Yoshinori Ohsumi Fund 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

List of the Past Grant Recipients

FY2020 Application guideline【Internal】

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FY2019 Grant Recipients

FY2019 was the second year of the grant, in which four researchers were selected as recipients.

Affiliation	Title	Name	Research topic
Department of Chemistry, School of Science	Assistant Professor	Masahiro YAMASHINA	Synthesis of multi-colored fluorescent supramolecular polymers with a Janus-shaped molecular tweezer
Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology	Assistant Professor	Kohei SATO	Self-assembly of Peptide within "Closed Microenvironment"
Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology	Assistant Professor Professor	Tatsuki NAGASAWA	The Evo-Devo study of hatching gland cells -to propose a new evolutionary model-
Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research	Assistant Professor	Takamasa TSUKAMOTO	Experimental demonstration of "super-degeneracy" materials with extremely high symmetry beyond sphere