G. Management of Internal Funding Programs for International and Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research

KURA designs and manages a wide range of internal grants to support research that are international, interdisciplinary or crosses the boundaries beyond academia.

• SPIRITS
  The program seeks to promote research which crosses interdisciplinary, international, and interpersonal boundaries.
• Cross-sectoral Research Platform Development Program
  This is an internal grant to start an interdisciplinary
  research.
• AI DA DAAD-Kyoto University Partnership Programme
  The program promotes internationalization of research developed and establishment of early carrier researchers’ academic networks in Germany.
• The Canon Foundation in Europe grant (Japanese Only)
  The Canon Foundation Kyoto University Japan-Africa Exchange
  Program supports the exchange program for early-career researchers between Japan and Africa.