Call for Proposals 2025 for Japanese Researchers and Funding of Two New Projects under Joint Call with the DFG

The DFG partner organisation Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) has published a new call for proposals under the programme Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for Innovative Research Ecosystem (ASPIRE) to promote international exchange and researcher mobility. ASPIRE provides researchers in Japan with funding to collaborate with researchers in Germany who are already in receipt of funding. For further information, including details of eligible fields of research, see the text of the JST call for proposals(externer Link).

In addition, the DFG and JST are funding two new research projects in the field of quantum technologies under a joint call. On the Japanese side, the projects will receive funding through the ASPIRE programme.

• “Diamond spin qubits for quantum applications (DIAMONDQTECH)”; Principal Investigator (PI) on the Japanese side: Dr. Takeshi Ohshima (National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST); Principal Investigator (PI) on the German side: Prof. Dr. Fedor Jelezko (University of Ulm)
• “Quantum computing with neutral atoms“; Principal Investigator (PI) on the Japanese side: Prof. Dr. Kenji Ohmori (National Institutes of Natural Sciences); Principal Investigator (PI) on the German side: Prof. Dr. Christian Groß (University of Tübingen)

Further Information

• DFG – GEPRIS: Quantum computing with neutral atoms(externer Link)
• DFG – GEPRIS: Diamond spin qubits for quantum applications(externer Link)
• JST Press Release#1750: JST to jointly fund two research projects with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) on the theme of Quantum Technologies under the ASPIRE Program(externer Link)