Leave a Nest, our partners, and research coaches are here to support your research.

The Science Castle Research Fund is a research grant for junior and senior high school students who conduct original research based on their own ideas on themes set by RIVANES and its partners.

In principle, the research coach will accompany the student for approximately six months and provide advice on all aspects of research activities.

Established in 2016, the program has awarded numerous research grants. (Go to Adoption Results)

The Science Castle Research Fund was also created based on the needs of the field.

In 2012, we began holding conferences in response to faculty members who wanted a place to present their work, and from there, we began to receive calls for mentoring and for professional guidance as well as money and equipment. By providing research coaches and small financial grants to teenagers who are beginning to do research at school or on their own, we are pushing them to take the plunge into research they had given up on or had never thought of before. The partner company is one of the many companies that have a founder's vision, a philosophy of social contribution, and a passion for what their researchers can do, all of which are oriented toward teenagers (the next generation).

Please read carefully the messages from our partners and apply for your research ideas!

The event is open to high school/secondary school students aged 13-17 or older, depending on the country.

• The research grant will be awarded to an individual or a team. Please be sure to set up "one principal investigator" for each team. (This does not mean that only activities conducted by one person are eligible.
• For team applications, the maximum number of team members is 6. Team members will be listed on the record only if they are registered at the time of application.
• Those who are not enrolled in junior high school, high school, technical college, etc., or are on leave of absence for some reason are also eligible to apply.
• If applying after high school graduation, the applicant must be a pre-college student.
• For competitions in Japan, judging and presentations will be conducted in Japanese. Nationality is not required.
• The official language for the review, research support, and reporting of results of Science Castle research grants conducted at ASIA is English.

• Please prepare an email address that can be used to verify the identity of the individual research representative.
• You will be required to register for a "Leave a Nest (LNEST ID)" with the relevant e-mail address.
• You will be asked to fill out an entry form and submit data through your LNEST ID.

Click here to create your Liberace ID.

An application guide (video) will be available.

Application forms will be released as they become available.