2.List of the Newly Adopted Projects in FY Abstracts of the Newly Adopted Projects. Humanities and Social Sciences 28

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1 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 1.Distribution by Research Area of the Newly Adopted s 25 2.List of the Newly Adopted s in FY Abstracts of the Newly Adopted s in FY Humanities and Social Sciences 28 Science and Engineering 29 Biological Sciences 37 Interdisciplinary Area 45 4.List of the Continuing s (FY2011)

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3 Distribution by Research Area of the Newly Adopted s Purpose and Description of Grant in Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas(Research in a proposed research area) (excerpt from the Application Procedures for Grants in Aid for Scientific Research ): 1) Intended for: Research aimed at developing a new research area proposed by a researcher or a researcher group that can lead to improvement or strengthening of the scientific level of Japan, through efforts such promotion of joint research and cultivation of research personnel. 2) Total budget provided: About 10 to 300 million yen per year 3) Research period: 5 years New s Number of Applications Total Grant Per-project Grants (FY2011) Disbursements Received Adopted Ratio (FY2011) Average Largest (%) (in thousands of yen) (in thousands of yen) (in thousands of yen) Humanities and Social Sciences ,500 57,500 57,500 Science and Engineering ,453, , ,900 Biological Sciences ,781, , ,400 Interdisciplinary Area , , ,700 Total ,853, , ,900 Figure reflects only direct funding New and Ongoing s Number of Applications Humanities and Social Sciences Science and Engineering Biological Sciences Interdisciplinary Area Total

4 List of the Newly Adopted s for Grant in Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas of KAKENHI, FY2011 (1)Humanities and Social Sciences ( 1 ) Makiko Naka Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Letters, Law and Human Sciences 57, ,200 (2)Science and Engineering ( 8 s ) Minoru Ueda Tohoku University, Chemical Biology using bioactive natural products as specific ligands: identification of molecular targets and regulation of bioactivity 84,800 1,030,500 Masahiko Hayashi New Frontiers of Extrasolar Planets: Exploring Terrestrial Planets 137, ,800 Shoji Asai Associate Particles Physics opening up the Tera-scale horizon using LHC 178,000 1,083,800 Masahiro Terada Tohoku University, Advanced Molecular Transformations by Organocatalysts 125,900 1,180,200 Tatsuo Arai Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Hyper Bio Assembler for 3D Cellular Innovation 235,000 1,198,600 Kazuhiko Ishihara Graduate School of Engineering, Nanomedicine Molecular Science 173, ,400 Eiko Torikai University of Yamanashi, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, Frontier of Materials, Life and Particle Science Explored by Ultra Slow Muon Microscope 274,900 1,152,500 Yoshihito Kawamura Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Materials Science on Synchronized LPSO Structure Innovative Development to Nextgeneration Lightweight-structural Materials 243,600 1,152,

5 (3)Biological Sciences ( 8 s) Kenji Kadomatsu Nagoya University, Deciphering sugar chain-based signals regulating integrative neuronal functions 210,000 1,145,400 Ryosuke Takahashi Akira Kikuchi Seiji Takayama Takehiko Kobayashi Kyoto University, Osaka University, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Genetics / SOKENDAI, Brain Environment Regulation of polarity signaling during morphogenesis, remodeling, and breakdown of epithelial tubular structure Correlative Gene System: Establishing Next- Generation Genetics Functions of Non-coding DNA Region for GenomeIntegrity 222,500 1,185, ,300 1,035, ,200 1,217, ,400 1,189,100 Takeharu Nagai Hokkaido University, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Spying minority in biological phenomena -Toward bridging dynamics between individuals and ensemble precesses- 239,000 1,191,800 Akiyoshi Fukamizu Tomoyoshi Nozaki Univ. of Tsukuba, Grad. School Life Environ. Sci., National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Department of Parasitology, Director / University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Crosstalk of transcriptional control and energy pathways by hub metabolites Matryoshka-type evolution 166,700 1,146, ,200 1,179,500 (4)Interdisciplinary Area ( 3 s) Kiyoto Kasai Department of Psychiatry, Adolescent Mind & Self-Regulation 213,100 1,145,200 Masahiro Okamoto Kyushu University, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Synthetic Biology for the Comprehension of Biomolecular Networks 115, ,300 Kenji Doya Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Neural Computation Unit, Principal Investigator Elucidation of the Neural Computation for Prediction and Decision Making 232,700 1,177,