April 5, 2023 Call for Proposals for Information and Communications Technology R&D

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) announces call a for proposals for new research and development (R&D) themes of information and communications technologies from Wednesday, April 5 through Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

1. Period of the call for proposals

From Wednesday, April 5 to 2:00 pm on Wednesday, May 10, 2023

2. R&D themes

MIC invites research proposals for the following R&D themes.

R&D theme	Fiscal 2023 Scheduled amount (max.) (tax included)
○ Development of 10W-class high-power optical amplifier for space applications	200 million yen
○ Research and development of next generation adaptive optics device for satellite laser communications	300 million yen

3. Method of application

(1) Prepare a written proposal following guidelines for preparing written proposals.

*　The published material is in Japanese only

(2) Make an online application by entering application information through the Cross-ministerial Research and Development Management System (called “e-Rad” for short).

(Complete all application operations on the system by 2:00 pm on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.)

4. Selection of contractor candidate and future schedule

External experts and specialists will evaluate proposals submitted following MIC’s Guidelines for the Evaluation of Information and Communications Research (6th Edition). Based on the evaluation results, MIC will select the implementing organizations. The implementing organization will conclude a consignment contract with MIC to conduct this R&D.

If no proposals meeting the requirements are submitted, MIC will again invite proposals.