{"id":49872,"date":"2026-03-01T15:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T06:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/?post_type=castlegrant_list&#038;p=49872"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:24:51","slug":"asahi2026","status":"publish","type":"castlegrant_list","link":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/en\/castlegrant_list\/asahi2024-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Castle Research Fund 2026 Asahi Beverage Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1772347867974\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">Science Castle Research Grant 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">Asahi Soft Drinks Award<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/id.lne.st\/project\/castlegrant\/regist\/basic_info\/1\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt\">Click here to apply<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>Asahi Drinks, with the desire for customers to be energized in both mind and body as they navigate the 100-year lifespan era, has set the slogan \"100 Years of Excitement and Smiles\" as a promise to our customers. We are focused on addressing social issues related to \"health,\" \"environment,\" and \"regional co-creation.\" As part of these efforts, we established the \"Asahi Drinks Award\" in 2019 to support the challenges of young researchers paving the way for the future. This year marks the 7th Asahi Drinks Award. Won't you join us, the employees of Asahi Drinks, in finding solutions to social issues?<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1772347852944\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3>Asahi Soft Drinks Award Summary Video<\/h3>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_custom_1679455525857 vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-center\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YUmsZTzsnUs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1772347738658\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<h4><b>Examples of research up to the last fiscal year<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Examples of health-related research<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development of Cascara (Coffee Cherry) Tea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plant growth-promoting effects of baker's yeast<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Examples of environmental research<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conservation of Salamander Populations and Habitats in the Okitama Region of Yamagata Prefecture<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can scent control seeds? The effect of volatile compounds produced by plants on germination.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Examples of research on regional co-creation<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"The Counterattack of the Weed *Passiflora Lo\u00e0i*: Elucidating Allelopathy, Self\/Other Recognition, and Potential as a Food Resource\"<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saving the Japanese people from fat ~Using regional miso~<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1772347747323\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.talent-book.jp\/asahiinryo\/stories\/47347\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_rounded  vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"1808\" height=\"1228\" src=\"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/774e5e6af9b2b09f8a1938c48ede8a63.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/774e5e6af9b2b09f8a1938c48ede8a63.png 1808w, https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/774e5e6af9b2b09f8a1938c48ede8a63-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/774e5e6af9b2b09f8a1938c48ede8a63-1024x696.png 1024w, https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/774e5e6af9b2b09f8a1938c48ede8a63-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/774e5e6af9b2b09f8a1938c48ede8a63-1536x1043.png 1536w, https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/03\/774e5e6af9b2b09f8a1938c48ede8a63-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1808px) 100vw, 1808px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_rounded  vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/c754d236e7dfa3feae9bab8199c7cc4f.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"The research of the selected teams\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/c754d236e7dfa3feae9bab8199c7cc4f.jpg 512w, https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/c754d236e7dfa3feae9bab8199c7cc4f-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"vc_figure-caption\">The research of the selected teams<\/figcaption>\r\n\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1772347738658\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<h4>\u2193Highlights from Asahi Soft Drinks Award 2024 now available on video!!\u2193<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DO44BkZWZ40?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/castlegrant_list\/49872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/castlegrant_list"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/castlegrant_list"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}