Tohoku University has established a new project, "Challenging Research Duo for Creating New Areas," to support challenging research that could become a global trend in 10 to 15 years with its own financial resources.It is essential to have researchers from overseas research institutes as collaborators in cross-disciplinary research that transcends the boundaries of humanities and science, and it is an advanced initiative at domestic universities.
According to Tohoku University, the target business is challenging research that can become a global trend in 10 to 15 years, and research to generate budding ideas that will lead to the creation of new research areas.We have already started open recruitment from within the university, and in December we will adopt about 12 projects to support research by utilizing the university's own financial resources.
With the progress of globalization and the accelerated development of science and technology, modern society is facing major changes at an unprecedented pace, creating new value and creating new research areas that are not bound by preconceived ideas. The aim is to fulfill.
The research system consists of a group of two or three researchers from different departments, and a collaborator from an overseas research institution.The research institute is 2 years old.If adopted, an annual payment of 3 to 5 million yen (1 to 500 million yen this year) will be paid per project.
In the midst of a period of change, large-scale international joint projects such as EU Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe have begun to move in the world's academic world, and Tohoku University needs to move toward the development of new research areas. It was judged.
