UTOPIA Next-Generation Diagnostic Tool Discovery Program

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UTOPIA Next-Generation Diagnostic Tool Discovery Program FY2025

Overview

No. of applications: 19
No. of accepted applications: 11
Application period: 6 - 25 August, 2025
Review committee members: Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Director) , Yasushi Kawaguchi (Deputy Director), Ken Ishii (Deputy Director), Sakae Tanaka (Deputy Director), Masahiko Kikuchi (Deputy Director), Jun-ichiro Inoue (Managing Director and Deputy Director), Takeshi Inoue, Yuki Furuse, Michiko Koga, Ryuta Uraki
Notification date of the review result: 29 September, 2025

List of selected projects (2025) is available here (In Japanese only).

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-Protecting the Future Through the Power of Diagnostics-

To better prepare for future pandemics, the University of Tokyo Pandemic Preparedness, Infection, and Advanced Research Center (UTOPIA) is launching a new program to support the development of next-generation diagnostic tools for infectious diseases.

Alongside vaccine development, the need for effective and accessible diagnostics has become increasingly critical. This program seeks to identify and support original, innovative research on diagnostic agents, technologies, and instruments—broadly defined as “diagnostic tools.”

Selected research proposals will move forward with advisory support from Director Yoshihiro Kawaoka.