In August 2019, the "Unusual Talent Discovery Project ROCKET" by the Nakamura Laboratory in the Department of Human Assistance Engineering, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo will open a summer program for junior and senior high school students who are aiming to become researchers in the future.About 8 students from the third year of junior high school to the third year of high school will be selected from all over the country, and the faculty members of the University of Tokyo will be given the wisdom and courage to jump out into the unknown world.
According to the University of Tokyo, the summer program will be held at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, from August 8th to 17th.After visiting the orientation and the laboratory of the Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Fumiaki Kubo, Professor of the Graduate School of Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo, and Hiroshi Watanabe, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo, will give lectures.
In addition, a fieldwork training by Makoto Yuasa, a specially appointed professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, who is also a social activist, and a lecture by the violinist Kaoru Kondo, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster, are scheduled.
Participants are about 3 people from the third grade of junior high school to the third grade of high school, and after applying from the dedicated site by July 3, they have excellent grades such as aspiration motive of about 10 characters, examination results, and teacher's recommendation letter. Apply by mailing a certificate showing that to the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo.It is free to attend, but it costs about 7 yen per person for transportation and food.
The Unusual Talent Discovery Project is a joint project of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, and the Nippon Foundation. It selects children who have outstanding abilities but are not familiar with the current educational environment, and promote continuous learning. There is.
