Joint Research and Research Meeting（NIG-JOINT）::National Institute of Genetics

Joint Research and Research Meeting（NIG-JOINT）

NIG-JOINT is an open call for Joint Research and Research Meeting by NIG

National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems (hereafter, NIG) is the Inter-University Research Institute which was established aiming to conduct comprehensive research regarding the basics of Genetics and its applications and to contribute the development of academic research.
In order to provide domestic and oversea researchers with the opportunity to collaborate, NIG-JOINT offers “Joint Research” and “Research Meeting” between researchers inside and outside of NIG
(Research representatives are requested to acknowledge NIG Joint Research when results based on this research project are published.)

1. [ Joint Research ]

Based on the application from researchers outside NIG, NIG researchers collaborate with them for conducting the research on the subject of application. The following three categories are solicited.

[ NIG-JOINT A ]:

Eligible applicants are researchers affiliated with domestic and overseas universities or research institutes. Travel expenses required for the researchers to visit NIG conducting the Joint Research are provided. (Up to 150,000JPY can be requested by an applicant. Overseas researchers may request up to 200,000JPY. (Special measure only for FY2025.) *Up to 100,000JPY for the Additional Open Call. Overseas researchers may request up to 150,000 JPY.)
*Additional applications will be accepted at any time starting from April 2025.
The applications received by the end of each month will be reviewed in the following month, and following the review process, applicants will be notified of the results. For more information, please see Additional Application Guidelines for 2025.

[ NIG-JOINT B ]:

Eligible applicants are researchers affiliated with domestic and overseas universities or research institutes. Travel and research expenses (supplies and other expenses used within NIG, in principle) required for the Joint Research are provided. (Up to 700,000JPY can be requested by an applicant for travel and research expenses.)
The joint research should be planned and conducted such that applicant or his/her joint research members stay at NIG for more than 7 days in total during the research period.

[ NIG-JOINT I -International Joint research- ]:

Eligible applicants are researchers affiliated with overseas universities or research institutes. Travel expenses required for the researchers to visit NIG conducting the Joint Research are provided. (More than *200,000JPY up to 350,000JPY can be requested by an applicant. *Special measure only for FY2025.)

* Common Equipment at NIG are available to be used for the Joint Research. Please refer to the address below for the available Common Equipment.
　https://www.nig.ac.jp/nig/ja/research-infrastructure-collaboration/common-equipment

2. [ Joint Research Meeting ]

The Joint Research Meeting is held among small number of researchers from inside and outside of NIG. It must be held at NIG, but online meeting is also permitted if necessary. Travel expenses are provided for the visits of researchers to NIG. In the case of online meeting, online meeting tool contract fee is provided. (Up to 350,000JPY can be requested by an applicant.) The “International Allocation” will be established for FY2025 only, which can be used to invite researchers from overseas. The maximum application amount is up to 700,000JPY for the International Allocation.

Webpage for Research Meetings

Additional Open call for 2025 NIG-JOINT

Additional Application Guidelines for 2025NIG-JOINT * Additional open call for 2025 applications April 1st,2025. * Additional applications will be accepted at any time starting from April 2025.

* Application Period :Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 to Friday, January 30th, 2026
* Proposals submitted by the end of each month will be reviewed the following month.
(Example: Proposals submitted by the end of April → Review and acceptance notification in May → Research begins on the date of notification.)

The application must be completed via online application system called “Joint Research On-line Integrated System (JROIS)”

・Joint Research On-line Integrated System (JROIS)

As JROIS researcher ID is required for the first time applicants, please complete New user registration in advance. If you have already registered with JROIS, please login with your ID and password.
・The same account can be used for those who applied as a “Research Representative” on the former JROIS system (Transitioned in FY2022).
If you registered only as a Joint research member or Host researcher on the former JROIS system, you are required to create a new account.

▼ Flow of Procedure (Flow of application ~ adoption ~ submit the progress report)

JROIS Operation manual
JROIS Operation manual

2025 Application Forms

●Additional Application Forms for NIG-JOINT(A) (word)

Application form must be upload and submit in PDF･DOCX･ZIP format to JROIS.

Open call for 2025 NIG-JOINT

Application Guidelines for 2025NIG-JOINT ＊Application was closed

Letter of Approval Forms
If research representative’s affiliation is changed after the adoption, please change the registration information on the “Edit User” screen on JROIS and a Letter of Approval from the new organization should be submitted.

Regarding the reports after the Joint Research and Research Meeting
-Three Requests-

1. For “Joint Research” and “Joint Research Meeting”, please submit the Progress Report to NIG by April 30th in next fiscal year.

2024 Research Report Forms

2025 Research Report Forms

・Please fill in the “FOR MEXT Report (at the end of research)” on the Edit Application screen of the electric application system JROIS (https://jrois2.rois.ac.jp/), and upload this report in PDF･DOCX･ZIP format from the same screen.

2. Publication of Research Result.

Research representatives are requested to acknowledge NIG Joint Research as follows when results based on this research project are published,

Example:(Successful applicant: Taro Iden, Reference Number: 1A2024)
This work was supported by NIG-JOINT (1A2024) to T.Iden.

3. All papers presenting the result of the “Joint Research” should be submitted with the progress report in a single file in PDF･DOCX･ZIP format by uploading.

NIG-JOINT Report

2023