STINT has decided to invest 2 MSEK in four research projects within the Joint Japan-Sweden Research Collaboration for the time period 2018–2021. STINT´s Japanese cooperation partner, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), will finance the Japanese participants at an equivalent level.
After review and assessment by our respective expert groups, the selected projects are as follows:
| Applicant | Main partner | |||
| Name | Institution | University | Name | University |
| Thomas Lennerfors | Department of Engineering Sciences | UU | Kiyoshi Murata | Meiji University |
| Magnus Andersson | Department of Urban Studies | MaU | Motoharu Onuki | University of Tokyo |
| Magnus Larson | Department of Urban Studies | LU | Shinji Sato | University of Tokyo |
| Craig Wheelock | Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics | KI | Takashi lzumi | Gunma University |