{"id":87,"date":"2026-07-10T11:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T02:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2026-09-11T17:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:48:30","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/research","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, the Foundation launched its Research Grant Program to support fundamental research on carbon materials and the researchers engaged in this field, with the aim of contributing to the advancement of academic research in Japan.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"notice notice--info\">\n    <p>Through its Research Grant Program, the Foundation supports basic and applied research in the field of carbon materials, often referred to as a key material for the 21st century. Please refer to the Program Guidelines below for application details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Three Key Features of Our Research Grant<\/h2>\n<div class=\"feature-list research-feature-list\">\n    <div class=\"feature-card research-feature-card\">\n        <div class=\"feature-card__label\">\n            <span class=\"feature-card__text\">Feature<\/span>\n            <span class=\"feature-card__number\">1<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"feature-card__body\">\n            <h3 class=\" translation-block\">Supporting Basic and Applied Research in Carbon Materials and Related Technologies<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"feature-card research-feature-card\">\n        <div class=\"feature-card__label\">\n            <span class=\"feature-card__text\">Feature<\/span>\n            <span class=\"feature-card__number\">2<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"feature-card__body\">\n            <h3 class=\" translation-block\">Up to Two Years of Support<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"feature-card research-feature-card\">\n        <div class=\"feature-card__label\">\n            <span class=\"feature-card__text\">Feature<\/span>\n            <span class=\"feature-card__number\">3<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"feature-card__body\">\n            <h3>Grants of Up to \u00a53 Million<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Information for Applicants<\/h2>\n<div class=\"feature-grid research-feature-grid\">\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/research\/application\" class=\"feature-card feature-card--link scholarship-feature-card\">\n        <div class=\"feature-card__body\">\n            <h3>Guideline<\/h3>\n            <p class=\"only-pc translation-block\">Eligibility, grant amounts, application requirements, and submission procedures.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"only-sp translation-block\">Eligibility, grant amounts, application requirements, and submission procedures.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/research\/procedure\" class=\"feature-card feature-card--link scholarship-feature-card\">\n        <div class=\"feature-card__body\">\n            <h3>Forms<\/h3>\n            <p>Download application forms and related documents.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/research\/report\" class=\"feature-card feature-card--link scholarship-feature-card\">\n        <div class=\"feature-card__body\">\n            <h3>Activity Report<\/h3>\n            <p>Grant Recipients &amp; Research Topics (Japanese only).<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/research\/faq\" class=\"feature-card feature-card--link scholarship-feature-card\">\n        <div class=\"feature-card__body\">\n            <h3>FAQ<\/h3>\n            <p>Frequently asked questions about the Research Grant Program.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u300c\u70ad\u7d20\u6750\u6599\u5206\u91ce\u300d\u306b\u5bfe\u3059\u308b\u57fa\u790e\u7814\u7a76\u53ca\u3073\u3053\u308c\u306b\u643a\u308f\u308b\u7814\u7a76\u8005\u306b\u5bfe\u3059\u308b\u52a9\u6210\u7b49\u3092\u901a\u3058\u3066\u6211\u304c\u56fd\u306e\u5b66\u8853\u7814\u7a76\u306e\u767a\u5c55\u306b\u5bc4\u4e0e\u3059\u308b\u3053 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-87","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":85,"href":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4080,"href":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/4080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kondo-zaidan.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}