Ongoing Projects

• 2025-2028, IAEA CRP (F31008), Estimation of Isotope Ratios in Convective-scale Precipitaions by Isotope-enabled Models and Isotopic Observations with Data Assimilation, PI.
• 2025-2027, ERCA Environment Research and Technology Development Fund, Reducing uncertainties in climate projection with data assimilation as Emergent Constraints, 2RA-2501, PI, 18,000,000JPY.
• 2025-2029, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Transforming Weather Prediction with Deep Learning and Quantum Computing, 25H00752, Co-PI (PI: S. Kotsuki@Chiba Univ.), 1,250,000JPY.
• 2025-2028, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Temporal changes in composition and dynamics in the North Pacific sub-surface and intermediate water masses since the last glacial period and their factors, 25K03238, Co-PI (PI: H. Takayanagi@Tohoku Univ.), 1,200,000JPY.
• 2025-2027, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Exploring new isotope hydrology with next-generation geostationary satellites, 25K01329, PI, 14,400,000JPY.
• 2025-2026, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Development of a control algorithm for extreme weather events inspired by rare-event simulation techniques, 25K07942, Co-PI (PI: T. Mitsui@Juntendo Univ.), 450,000JPY.
• 2024-2025, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)(Publicly Offered Research), Ultra-high spatiotemporal resolution climate reconstruction: Toward development of historical meteorology, 24H00920, PI, 7,200,000JPY.
• 2024-2026, JST MIRAI Program, Impact assessment of SAMRAI satellite observations on tropical cyclone forecastings, Co-PI (PM: Naoya Tomii@JAXA), 10,000,000JPY.
• 2023-2026, JST Moonshot Goal 8, Artificial generation of upstream maritime heavy rains to govern intense-rain-induced disasters over land, JPMJMS2389-4-1, PI (PM: S. Kotsuki@Chiba Univ.), 91,500,000JPY.
• 2022-2026, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) , Generation of Millennium Atmospheric Reanalysis Product, 22H04938, Co-PI, 37,700,000JPY.

Past Projects

1. 2023-2024, MLIT Kasensabo-Gijutsu, Basin-scale impact-based risk assessment of the climate change, PI, 4,000,000JPY.
2. 2023, JAXA contract research (PI), 500,000JPY.
3. 2022-2024, JST Moonshot Goal 8, Quantifying Weather Controllability and Mitigatable Flood Damage Based on Ensemble Weather Forecast, JPMJMS2284, PI (PM: S. Kotsuki@Chiba Univ.), 23,400,000JPY.
4. 2022-2024, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Development of Stable Water Isotopes Dataset for Atmospheric Science by Fusing Model Simulations and Observations, 22K14095, PI, 4,680,000JPY.
5. 2022-2024, JAXA 3rd Research Announcement on the Earth Observations: EO-RA3, Advances and applications of satellite data assimilation of clouds, precipitation, and the ocean, CI (PI: Takemasa Miyoshi@RIKEN R-CCS).
6. 2022-2023, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)(Publicly Offered Research), High-resolution Climate Reconstruction Toward Expansion of Historical Socio-Hydrology in Japan, 22H05228, PI, 3,770,000JPY.
7. 2021-2024, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Exploring Real-time Rainfall and Flood Predictions in Fugaku Era with the State-of-the-art Data Science, 21H04571, Co-PI (PI: Shunji Kotsuki@Chiba Univ.), 4,420,000 JPY.
8. 2021, Start-Up Grant for Young Scientists, Hirosaki University, PI, 930,000 JPY.
9. 2021, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Grant for Young Scientists, Hirosaki University, Co-PI PI: Tomoya Takano@Hirosaki Univ.), 750,000 JPY.
10. 2018-2020, Grant-in-Aid for RIKEN Special Postdoctoral Researcher, PI, 3,000,000 JPY
11. 2017-2021, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Development of a data assimilation method toward high-accuracy paleoclimate reconstruction, 17K14397, PI, 3,120,000 JPY.
12. 2013-2014, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, 13J09182, PI, 2,000,000 JPY.