Application for FY 2025 (5th Term) "Future Creation Challenge: Let your ideas take shape" Application Deadline: Thursday, August 21, 2025
Bring your ideas to life!
No matter how small they are, your ideas matter. We are here to support your first steps toward making them real.
Transforming your vision into something tangible during your student years can be a powerful experience — one that can help shape your future career. We look forward to your active participation.
We are now accepting applications for the fifth term (FY 2025) of this program.
| 1. Eligible projects |
To be eligible, projects must fulfill all of the following. 1) The project must be planned and conducted by Science Tokyo students themselves. 2) All members must be students. 3) The project's representative must be a Science Tokyo student. 4) In principle, the project group must consist of at least two Science Tokyo students. 5) Science Tokyo students must account for at least two thirds of the group members. 6) The project must not promote or endorse particular political or religious views. 7) The project must not be part of research currently under faculty supervision. 8) If the project receives funding from other sources, the amount must be less than the amount requested from the Student Success Support Project. |
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| 2. Support Period | Until the final presentation session planned for July 2026 |
| 3. Support details |
1) Financial support in the range of 100,000 yen to 500,000 yen per project * Generally, allowable expenses are limited to necessary items (consumables are permitted, but purchases over 100,000 yen per item are not), domestic travel, and rewards for non-Science Tokyo students. Exceptions may be considered upon consultation. * Please note that the final amount will be determined through a presentation-based review and may differ from the requested amount. 2) Access to the Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza (Taki Plaza) B1 Floor Student Support Center Meeting Room Reserve a common space in advance (only available for meetings and project work). 3) Printing of leaflets and posters 4) Lending of equipment owned by the Student Success Support Section, Student Support Center 5) Consultation with faculty members of the Student Success Support Section Note: During the past four years, one to six applications were accepted per year, with the support amount ranging from 60,000 yen to 500,000. |
| 4. Eligibility Requirements |
All of the following must be met. 1) The representative of the group must be a bachelor's or graduate student (excluding non-regular students) of Institute of Science Tokyo at the time of application and completion of the project. 2) Regardless of nationality, a set of application documents in Japanese or English must be prepared and the presentation must also be made in Japanese or English. Note: Each group is allowed to continue to apply for up to three years. About five projects will be selected this year. |
| 5. Closing Date for Application | Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
- Student Success Support Section, Student Support Center, Ookayama Campus, Institute of Science Tokyo （Japanese only）
- Science Tokyo Student Success Support Project （Japanese only）
- Activity Reports of the Future Creation Challenge FY 2023 (3rd Term) (Student Success Support Project website) （Japanese only）
- Final Report Session of the Future Creation Challenge FY 2022 (Japanese website of the Student Success Support Section, Student Support Center) (Japanese only)
- Final Presentation Sessions for Student Success Support Project "Future Creation Challenge" FY 2022 (Tokyo Tech News)
Contact
Student Success Support Section, Student Support Center at Ookayama
Tel +81-3-5734-7629
Email : st-initiativesupport@ssc.isct.ac.jp