The placenta is arguably one of the most important organs in the body. Advance study in placenta development/obstetrical complications will have a profound impact not only on the health of a woman and her fetus during pregnancy, but also the lifelong health of both mother and child.

Problems with the uterus leads to female infertility. Promotes translational studies on uterine function and pathophysiology involving approaches at molecular-, cellular-, tissue-, and organ-level.

Advance study in gametogenesis and male/female infertility will play a profound role in treating fertility and shed a light on assisted human reproduction in basic and clinical research in the field of reproductive medicine.

Increasing numbers of infertility cases due to obesity, stress, pollution, smokers, fertility threatening treatments leads to growing demands for advances and technological breakthroughs in the field of assisted reproductive techniques.

FIRM releases Special Grant-in-aid calls and extra support for public health research and frontier research in the field of reproductive medicine. Due to the Public Health Emergency for COID-19, FIRM launched the COVID-19 Rapid Research Grant in March 2020.