Grant

I submitted a grant proposal to Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). I wrote the proposal for a small grant-in-aid for young scientists regarding my research on functions of a novel gene family.
The research is included in basic science, but I wrote it like an applied research. I heard that research in basic science is difficult to get a grant than that in applied science. Budget allocations tend to concentrate on applied research than on basic research in Japan.

Of course, I want to achieve breakthrough in basic research. But I have to get a grant anyway.