The Heisei Basic Science Foundation, chaired by Masatoshi Koshiba, a special honorary professor at the University of Tokyo, who is the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, announced on March 2017, 3, an educator who promoted outstanding science education and achieved good results. Announced the 20th winner of the "Masatoshi Koshiba Science Education Award" to be honored.The foundation has been decided to dissolve at the end of March, and the science department of the Osaka Prefectural Kasugaoka High School part-time course, which received the Excellence Award this time, was the last recipient.
The "Heisei Basic Science Foundation" was established in 2002 based on the prize money of Mr. Koshiba, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003.Mr. Koshiba serves as the chairman, and the directors include Makoto Kobayashi, a special professor at Nagoya University, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 and 2015, Takaaki Kajita, director of the Cosmic Ray Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, and a special honorary professor. The names are listed.
Established with the aim of promoting understanding of basic science, encouraging research and educational activities related to basic science, and contributing to the promotion of basic science in Japan. However, in the fall of 2016, it was decided to disband at the end of March 2017 due to financial difficulties caused by a decrease in supporting membership fees and the aging of officers.
The final winner of the "Masatoshi Koshiba Science Education Award" was the "Creation and Research of a Space Environment that Manipulates Gravity in the Room of the Faculty of Science" by the Osaka Prefectural Kasugaoka High School part-time course.With the active participation of various students in the part-time system, it was highly evaluated as an advanced program that manufactures a gravity device by free fall and measures magnetic force under microgravity.In addition, three awards were given to the Encouragement Award, including "Practical Education for Traditional Crafts by Electrochemical Reaction of Copper Foil" at Sendai Third High School in Miyagi Prefecture.
