Yoshinori Ohsumi Award for Fundamental Research
Overview
The fund is designed to provide financial support for young researchers engaged in fundamental research that requires a long-term perspective.
Background of Yoshinori Ohsumi Fund and This Grant
After Honorary Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2016, a fund was set up in his name to broaden the base of researchers and to foster talented individuals who will serve as a foundation for Japan in the future. For example, the fund provides for students in need of financial help who wish to study at the Institute, and promotes support for young researchers engaged in fundamental research that requires a long-term
FY2023 Application guideline【Internal】
FY2023 Award Winners
FY2023 was the sixth year of the grant, in which three researchers were selected as award winners.
| Affiliation | Title | Name | Research topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science |
Assistant Professor |
Yuta Amezawa |
Study of the crustal fluid distribution based on systematic waveform classification and seismic wave |
| Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science |
Assistant Professor |
Kei Tanaka |
How to Form the Most Massive Stars |
| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Environment and Society |
Associate Professor |
Mai Sawada |
Mechanism of wet-dry cycles-induced soil degradation based on internal stress measurements —aiming to establish future maintenance methods for earth structures— |
Grant Ceremony
（Front row, from left）Assistant Prof. Yuta Amezawa, Honorary Professor YoshinoriOhsumi, President Kazuya Masu, Assistant Prof. Kei Tanaka, Associate Prof. Mai Sawada.
（Back row, from left:）Director of Research Promotion Department Eiji Tamai, Professor Hiroshi Kimura, Executive Vice President for Research Osamu Watanabe, Head, Research Development Section, Office of Research and Innovation (Head URA) Hajime Nitta.
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