2025.2.25
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  New Updated: A list of research grants and application information for humanities and social sciences [university only]

2025.2.13

  New The application guidelines for the FY 2026 JSPS DC program have been announced. We have updated the JSPS DC information on the 'Other funding Info' page.

2025.1.27

  New Schedule for the 2025 fiscal year (Reiwa 8) Kakenhi has been decided.
*It is almost the same as last year's.

2024.12.11
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  New Hiroshima University Science Communication Session "Sharing Your Science: Exploring comics and Nature journal publishing"
 Hiroshima University's WPI-SKCM² and Writing Center will host the above session.
Professor Saad Bhamla from the Georgia Institute of Technology will discuss storytelling, comics, and science communication.
 Following his talk, Amos Martinez, an editor at Nature Materials, will provide an overview of the publication process in Nature journals.(Details

Date and Time: Friday, December 13, 2024, 15:00-17:30
To participate in this session, please register here:
https://forms.gle/F8mjJCagpuHyJzHT7

2024.10.28
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 Kobe University and Hiroshima University will hold a joint international research exchange seminar "Opportunities for Japan-Germany Research Cooperation"

[Date and time]: Friday, November 8, 2024, 16:30-20:00 (Japan time)
[Format]: Online [Language]: English
[Deadline]: November 7, 2024
Application form: https://forms.gle/H2XEYp7axMnr5K9P8
[Poster] PDF[link]

2024.10.16
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NEDO "Mito(Unexploited)" Challenge and WakaSapo (Public-Private Support Program for Discovering Young Researchers) Programs: Information Session and Individual Consultation
 
An information session and individual consultation for the NEDO Unexplored Challenge, Young Support Program, and other initiatives will be held on Wednesday, November 13, from 17:00 to 19:00 in the multipurpose room (D1-201 to D1-203) on the 2nd floor of the Graduate School of Engineering.
 

https://forms.office.com/r/jKnbp9keNQ
*If you would like to participate in an individual consultation session, please be sure to apply in advance.

2024.8.16

English page contents and English version of Grant-in-Aid guidelines
"What is KAKENHI?" (PDF:internal use only) has been updated.

2024.8.8
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Announcement of the 3rd Faculty of Engineering Young Researchers Lecture in 2024, sponsored by KTC
October 21 (Mon) 17:00-18:00
The Faculty of Engineering Young Researchers Lecture will be held in the Multipurpose Room (D1-201-203) on the 2nd floor of the Graduate School of Engineering.The speaker will be Assistant Professor Ayumi Onishi (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and the title of the lecture will be "Understanding Human Beings through Wearable Computing."
For more information, please see the flyer .  
Faculty of Engineering Link
 

2024.7.22

An information page about APC (Article Processing Charge, the fee incurred for making a paper open access) has been created on the Kobe University Library
website. A link banner to the page has been added to the URA homepage.

2024.7.16

The call for applications for the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research has begun. The page for supporting application preparation has been updated.
Fundamental ABC, Young Researchers, Encouragement, Challenging Research, Academic Change (A) Call, Research Results Publication Promotion Grant
- Final deadline within the university: Thursday, September 12, 2024 -
Deadline for those who wish to have the administrative check submitted: Friday, August 16, 2024 *

2024.7.10
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Kyoto University (ASHBi) will be hosting a "KAKENHI Writing Seminar for early-stage researchers" on August 2nd (Zoom Webinar) .
 Please inform young researchers and graduate students from overseas about this seminar. 
For more details , click here . For the seminar poster, click here [ PDF ].

July 8, 2024
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URA Activity Report ( Activity Report July 2024 ) has been posted.

June 21, 2024
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Announcement of the 2nd Faculty of Engineering Young Researchers Lecture in 2024, sponsored by KTC
July 8th (Mon) 17:00-18:00
  The Faculty of Engineering Young Researchers Lecture will be held in the Multipurpose Room (D1-201-203) on the 2nd floor of the Graduate School of Engineering.

 The lecturer will be Associate Professor Yasunori Mizushima (Department of Architecture) and
the title of the lecture will be "Applied Research on Numerical Simulation in Architectural Structures."
  For more information, please see the flyer .  
Faculty of Engineering Link
 

2024.6.14
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International Collaborative Research Strengthening Program [Type B]
- International Collaborative Research Development Type - 

  As part of the
"Establishment of an International Consortium Centered on High Refractive Index Dielectric Mie Resonant Nanoantennas" project, we will hold the international workshop "International Nanophotonics Workshop in Kobe 2024".
 
Nine invited lectures by overseas researchers are scheduled, and a wide range of research on nanophotonics and plasmonics, including physical, chemical, and biological applications, will be presented and discussed.
 Faculty of Engineering Announcement Link

2024.4.25

All open information sessions for JST CREST, PRESTO, ACT-X , AMED-CREST, and PRIME have been completed. For each area, we have compiled summaries of the sessions and the Q&A sessions (university only) for your reference. 

2024.4.9

Applications are now open for JST CREST, PRESTO, ACT-X , AMED-CREST, and PRIME . CREST and PRESTO strongly require "interdisciplinary fusion," and many research projects in the fields of information and humanities are expected to be adopted . Please consider applying after reading the strategic objectives and the research director's policy to see if they match your field of expertise .

2024.4.4

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We will hold a JST Sakigake and AMED-PRIME information session for medical-related professors.
Date and time: Friday, April 19th, 18:30-19:30
Venue: Kusunoki Campus, Lecture Room A (4th floor, Outpatient Clinic)
Format: Face-to-face or online Participation form 
* Filling out the form is not a condition for participation, but we ask for your cooperation as it will help us understand the number of participants and their fields.






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