Programs

The purpose of the Foundation is to support and promote basic research in the natural sciences, thereby contributing to the improvement and development of scientific research in Japan and the welfare of mankind. In order to achieve this objective, the Foundation provides the following grants for research in various fields of natural sciences.

　The Foundation's activities are based on three pillars: (1) research support, (2) overseas research support, and (3) support for holding scientific conferences.
In accordance with the founding principles of the Foundation, all of these programs cover all areas of natural sciences, and as a result, researchers from different fields gather at the meetings to report on the results of their research, where active academic exchanges across disciplines take place every year.

　The Foundation constantly considers whether the recipients have used the grant effectively in accordance with the purpose of the application, and in the "Foundation News" published twice a year, we provide the "Aid Research Trajectory" column, where contributions from past recipients of grants are posted. In addition, after each grant year, we invite the recipients to gather after a certain period of time to report their research results.

　As a result of the above philosophy, researchers from the different fields inevitably gather at this meeting, and the presenters need to be creative because of the differences in technical terms and basic concepts. We call this meeting the "Research Exchange Meeting" because it is both enjoyable and meaningful, and the "interdisciplinary exchange" that we hope will lead to serendipity is one of the main features of the Foundation's programs.

Research support	Overseas research support	Support for holding scientific conferences
Promotion of basic research in the natural sciences by subsidizing research expenses (in Japan)	Promotion of overseas joint research and international cooperative research by subsidizing (Japanese) expenses related to overseas stays etc.	Promotion of academic exchange by holding and supporting international scientific conferences etc.
1) Exploratory and original research 2) Research to be conducted by a new research group 3) Excellent research from the perspective of interdisciplinarity and internationality Emphasis is placed on basic research plans that are exploratory and expected to develop in the future, rather than those that have a well-established evaluation and for which it is easy to obtain research funds. In order to actively support researchers who practice research activities that incorporate diverse viewpoints and ideas and demonstrate their creativity, the Foundation respects the diversity of each individual as well as the active participation of women.	Emphasis is placed on basic research in the natural sciences, including interdisciplinary research that has the potential to revolutionize established academic systems and open up new fields of study from new perspectives, and research that seeks to take on new challenges in different fields. Not only individual research but also group research is the target of support.	The purposes of promoting academic exchange by holding and supporting international scientific conferences etc. are as follows. 1) To summarize the current state of research at the highest level from an international perspective on appropriate themes in basic science. 2) To build up a foundation for research development in the younger generation through dialogue between different generations of basic science researchers. 3) To promote exchanges among different fields of basic science and to seek new developments through cross-disciplinary discussions. The series includes "Yamada Conference", "Yamada Symposium", "Yamada Workshop", and "Top Conference Support".

Yamada Coference

fiscal year	No.	No.	Title	Term	Venue	Organizer and Editors
2020	76	LXXVI	SPIN-2020 The 9th Conference on Nitroxide Radicals	Aug. 29-30, 2022	Online	Naoki YOSHIOKA
2021	75	LXXV	Origin of Left-Right Asymmetry in Animals	Jan.24-27, 2023	Kobe, Hyogo	Hiroshi HAMADA
2020	74	LXXIV	Wnt meeting	Nov. 15-19, 2022	Awajishima, Hyogo	Akira KIKUCHI
2022	73	LXXIII	Int. Conf. on Molecular Spintronics Based on Coordination Compounds: Toward Quantum Computer and Quantum Memory Device	Oct. 8-11, 2022	Sendai, Miyagi	Masahiro YAMASHITA
2020	72	LXXII	8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Few-body Problems in Physics	Mar. 1-5, 2021	Kanazawa, Ishikawa	Emiko HIYAMA
2019	71	LXXI	Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Gravitational Wave Era 2019	Nov. 4-8, 2019	Yokohama, Kanagawa	Takanori SAKAMOTO, Makoto SERINO, Satoshi SUGITA
2018	70	LXX	Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Conference 2018	May16-18, 2018	Nara-city, Nara	Isao SHIRAISHI
2016	69	LXIX	17th Int. Conf. on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas	June 26-July 1, 2016	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Hideya FUKUZAWA
2015	68	LXVIII	Int. Symp. on Dynamics and Regulation of Photosynthesis	Oct. 29-31, 2015	Nara-city, Nara	Toshiharu SHIKANAI
2013	67	LXVII	8th Int. Symp. on Metallic Multilayers	May 19-24, 2013	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Teruo ONO, Koki TAKANASHI
2012	66	LXVI	Int.Conf. on the Nanostructure-Enhanced Photo-enegy Conversion	June 3-6, 2012	Koto-ku, Tokyo	Hiroaki MISAWA, Hideki MASUDA, Sunao YAMADA, Kei MURAKOSHI
2011	65	LXV	31st Int. Conf. on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME2011)	Sep. 25-30, 2011	Kobe, Hyogo	Yutaka YOSHIDA, Ko MIBU
2009	64	LXIV	8th Int. Symp. on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Ferromagnets (ISCOM2009)	Sep. 12-17, 2009	Niseko, Hokkaido	Kazushi KANODA, Shinya UJI, Kazuhiko KUROKI, Hatsumi MORI
2008	63	LXIII	3rd Int. Conf. on Photo-induced Phase Transition and Cooperative Phenomena (PIPT3)	Nov. 11-15, 2008	Osaka-city, Osaka	Koichiro TANAKA, Tetsuo OGAWA, Hideki HASHIMOTO, Shinya KOSHIHARA
2008	62	LXII	Topological Molecules	Sep. 1-4, 2008	Awajishima, Hyogo	Akira HARADA
2007	61	LXI	Spectroscopies in Novel Superconductors (SNS2007)	Aug. 20-24, 2007	Sendai, Miyagi	Sadamichi MAEKAWA, Takashi TAKAHASHI, Takami TOHYAMA, Arnn BANSIL
2006	60	LX	Research in High Magnetic Fields (RHMF2006)	Aug. 16-19, 2006	Sendai, Miyagi	Norio KOBAYASHI, Naoki TOYOTA, Mitsuhiro MOTOKAWA
2005	59	LIX	Inflating Horizons of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology	June 20-24, 2005	Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo	Hideyuki SUZUKI, Jun'ichi YOKOYAMA, Yasushi SUTO, Katsuhiko SATO
2004	58	LVIII	Light Sensing and Signal Transduction in Plant Photomorphogenesis	June 5-9, 2004	Okazaki, Aichi	Masamitsu WADA, Ken-ichiro SHIMAZAKi, Moritoshi IINO
2001	57	LVII	Atomic-Scale Surface Designing for Functional Low-Dimensional Materials	Nov. 14-16, 2001	Tsukuba, Ibaraki	Hiroshi TOCHIHARA, Masaru TSUKADA, Ken-ichi TANAKA
2001	56	LVI	4th Int. Symp. on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Ferromagnets (ISCOM2001)	Sep. 10-14, 2001	Rusutsu, Hokkaido	Gunzi SAITO, Seiichi KAGOSHIMA, Kazushi KANODA, Hideo AOKI, Takehiko MORI, Yohji MISAKI, Hideki YAMOCHI
2001	55	LV	11th Int. Conf. on Liquid and Amorphous Metals 11 (LAM11)	Sep. 9-14, 2001	Yokohama, Kanagawa	Fumiko YONEZAWA, Kazuhiko TSUJI,
2000	54	LIV	9th Int. Conf. on Shallow- Level Centers in Semiconductors (SLCS-9)	Sep. 24-27, 2000	Awajishima, Hyogo	Hiroshi KATAYAMA-YOSHIDA, Masashi SUEZAWA, Hiroyasu NAKATA
2000	53	LIII	2000 Int. Conf. on Excitonic Processes in Condensed Matter (EXCON2000)	Aug. 22-25, 2000	Osaka-city, Osaka	Kikuo CHO, Atsuo MATSUI
1999	52	LII	Molecular Steroidogenesis	Aug. 25-28, 1999	Nara-city, Nara	Mitsuhiro OKAMOTO, Yuzuru ISHIMURA, Hajime NAWATA
1999	51	LI	Int. Conf. on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES'99)	Aug. 24-28, 1999	Nagano-city, Nagano	Kazumasa MIYAKE, Hisatomo HARIMA, Hiroshi KOHNO, Tetsuo SASO, Hideyuki SATO, Rikio SETTAI, Yoshichika ŌNUKI
1998	50	L	Polyelectrolytes	May 31-June 3, 1998	Inuyama, Aichi	Ichiro NODA, Etsuo KOKUFUTA
1998	49	XLIX	Black Holes and High Energy Astrophysics	Apr. 6-10, 1998	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Humitaka SATO, Naoshi SUGIYAMA
1997	48	XLVIII	Quark Matter '97	Dec. 1-5, 1997	Tsukuba, Ibaraki	Tetsuo HATSUDA, Yasuo MIYAKE, Shoji NAGAMIYA, Kohsuke YAGI
1997	47	XLVII	6th Int. Con. on Quasicrystals	May 26-30, 1997	Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo	Shin TAKEUCHI, Takeo FUJIWARA
1996	46	XLVI	Dictyostelium, A Model System for Cell and Developmental Biology	Oct. 14-18, 1996	Sendai, Miyagi	Yasuo MAEDA, Kei INOUE, Ikuo Takeuchi
1996	45	XLV	Int. Conf. on the Physics of Transition Metals (ICPTM'96)	Sep. 24-27, 1996	Toyonaka, Osaka	Junjiro KANAMORI, Ayao OKIJI, Hiroyuki SHIBA, Masayuki SHIGA, Kiyoyuki TERAKURA
1995	44	XLIV	Int. Symp. on Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions in Nuclei	June 12-16, 1995	Toyonaka, Osaka	Hiroyasu EJIRI, Tadafumi KISHIMOTO, Toru SATO
1995	43	XLIII	Structures and Dynamics of Clusters	May 10-13, 1995	Shimoda, Shizuoka	Tamotsu KONDOW, Koji KAYA, Akira TERASAKI
1994	42	XLII	Structure, Fluctuation, and Relaxation in Solutions	Dec. 11-15, 1994	Nagoya, Aichi	Hiroyasu NOMURA, Fumio KAWAIZUMI
1994	41	XLI	Neutron Scattering (ICNS'94)	Oct. 11-14, 1994	Sendai, Miyagi	Yasuo ENDO, Satoru FUNAHASHI, Susumu KATANO, R.A. Robinson
1994	40	XL	20th Int. Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics	July 4-9, 1994	Toyonaka, Osaka	Akito ARIMA, Tohru EGUCHI, Noboru NAKANISHI
1994	39	XXXIX	Calcium as cell signal	Apr. 26-28, 1994	Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo	Kosaku MARUYAMA, Yoshiaki NONOMURA, Kazuhiro KOHAMA
1993	38	XXXVIII	Noble Gas Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry	Jan. 17-19, 1994	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Minoru OJIMA, Jun-ichi MATSUDA
1993	37	XXXVII	Evolution of the Universe and its Observational Quest	June 8-12, 1993	Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo	Katsuhiko SATO
1993	36	XXXVI	4th Int. Conf. on Fundamentals of Fracture	May 31-June 4, 1993	Urabandai, Fukushima	Hiroshi KIMURA, Nobutaka NARITA, Taira SUZUKI, Takayoshi SUZUKI, Tadao WATANABE
1992	35	XXXV	High Energy Spin Physics (10th Int. Symp.)	Nov. 9-14, 1992	Naogya, Aichi	T. HASEGAWA. Naoaki HORIKAWA, Akira MASAIKE, S. SAWADA
1992	34	XXXIV	Hyperfine Interactions Detected bu Nuclear Radiations	Aug. 17-21, 1992	Toyonaka, Osaka	Tadanori MINAMISONO, Yoichi NOJIRI, Hisazumi AKAI, Mitsunori FUKUDA
1992	33	XXXIII	Application of High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor Physics (HMSP'92)	Aug. 3-7, 1992	Awa, Chiba	Noboru MIURA
1992	32	XXXII	Plant Cell Walls as Biopolymers with Physiological Functions	May 5-8,1992	Osaka-city, Osaka	Yoshio MASUDA
1991	31	XXXI	5th Int. Conf. on Modulated Semiconductor Structures (MSS-5)	July 8-12, 1991	Nara-city, Nara	Satoshi HIYAMIZU, Hisao NAKASHIMA
1991	30	XXX	Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems	July 8-12, 1991	Nara-city, Nara	Motohiko SAITOH
1991	29	XXIX	Dynamics and Mechanisms of Photoinduced Electron Transfer and Related Phenomena	May 12-16, 1991	Toyonaka, Osaka	Noboru MATAGA Tadashi OKADA Hiroshi MASUHARA
1991	28	XXVIII	Frontiers of X-Ray Astronomy (Frontiers Science Series No.2)	Apr. 8-12, 1991	Nagoya, Aichi	Yasuo TANAKA, Katsuji KOYAMA
1990	27	XXVII	Int. Symp. on Oxygenases and Oxygen Activation	Dec. 10-12, 1990	kyoto-city, Kyoto	Shozo YAMAMOTO, Mitsuhiro NOZAKI, Yuzuru ISHIMURA
1990	26	XXVI	Surface as a New Material	July 2-6, 1990	Toyonaka, Osaka	Akio YOSHIMORI, Yowshitada MURATA, Katsumichi YAGI
1990	25	XXV	Magnetic Phase Transitions (MPT90)	Apr. 13-16, 1990	Osaka-city, Osaka	Muneyuki DATE, Kazukiyo NAGATA, Yoshihito MIYAKO, Koichi KATSUMATA
1989	24	XXIV	Strongly Coupled Plasma Physics	Aug. 29-Sep. 2, 1989	Yamanakako, Yamanashi	Setsuo ICHIMARU
1989	23	XXIII	Nuclear Weak Process and Nuclear Structure	June 12-15, 1989	Toyonaka, Osaka	Masato MORITA, Hiroyasu EJIRI, Hisato OHTSUBO, Toru SATO
1989	22	XXII	Plant Water Relations and Growth under Stress	May 5-9, 1989	Osaka-city, Osaka	Masashi TAZAWA, Masayuki KATSUMI, Yoshio MASUDA, Hisashi OKAMOTO
1988	21	XXI	Molecular Physiology of Retinal Proteins	May 30-June 3, 1988	Hieizan, Kyoto	Tomiyuki HARA
1988	20	XX	Big Bang, Active Galactic Nuclei and Supernovae	Mar. 28-Apr.1, 1988	Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo	Satio HAYAKAWA, Katsuhiko SATO
1987	19	XIX	Ordering and Organization in Ionic Solutions	Nov. 9-12, 1987	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Norio ISE, Ikuo SOGAMI
1987	18	XVIII	Superconductivity in Highly Correlated Fermion Systems (YCS'87)	Aug. 31-Sep. 3, 1987	Sendai, Miyagi	Masashi TACHIKI, Yoshio MUTO, Sadamichi MAEKAWA
1987	17	XVII	Cytochrome P-450: New Trends	May 11-13, 1987	Nara-city, Nara	Ryo SATO, Tsuneo OMURA, Yoshio IMAI, Yoshiaki FUJII-KURIYAMA
1986	16	XVI	Phytochrome and Photoregulation in Plants	Oct. 13-17, 1986	Okazaki, Aichi	Masaki FURUYA
1986	15	XV	Physics and Chemistry of Quasi One- Dimensional Conductors	May 26-30, 1986	Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi	Sadao NAKAJIMA, Shoji TANAKA, Kunimitsu UCHINOKURA
1986	14	XIV	Gravitational Collapse and Relativity	Apr. 7-11, 1986	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Humitaka SATO, Takashi NAKAMURA
1985	13	XIII	Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems (6th Int. Conf.)	Sep. 9-13, 1985	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Tsuneya ANDO
1985	12	XII	Modulated Semiconductor Structures (2nd Int. Conf.)	Sep. 9-13, 1985	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Hiroyuki SAKAKI
1985	11	XI	Energy Transduction in ATPases (Tonomura Memorial Symp.)	May 27-31, 1985	Kobe, Hyogo	Yasuo MUKOHATA, Manuel F. MORALES, Sidney FLEISCHER
1984	10	X	Cell Motility: Mechanism and Regulation	Sep. 2-5, 1984	Nagoya, Aichi	Harunori ISHIKAWA, Sadashi HATANO, Hidemi SATO
1984	9	IX	Dislocations in Solids	Aug. 27-31, 1984	Minato-ku, Tokyo	Hideji SUZUKI, Toshiyuki NINOMIYA, Koji SUMINO, Shin TAKEUCHI
1984	8	VIII	Transdifferentiation and Instability in Cell Commitment	Aug. 20-24, 1984	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Tokindo. S. OKADA, Hisato KONDOH
1983	7	VII	Muon Spin Rotation and Associated Problems	Apr.18-22, 1983	Shimoda, Shizuoka	Toshimitsu YAMAZAKI, Kanetada NAGAMINE
1982	6	VI	Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter	Sep. 1-4, 1982	Hakone, Kanagawa	Sadao HOSHINO, Yasusada YAMADA, John D. Axe
1981	5	V	Point Defects and Defect Interactions in Metals	Nov. 16-20, 1981	Kyoto-city, Kyoto	Jin-ichi TAKAMURA, Masao DOYAMA, Michio KIRITANI
1980	4	IV	Physics and Chemistry of Layered Materials	Sep. 8-10, 1980	Sendai, Miyagi	Hideo AKAMATSU, Yoichiro NISHINA, Sei-ichi TANUMA, H. W. MYRON
1979	3	III	Free Radicals (14th Int. Symp.)	Sep. 3-7, 1979	Sanda, Hyogo	Yonezo MORINO, Ikuzo TANAKA, Eizi HIROTA, Kinichi OBI, Shuji SAITO
1979	2	II	Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems (3rd Int. Conf.)	Sep. 3-6, 1979	Yamanakako, Yamanashi	Shinji KAWAJI
1978	1	I	Cell Motility Controlled by Actin, Myosin and Related Proteins	Sep. 11-13, 1978	Nagoya, Aichi	Sadashi HATANO, Harunori ISHIKAWA, Hidemi SATO

Yamada Symposium

	No.	Title	Term	Venue	Organizers and Editors
2024	7	7th International Conference on Polyamines	Aug. 25-30, 2024	Kobe-city, Hyogo	Shinsuke FUJIWARA
2023	6	Diversity of Biological Patterns and Forms in Nature ～A Comprehensive Meeting	Aug. 1-3, 2023	Nakano-ku, Tokyo	Tomohiko YAMAGUCHI
2017	5	Neuroimaging of Natural Behaviors	Oct. 2-5, 2017	Meguro-ku, Tokyo	Hirokazu TANAKA, Hiroyuki KAMBARA, Makoto MIYAKOSHI
2010	4	Advanced Photons and Science Evolution 2010	June 14-18, 2010	Osaka-city, Osaka	Hiroyasu EJIRI, Masanori HANGYO, Tetsuo OGAWA, Yuji OHASHI
2007	3	From Chaos to Cosmos : Integration in Biological Systems	Nov. 17-22, 2007	Hayama, Kanagawa	Motonori HOSHI
2005	2	Key Natural Organic Molecules in Biological Systems	Sep. 10-14, 2005	Awajishima, Hyogo	Shoichi KUSUMOTO, Koichi FUKASE
2003	1	Neutrinos and Dark Matter in Nuclear Physics 03	June 9-14, 2003	Nara-ctiy, Nara	Hiroyasu EJIRI, Izumi OGAWA