Hello, this is Kato from the Women Researchers Support Office. What a change from yesterday's heavy thunderstorm, we have beautiful weather today.
- Applications for the WinGS Global Networking Award 2019 are now open!
2. Applications are now open for the "SG FResHU Support" program, which provides support for inviting overseas researchers related to childbirth and childcare! - Announcement of the 2nd "Let's visit various research labs and talk with doctoral students" Research Lab Visit & Roundtable Discussion!
4. Announcement of the 1st Annual Award for Outstanding Female Researchers (Jun Ashida Award)
1. Applications for the WinGS Global Networking Award 2019 are now open!
Applications for this year's Global Networking Award, which began in 2014, are now open!
This award recognizes outstanding female researchers and also provides partial financial assistance for overseas travel expenses to further promote international collaboration.
In addition to awards, we will provide a subsidy of up to 40 yen to cover expenses including travel expenses for attending the conference and the Plus-One Visit, as well as conference registration fees.
This program is for female assistant professors, lecturers, and associate professors (including specially appointed faculty members in these positions) affiliated with this university.
Application forms and other detailsWinGS 2019 page .
The application deadline is Monday, May 13th at 12:5 PM. We look forward to receiving your application!
2. Applications are now open for the "SG FResHU Support" program, which provides support for inviting overseas researchers related to childbirth and childcare!
For female researchers (including faculty and postdoctoral researchers) who find it difficult to travel abroad due to pregnancy, childbirth, or childcare, we offer an opportunity to invite researchers from overseas.
We will subsidize the travel expenses (up to 29 yen) and honoraria (up to 10 yen) of invited researchers.
The invitation period is expected to be approximately 5 to 10 days.
If you are interested, click here.Support for inviting overseas researchers for female researchers who have difficulty traveling abroad / SG FResHU Support 2019 .
We are accepting applications until Monday, July 1st!
3. Announcement of the 2nd "Let's visit various research labs and talk with doctoral students" Research Lab Visit & Roundtable Discussion!
What is life like for doctoral students?
For all you master's students struggling to decide on your next career path, why not visit various research labs at Hokkaido University and get a glimpse into the actual life of a doctoral student?
Doctoral students who want to see the styles of other research labs or expand their campus network are also very welcome!
The second installment features the Advanced Materials Hybrid Engineering Laboratory (Professor Toru Yonezawa) at the Graduate School of Engineering.
Date and time: Wednesday, December 5th, 22: 14-30: 15
Location: 8th floor, South Wing, Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kita 13-jo Nishi 8-chome
Laboratory URL:https://nanoparticle.hokkaido.university/
Eligibility: Master's and doctoral students enrolled at this university. Open to all genders. Participation is free of charge.
Capacity: 5 people (Registration will close once the capacity is reached)
Please register using the application form on this page .
4. Announcement of the 1st Annual Award for Outstanding Female Researchers (Jun Ashida Award)
We would like to inform you of the following announcement from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
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JST's mission is to lead the way in co-creating future innovation as a network-type research institute conducting world-class research and development. As one of its management strategies to achieve this objective, JST is promoting diversity, and as part of this, it is undertaking initiatives to promote the active participation of female researchers. As part of these initiatives, JST will establish a system to recognize female researchers who are conducting outstanding research that contributes to a sustainable society and the future, as well as institutions that are promoting their active participation.
■ Award recipients:
[Female Researcher] Outstanding Female Researcher Award: 1 recipient
[Institution] Award for Promoting the Active Participation of Outstanding Female Researchers: 1 institution
■Application period: April 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019
See below for details.
https://www.jst.go.jp/diversity/about/award/index.html
That's all for today. There are only 15 days left in the Heisei era!
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