) Research Integrity○In line with the “Policy on Measures to Ensure Research Integrity” (April27, 2021, Decision of Council for Integrated Innovation Strategy), etc.,
JSPS has taken necessary measures to ensure the transparency of research
activities.
Starting from the FY2025 call for proposals, research integrity
information registered in e-Rad will be linked to the KAKENHI electronic
application system, and you will be requested to enter the necessary
information in your Research Proposal Document based on the e-Rad
registered research integrity details.
Please note, in particular, that you cannot make application if the Principal
Investigator and/or Co-Investigators have not registered the status ofpledge regarding their research integrity information for their affiliatedinstitution. Therefore, please make sure to confirm the registration statusof the relevant information in advance. (Refer to Ⅲ. Instructions for
Prospective Applicants 2. and Ⅳ. Instructions for Administrative Staffof Research Institution 3. Issues that Need to Be Verified When
Compiling the Application Forms (Preparing the Research ProposalDocument), 2)(5) Development of Security Export Control Systems○Researchers who conduct KAKENHI-funded research activities and plan
to export (provide) technologies restricted under the Foreign Exchangeand Foreign Trade Act (Act No. 228 of 1949) are required to fully
confirm security export control systems, response measures, and othermatters, in accordance with the said Act and the rules and regulations of
their affiliated research institution.
Starting from research projects to be funded in FY2025, JSPS will, by
the time of official grant decision, confirm whether the provision ofgoods and technologies subject to export controls under the Foreign

Exchange and Foreign Trade Act is planned in the relevant research
projects and, if there is an intent to provide them, whether the research
institution has developed a control system.
In the case that the provision is planned, it is necessary to establish acontrol system. Therefore, research institutions must develop a system
necessary to properly conduct the relevant affairs and make sure toregister the status of establishment in e-Rad. (Refer to Ⅳ. Instructions
for Administrative Staff of Research Institution 2. Issues to Be
Completed Beforehand by the “Research Institution” 10 and Ⅴ. OtherRelevant Issues 7. Security Export Control Policy (Coping withTechnology Leakage Overseas)(6) Research Data Management○Starting from fiscal year 2024, researchers are asked to prepare research
Data Management Plans (DMPs) of their projects under all research
categories in principle. Details such as an example of a DMP will begiven at the time of provisional grant decision. As such, please store,
manage, and take other measures for research results and data of yourresearch projects in accordance with your DMPs. (Refer to I. Outline ofthe Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-6. Dissemination,Etc. of Research Achievements Supported by KAKENHI 4 )