The Aizu Research Center for Space Informatics (ARC-Space) aims to promote research in the field of space informatics, which integrates space science and informatics, through industry-academia collaboration, and to provide the results to the academic community, thereby contributing to the vitalization of research in the field and to the advancement of its technological development. ARC-Space was certified as a joint usage/research center for Lunar and Planetary Exploration Archive Science, by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) in FY2019 (Certification renewed in FY2025). As one of the major activities of ARC-Space, we will be offering

• Joint Research Program

Joint Research Program, continues through FY2019, We will be calling for themes that promote the lunar and planetary exploration archive science and contribute to the community through, among other things, enhancing the value of lunar and planetary exploration data, the development/maintenance of analysis tools, and the provision of services.

• FY2025 ARC-Space Joint Research Program
  • Application Period: Monday, June. 23, 2025 - Sunday, July. 13, 2025
  • (No calls for Joint Research Program with Invited International Researchers or Overseas Travel Grants in FY2025)