The “SPIRIT2” program, succeeding the former “SPIRITS” initiative that concluded in FY2022, is an internal grant dedicated to advancing academic research at Kyoto University. This program encourages the creation of “small island-type research areas”—budding research expected to develop into new research areas with a global presence.
Starting in FY2025, SPIRIT2 will operate as an award program, funding researchers in all scientific disciplines, including the humanities and social sciences. The program welcomes proposals across the full spectrum of research, from foundational studies to applied research, without restrictions on the project’s scope, scale, or prior achievements related to the proposal.
The Principal Investigators selected through the internal review process will receive the Kyoto University SPIRIT2 Award, conferred by the Executive Vice-President for Research Promotion.
In FY2026, the following ten researchers were awarded.
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Name |
Affiliation |
Research Title |
|---|---|---|
|
OGATA Hiroyuki |
Institute for Chemical Research |
細胞中心生命観を超えて：巨大ウイルスの増殖メカニズムから探る新生命原理 |
|
KURANAGA Erina |
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
ショウジョウバエを基盤とした高効率PDX創薬プラットフォームの創出：自然免疫がん細胞クリアランス機構の解明と薬効スクリーニング系の構築 |
|
SHINOHARA Mito |
Graduate School of Medicine |
生殖補助医療が世代を超えて子孫の神経系発達に及ぼす影響の解明とその予防 |
|
TANAKA Takahiro |
Graduate School of Science |
ボトムアップによる量子重力へのアプローチ |
|
Tian Yunchen |
Graduate School of Law |
Rethinking Climate Migration as a Socio-Natural Process |
|
NOBEYAMA Tomohiro |
iCeMS |
液液相分離制御デバイスを用いた炭酸同化酵素の海水中活性化 |
|
NOMURA Norimichi |
Graduate School of Biostudies |
脂質コードが駆動する膜蛋白質アロステリーの情報物理学： |
|
MINEO Keito |
Institute for Chemical Research |
「生き物に働きかけるものづくり」を正面から問う： |
|
YOSHIMURA Masahiko |
iCeMS |
化学遺伝学的⼿法による寄生植物の寄生全容の解明と制御 |
|
YONEDA Hiroki |
The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research |
宇宙・医療・産業を⾰新するリアルタイムMeV ガンマ線画像解析基盤の構築 |
Contents
Call for Applications
- FY2026
- Briefing Session (page in Japansese)
Information on the past calls
For information on the past calls (the number of applicants and adoption, adoption rate, budget, etc.), please visit here
Information for Grant Recipients
Usage of Grant
Sample formats of reports
These is the sample format of a completion report you will submit after the end of the second academic year. (in prep)
Acknowledgement example
When giving presentations at academic conferences or publishing academic articles on the project’s research, include a note in writing that the project is being funded by SPIRIT2 in the Acknowledgments section with the phrase “SPIRIT2 2023 of Kyoto University” (Japanese: 京都大学 SPIRIT2 2023).
Example acknowledgments are written below.
This work was supported by SPIRIT2 2023 of Kyoto University.
本研究は京都大学 SPIRIT2 2023 により助成を受けたものです。
SPIRIT2 logo images
Please feel free to use the SPIRIT2 logo for posters of symposiums held as part of the SPIRIT2 project.
Contact
SPIRIT2 team, Kyoto University Office of Research Acceleration