research entity

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The Research Promotion Body is a unique research organization established by the University to promote strategic development as a university-wide cross-sectional organization by grouping innovative specific research fields conducted individually by each full-time faculty member under a specific research theme, beyond the organization of departments, in order to serve as a foundation for the formation of an international research center at the University.

Specifically,

• Those that have research seeds or research resources that respond to corporate needs, etc., and aim to promote industry-academia-government collaboration research.
• Large-scale national project research, etc. for adoption
• Grouping of basic or budding research

The system will be installed when one of the following applies.

In principle, research promotion bodies are established for a period of three years or less. Since the first research promotion body was established in 2002, many research promotion bodies have been active, and some of them have developed into common research centers of the University or have functioned as new research nuclei, such as obtaining external funding based on the activities of the research promotion bodies. Some of them have developed into common research centers of the University, while others have obtained external funding based on their activities.

In fiscal year 2028, the role to be played by the Research Promotion Body was reviewed, including changing its name from “Innovation Research Promotion Body” to “Research Promotion Body” and changing its establishment period from five years to three years.

Flow of Establishment of Research Promotion Body

Please click here for the guidelines for establishing a research promotion body.
Tokyo Institute of Technology Research Promotion Body Establishment Guidelines

Reestablish a research promotion body.

The period of establishment of a research promotion entity is limited to three years, and in principle, the entity cannot be re-established after the expiration of its term.

• When the applicant obtains the external funding that he/she stated in the application for establishment that he/she is aiming to obtain (however, the period is limited to the end of the project period of the external funding in question).
• Research promotion bodies established for the purpose of grouping together basic or budding research, when the president deems it particularly necessary.

*Promoters that meet the requirements and wish to re-install should follow the same procedures as for the application for installation.

Abolish the Research Promotion Body

When discontinuing a research promotion entity before the expiration of its establishment period, the principal investigator must report to the head of his/her department, etc., and then notify the President via the Director of the Research and Industry Alliances Division.
Please submit a notification of discontinuation of the research promotion body to the Research Planning Group, Research Planning Division (kenkik.plan [at]jim.titech.ac.jp).
*Please replace [at]with @ in the e-mail address.

List of research promotion bodies currently in place