Granted Projects

1. Scientific Research (JSPS: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,  or MEXT: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

• JSPS Scientific Research (B)；
  「The impacts of short term climate variability on Neanderthal - Homo sapiens replacement deduced from coral records」（PI）2015〜2018
• JSPS Scientific Research (A) Overseas Academic Research)；
  「High-resolution climate reconstruction and understanding marine biological adaptation: analogue for warming future」（PI）2013〜2018
• JSPS Scientific Research (B)；
  「Reconstruction of Kuroshio current during last 100 years using coral nutrient proxy」（PI）2012〜2014
• JSPS Challenging Exploratory Research；
  「New proxy deployment of oligotrophic ocean using coral nitrogen isotope」（PI）2012〜2013
• JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas「Coral reef science-Strategy for ecosystem symbiosis and coexistence with human beings under multiple stresses 」（Co-I）2009〜2013
• JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)；「High-resolution reconstruction of earthquake and tsunami during last 100 years using reef building corals from Sumatra」（PI）2009〜2012
• JSPS Scientific Research (B)；（Co-I）2009〜2011「Understanding Banded Iron Formation: moden analogue for iron formation」（Co-I）2009〜2011
• JSPS Challenging Exploratory Research；
• 「Understanding coral calendar - interdisciplinary approach 」（Co-I）2009〜2010
• JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A))；
  「Understanding El nino southern oscillation during Pliocene epoch」（PI）2007〜2008
• JSPS Scientific Research (A) Overseas Academic Research)；
  「Understanding biodiversity in tropical island arc of east-southern Asia using multiple approaches」（Co-I）2006〜2010
• JSPS Scientific Research (A)；
  「Global climate change and primary production in Cenozoic epoch」（Co-I）2005〜2007
• JSPS fellowship；
  「Climate reconstruction of western Pacific during last 500 years using coral skeletons」1999〜2002

2. International programs (JSPS: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,  or MEXT: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

• JSPS Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research)；
  （PI） 2016-2019
• MEXT  Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation；Multiple approaches for understanding earth environmental changes using biogenetic carbonates（PI）2011〜2014
• JSPS・collaboration research between Japan and Australia；
  「Reconstruction of meso-scale climate using micro-scale analysis of coral skeletons」（Co-I）2012〜2013
• JSPS・collaboration research between Japan and Germany；
  「Reconstruction of plaleoenvironments using growth analysis of bivalve」（Co-I）2010〜2012
• JSPS・collaboration research between Japan and Korea；
  「Environmental analysis based on reef building corals in temperate regions of Korea and Japan（extended）」(C-o-I)2010〜2011
• JSPS・collaboration research between Japan and Korea；
  「Environmental analysis using massive corals in Korea and Tsushima straits」（Co-I）2009〜2011
• JSPS　international conference；
  「Pliocene El nino:inter annual variability of atmospheric and oceanic interaction recorded in coral annual banding　11th international coral reef conference in US」（PI）2008
• JSPS・collaboration research between Japan and Korea；
  「Environmental analysis based on reef building corals in temperate regions of Korea and Japan」（Co-I）2007〜2009
• JSPS oversea fellowship；
  「Reconstruction of El nino phenomena during last 500 using coral skeletons from new caledonia」2003〜2005

3. Other competitive research funding (governmental base)

• German Research Foundation (Bonn, Germany)；
  「Tropical Indian Ocean and East African seasonality during the Holocene: orbital forcing and ocean atmosphere interactions. (IndoOrb)」2014年〜2021年
• 東京大学地震研究所共同利用地震・火山噴火の解明と予測に関する公募研究課題；
  「サンゴからなる津波石の骨格調査に基づく南西諸島周辺の津波履歴の解明」（研究代表者）2015年〜2017年
• 河川整備基金助成事業；
  「カワシンジュガイの生態学的及び地球化学的手法を用いた過去100年間の河川自然環境復元と人の生活様式への影響」（研究代表者）2015年〜2016年
• 琉球大学共同利用・共同研究事業；
  「幼サンゴ飼育実験を用いたサンゴ骨格のバリウム／カルシウム比栄養塩濃度の指標の開発」（研究代表者）
  2015年〜2016年
• 北海道河川財団研究助成事業；
  「カワシンジュガイの生態学的および地球化学的手法を用いた過去100年間の河川自然環境復元と人の生活様式への影響」（研究代表者）2015年〜2016年
• 琉球大学共同利用・共同研究事業；
  「幼サンゴ飼育実験を用いたサンゴー褐虫藻共生系のバイオミネラリゼーションの解明」（研究代表者）
  2014年〜2015年
• 北海道河川財団研究助成事業；
  「カワシンジュガイ殻を用いた北海道の河川系における自然環境評価手法の高精度化」（研究代表者）
  2014年〜2015年
• Hokkaido university founding；
  「International workshop for coral reef earth environmental sciences」（PI）2013〜2014
• Hokkaido university founding；；
  Plaeoclimate and stable isotopic analysis and future collaboration between Japan and Vietnam」2013
• River foundation；
  「High-resolution reconstruction of the environments in river, wetland, and estuary using Margaritifera and oyster shells」（PI）2013〜2014
• River foundation；
  「Change of land-use and river environments deduced from long-living Margaritifera in Bekanbetsu river」（PI）2012〜2013
• River foundation；
  「Understanding changes of river environments in Hokkaido using Margaritifera」（PI）2011〜2012
• Joint research program of University of Tokyo；
  Ultra-high resolution environmental analysis using biogenic carbonates（PI）2011
• Joint research program of research vessel Tansei-maru；
  「Research on deep sea coral in shallow hydrothermal system and helium flux」（Co-I）　2011
• River foundation；
  「Extraction of environmental factors during last 100 years using evaluation methods using by Margaritifera shells」（PI）2010〜2011
• Research visiting fellow in University of Tokyo；
  「Trace elemental analysis using laser ablation ICP-MS」（PI）2010
• STREPS (JST and JICA research program)；
  「Multi-disciplinary Hazard Reduction from Earthquakes and Volcanoes in Indonesia」（Co-I）2009〜2012
• Hokkaido university funding；
  「Formation of network in young scientist to establish coral core center」（PI）2009〜2010
• Joint research program of Kouchi University；
  「Environmental reconstruction using oxygen and carbon isotope in mid-latitudinal corals」（PI）2009〜2011
• The Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (Ministry of the environment)；
  「Impacts of global warming and ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems at their northern latitude limit in Japan」（PI）2008〜2010
• River foundation；
  「Reconstruction of river environments using shell structures and chemical components of Margaritifera shells. 」（PI）2008〜2009
• KEK photon factory program；
  「Understanding coral biomineralization」（PI）2007〜2008

4. Other competitive research funding (nongovernmental base)　

• 地球環境基金助成金；
  「喜界島をモデルとした地域主体型のサンゴ礁保全プラットフォームの構築」（団体代表者）2018年度
• Kurita water and environmental foundation；
  「Evaluation of impact of nutrient input on skeletal growth of reef building corals」（PI）2005〜2006
• Paleo lab research foundation；
  「Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Jomon Transgression using coral and giant clam」（PI）2005年
• ESPEC foundation for global environmental research and technology；
  「Response of reef building corals to global warming」（PI）2005
• Sasagawa research foundation；
  「Reconstruction of El Nino events during last 100 years using reef building coral Diploastrea」（PI）2003
• Asahi research foundation；
  「Reconstruction of El Nino events during last several hundred years using Indonesian corals」（PI）2001
• Fujiwara natural history foundation；
  「Reconstruction of ocean environment during last 1000 years: observation and collection of samples」（PI）1999