The Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce the 2021 Kyoto Prize laureates on June 18, 2021 after a one-year postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2020, which was postponed last Spring due to the spread of a new coronavirus infection, will be held online as the Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2021 and distributed from the University of Oxford.
In the first installment of the series “Unearthing the Words of Kyoto Prize Laureates,” we had the pleasure of interviewing , the 2015 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Advanced Technology category.
While considering new role and sustainability of the research station, Dr. Daisuke Akaishi, a program-specific assistant professor, realized that research carried out there needed to include not only the natural environment but also the livelihood of people in the whole surrounding basin formed by the rivers that originate in the forest.
Dr. Isamu Akasaki, who contributed to the realization of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), passed away on April 1, 2021 at the age of 92.
We interviewed Dr. Hiroshi Nishiura, who uses mathematics to fight against the invisible enemy of infectious diseases that affect all human beings, and asked about the forefront of COVID-19 countermeasures and the goals of his research.
A research team led by Professor Rie Umetsu at Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University has succeeded in the world’ s first direct observation of the electronic state of “half-metal,” which is expected to become next-generation materials for the realization of revolutionary devices.
On March 19, 2021, the Inamori Foundation announced the two 2021 fellows for the Inamori Research Institute for Science (InaRIS) Fellowship Program, Hiroshi Nishimasu (Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo) and Yoshifumi Yamaguchi (Professor, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University) were selected from 66 applicants. InaRIS Fellowship Program...
On March 15, 2021, Dr. László Lovász, the 2010 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was awarded the Arbel Prize which recognizes mathematicians with extraordinary achievements. Congratulations on this great honor!
The Inamori Foundation announced the 2021 Inamori Grants 50 recipients on March 12. Out of 441 applicants (natural sciences:361; humanities and social sciences: 80), 40 from the field of natural sciences and 10 from the field of humanities and social sciences were chosen through the rigorous selection. Each single recipient is awarded one million yen.
On March 5, 2021, Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum, the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Arts and Philosophy, selected as the recipient of the Holberg Prize which honors scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology. Many congratulations on this prestigious recognition!
Dr. Isamu Akasaki, 2009 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, was awarded the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering on February 2. The Prize recognizes researchers who have brought benefits to the world through groundbreaking technological innovations. Congratulations for the great honor! Dr. Akasaki’s persistent research on gallium nitride (GaN) and its application to light-emitting...