From February 21, 2020 to March 13, 2020, the Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN) carried out the open recruitment of the program director (PD) of Moonshot Goal 5 ("Creation of the Industry That Enables Sustainable Global Food Supply by Exploiting Unused Biological Resources by 2050") which was fixed by Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) based on the Moonshot Research and Development Program.
BRAIN received applications from 7 applicants and examined strictly by the examination committee consisting of external experts.
As the result, a following person has been decided as the PD.
CHIBA Kazuhiro / President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology