■FY 2000 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A (Overseas Scientific Research) New■  | 
| Division/Sub-division | Orientation | Theme No. | Research Theme | Research representative | ||
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Research Institution  and Section  | Job Title | Name | ||||
| Earth Science | ||||||
| Physics of Solid Earth | Physics | 12373001 | Research into Taiwanese Earthquakes caused by Severe Collisions of Plate Boundaries | Earthquake Research Center, Tokyo University | Professor | Naoshi Hirata | 
| Aeronomy | Physics | 12373002 | Research into the Upper Atmosphere Based on Joint International Experiments using the EISCAT Radar | Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University | Professor | Ryoichi Fujii | 
| Physics | 12373003 | Research into the Energy Transfer, Integration and Conversion Process from Solar Winds to the Earth's Atmospheric Transition Zone | Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University | Professor | Kiyofumi Yumoto | |
| Stratigraphy and Paleontology | Biology | 12375001 | Research into Adaptive Radiation of the Triassic Ichthyosaur and its Ecological and Environmental Background | National Science Museum | Researcher | Makoto Manabe | 
| Biology | ||||||
| Animal Physiology and Metabolism | Biology | 12375002 | Clarification of the Mechanisms Supporting the Diversity of Fruit Flies in the East Asian Region | Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University | Associate Professor | Tadashi Aotsuka | 
| Physical Anthropology (including Physical Anthropology) | ||||||
| Physical Anthropology (including Physical Anthropology) | Biology | 12375003 | Regional Variation in the Behavior of Wild Chimpanzees and Acquisition Process of Cultural Behavior | Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University | Professor | Toshisada Nishida | 
| Biology | 12375004 | Social-ecological Research concerning the Symbiosis and Co-evolution of Anthropoids and Mankind | Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University | Associate Professor | Juichi Yamagiwa | |
| Division/Sub-division | Orientation | Theme No. | Research Theme | Research representative | ||
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Research Institution  and Section  | Job Title | Name | ||||
| Architecture | ||||||
| City Planning and Building Planning | Arts | 12372006 | Joint International Research into Restorative Urban Development after the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake | Department of Design, Kobe Design University | Professor | Takahito Saiki | 
| Physics | 12374001 | Investigation and Research Concerning How Study and Living Space should be Designed in Educational Facilities from the Perspective of International Comparisons | Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University | Associate Professor | Kaname Yanagisawa | |
| Division/Sub-division | Orientation | Theme No. | Research Theme | Research representative | ||
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Research Institution  and Section  | Job Title | Name | ||||
| Fisheries | ||||||
| Fisheries in General | Biology | 12375005 | Research concerning Phylogeny, Environmental Adaptation and Protection of the Fresh Water Elasmobranches in Southeastern Africa | School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University | Professor | Sho Tanaka | 
| Agricultural Economics | ||||||
| Agricultural Economics | Arts | 12372007 | Research concerning the Establishment of Market Mechanism in Developing Nations: A Case Study of a Rural District in Indonesia | Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University | Professor | Hitoshi Yonekura | 
| Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine | ||||||
| Applied Veterinary Medicine | Biology | 12375006 | Biological Research into Animal Influenza Viruses: In Preparation for the Emergence of New Types of Viruses | Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University | Professor | Hiroshi Kida | 
| Division/Sub-division | Orientation | Theme No. | Research Theme | Research representative | ||
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Research Institution  and Section  | Job Title | Name | ||||
| Pathology | ||||||
| Parasitology (including Medical Zoology) | Biology | 12376001 | Diversity State of Chagas' Disease and its relation to Intraspecific Variation within Humans and Protozoa | School of Medicine, Saitama Medical University | Professor | Kenji Hirayama | 
| Virology | Biology | 12376002 | Genetic Analysis of African HIV/SIV and HTLV/STLV - Clarification of their Origins and Evolution | Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University | Research Associate | Eiji Ido | 
| Division/Sub-division | Orientation | Theme No. | Research Theme | Research representative | ||
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Research Institution  and Section  | Job Title | Name | ||||
| Cultural Properties Science | ||||||
| Cultural Properties Science | Arts | 12371010 | Study into the Prehistoric Process of Transformation from Lapitas to Polynesians | Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University | Professor | Kazumichi Katayama | 
| Arts | 12371011 | Fundamental Research concerning the Project to Conserve the Ancient Egyptian Ruins Located at the Top of a Hilly Terrain in South Abu Seir | School of Human Sciences, Waseda University | Professor | Sakuji Yoshimura | |
| Physics | 12374002 | Research concerning the Conservation of Murals in Temples and Ancient Burial Mounds in Hopei, China | Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties | Head | Wataru Kawanobe | |
| Environment Science | ||||||
| Environmental Dynamic Analysis | Chemistry | 12374003 | Research concerning Dry Deposition of Sulfur Oxides in the Yellow Soil Region | Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University | Professor | Kazuhiko Sakamoto | 
| Environmental Influence Assessment (including Radiobiology) | Arts | 12372008 | Cross-disciplinary Study concerning the Environment, Economy and Energy in Central Asia | Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University | Professor | Tsuneo Tsukatani |