AMED Call for Proposals: Infectious Diseases and Immunology Research ‘US-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program Collaborative Awards’

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), in collaboration with U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is pleased to announce the joint request for proposals on “Infectious Diseases and Immunology Research: US-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program Collaborative Awards, 2025”.

The purpose of the USJCMSP collaborative awards is to foster new or expanded infectious disease and immunology focused biomedical research collaborations between researchers in Japan, the APac region, and U.S. investigators and institutions. It is expected that proposals will focus on questions of direct relevance to the APac region that will add to global knowledge about infectious diseases.

Basic and clinical immunology and endemic and emerging infectious diseases relevant to the APac region eligible for this competition are the following:

• Acute Respiratory Infections
• Cholera and other Bacterial Enteric Diseases
• Hepatitis
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
• Immunology related to Infectious Diseases
• Nutrition and Metabolism ( related to Infectious Disease and/or Immunology
• Parasitic Diseases
• Resistance against Anti-Microbial/Viral Agents
• Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and other Mycobacteria
• Other Viral Diseases
• Other Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases

Eligibility:

• Early-stage investigators who completed their terminal research degree or post-graduate clinical training within the past 10 years.
• Collaborative research teams consisting of investigators from (1) Japan and the U.S. , or (2) Japan, the U.S., and other Asia Pacific countries, are eligible to apply.
• Awardees are expected to present their achievements at International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim after 2026.
• Eligible Asian -Pacific countries/areas for application: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia), Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nauru, Nepal, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam

Funding details: 

• Each up to $60,000 USD total for two years of support

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Application deadline June 2, 2025 (23:59 U.S. Eastern Time – ET, UTC-4) –  June 3, 2025 (12:59 Japan Standard Time – JST).