Japan–UK Joint Call for Collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies

A joint funding call to support internationally competitive collaborative research projects between UK and Japanese researchers in the field of Advanced Connectivity Technologies. The programme funds collaborative projects involving eligible UK research organisations and eligible Japanese institutions. Funding is provided by the UK’s EPSRC (via UK Research and Innovation) for the UK component and by Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) for the Japan component. Awards can run for up to three years and have defined maximum funding limits for each country component.

Project funding for UK and Japan components up to the stated maximum amounts and support for collaborative research for up to three years.

Applications must involve researchers from both Japan and the UK. UK applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding; Japanese applicants must be eligible for NICT funding and register via NICT’s e‑Rad system. Applicants and organisations must meet their respective agency eligibility rules.

Submit a joint proposal following EPSRC/UKRI and NICT guidelines; UK applicants apply via the UKRI funding service and Japanese applicants register and submit via NICT’s e‑Rad system. An Expression of Interest is strongly encouraged.