Grants & Programs

Summary of grants, fellowships, and competitive programs.

Research Grants

• JST ACT-X (Japan Science and Technology Agency, Strategic Basic Research Programs), “Cyberinfrastructure for AI Empowered Society,” Project Leader (ACT-X Researcher), FY2025–FY2027.
  Project: A Trustworthy and Robust Network-Distributed MoE-LLM System (JST ACT-X website), (Website for the research area).

Fellowships & Scholarships

• AI BOOST(Broadening Opportunities for Outstanding young researchers and doctoral students in STrategic areas) Scholarship funded by JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency), FY2024–FY2026
  (JST website), (Website in the University of Osaka, Japanese text only).
• Repayment Exemption: 50% repayment exemption for Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Type 1 Student Loan due to my exceptional research and school achievement (website, Japanese text only).

Travel Support & Travel Grants

• UbiComp/ISWC 2025 Student Travel Grants Award (500 EUR).
• ACM SIGSPATIAL 2022 Student Travel Grants Award (1000 USD).

Innovation / Engineering & Entrepreneurship Programs

• Selected Participant (Domestic Program), J-StarX “Local to Global Success” Course, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), 2025 (JETRO website, Japanese text only).
• Selected Creator (AI/IoT/Cybernetic Avatar Course), Kansai Tech Creator Challenge (K-TCC) 2025 — a program implemented as part of METI’s AKATSUKI Project (K-TCC website, Japanese text only).

Internal Competitive Funding

• Collaborative Research Activity Grant (Grant Information, Japanese text only), The University of Osaka, Next Generation Researcher Development Program (Project website, Japanese text only), (SPRING: Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (JST website)), FY2025
  Project title: “Development of an Automated Diagnostic System for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) internal derangement”, Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: Kenichi Nomura)