The Inamori Foundation announced the 2024 fellows for the Inamori Research Institute for Science (InaRIS) Fellowship Program on March 15, 2024. This year, we will welcome two new fellows, Hiroshi Suzuki (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University) and Ayuko Hoshino (Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo), who were...
The Inamori Foundation announced the 50 recipients of the 2024 Inamori Grants on March 8, 2024. Out of 408 applicants (natural sciences: 335; humanities and social sciences: 73), 40 from the field of natural sciences and 10 from the field of humanities and social sciences were selected through the rigorous selection.
On a geometric figure determined by an equation involving multiple terms and variables, how many rational points are there?—One of the most famous problems in an academic discipline that considers such questions is Manin’s Conjecture. Dr. Sho Tanimoto of Nagoya University, a researcher of Manin’s Conjecture, has delivered significant achievements in this field.
Dr. Takeo Kanade, the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Information and Communication Technologies category.
Dr. Zakir Hussain, the 2022 Kyoto Prize laureate in Arts and Philosophy, has received three 2024 Grammy Awards.
The 2024 Kyoto Prize Symposium (KPS) will be held in San Diego, California on March 13 and 14.
Dr. Masaki Kashiwara, the 2018 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was selected as the recipient of the 42nd Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award (Distinguished Achievement) on January 5, 2024.
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) has announced that they will award Dr. Anthony Fauci, a physician, immunologist, and infectious disease expert, with the 2024 Inamori Ethics Prize.
3S is the abbreviation for “Seiwa Scholars Society,” which consists of the past and current Inamori Research Grant recipients. The 3S has evolved since 1997 with the hope that the interactions among the various specialties of the 3S members can lead to the further development of the research of their own. In the series “Visiting...
On September 21 (local time), the 2023 Inamori Ethics Prize Ceremony and Lecture were held at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio, USA).
A symposium entitled "Understanding the World through Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases" was held at Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall in commemoration of the visit to Japan of Dr. Brian T. Grenfell, the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Basic Sciences.
The 2023 Kyoto Prize Commemorative Lectures were held at the Kyoto International Conference Center on November 11, 2023, with 550 participants.