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The Inamori Foundation announced the 2025 fellows for the Inamori Research Institute for Science (InaRIS) Fellowship Program on March 14, 2025.
The Inamori Foundation announced the 50 recipients of the 2025 Inamori Research Grants on March 7, 2025. Out of 405 applicants (natural sciences: 319; humanities and social sciences: 86), 40 from the field of natural sciences and 10 from the field of humanities and social sciences were selected through the rigorous selection.
The Inamori Research Grants Program, which has been held annually since 1985, will introduce two new courses, "Incubate" and "Accelerate," starting from 2025. These new courses aim to expand and enrich the program.
In the series "Visiting 3S Researchers," we interview researchers in 3S who are very active in a variety of fields. The 14th interview is with Dr. Megumi Sasaki (2022 Inamori Research Grant Recipient) from Health Care Center, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) has announced that they will award Oscar Chacón the 2025 Inamori Ethics Prize.
We had the privilege of visiting Dr. Kazuya Seo of Kogakuin University of Technology & Engineering, who kindly shared insights into his research in sports engineering, a scientific discipline that studies the world of sports.
On November 14, in honor of the 2024 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, Dr. Paul F. Hoffman’s commemorative lecture was held at 21KOMCEE, the University of Tokyo. Dr. Hoffman delivered an impassioned lecture on the impact of snowball Earth on the evolution of living organisms, followed by Dr. Joseph Kirschvink, proponent of the snowball Earth...
The 2024 Kyoto Prize Commemorative Lectures were held on the 11th at the Kyoto International Conference Center, with 1,100 participants in attendance.
The 2024 Kyoto Prize Presentation Ceremony was held at the Kyoto International Conference Center on November 10 and 700 guests attended from around the world. We have selected some of the most impressive scenes and compiled them into a 3-minute video. Please take a look!
The 2024 Kyoto Prize Presentation Ceremony took place at the Kyoto International Conference Center on November 10, with an esteemed audience of 700 guests in attendance.
The 2024 Kyoto Prize Laureates Introduction Videos Are Now Available!
The registration for the 2024 Kyoto Prize Commemorative Lecture has now closed, as we have reached full capacity. Thank you very much for your overwhelming interest.