7＋ISEF
Current JST list
Official source ↗Opportunity should not stop at a subject boundaryPublic support
Public support
beyond seven subjects —
and before the national team.
Build a public pathway from first discovery to international participation.
Japan’s JST program supports seven subject olympiads plus ISEF, including national selection, training, international participation, and outreach. We ask MEXT and JST to extend this foundation through transparent eligibility criteria, interim delegation grants, and public reporting.
1,100
JOL 2026 applicants
Official source ↗¥3,000
JOL 2026 entry fee
Also used to subsidize international registration.
Official source ↗≈¥500k
Estimated JOAI cost per delegate
Official source ↗The policy gap
Breadth of fields. Depth of opportunity.
Adding a few delegations is not enough. Support should also make national participation, learning materials, training, and outreach sustainable.
Which fields qualify?
Use public, future-proof criteria: continuity, international participation, fair national selection, academic quality, non-profit governance, and educational reach.
How far does support reach?
Build a pathway from awareness and affordable national contests to training, international travel, and open educational resources.
Three requests01 02 03
Expand. Bridge. Disclose.
Expand eligibility by public criteria
Evaluate emerging and interdisciplinary olympiads through transparent standards, rather than a fixed list of names.
Create interim delegation grants
While the system is reviewed, fund travel, registration, insurance, and chaperone costs for qualifying delegations.
Publish allocations and outcomes
Disclose field-level funding, selection reasons, participation, regional reach, materials, and educational outcomes.
Why it matters
Entry fees and delegation costs are connected.
Official Japanese pages for linguistics and AI state that national participation fees help finance international registration, travel, and domestic operations. A stable public foundation can reduce personal risk and free resources for lower fees, waivers, materials, and school outreach.
Petition page in preparation
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We ask MEXT and JST to expand eligibility by public criteria, provide interim delegation grants, and disclose allocations, selection reasons, and outcomes.
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