As a core institute that leads innovative research projects in the field of material science, NIMS considers it important to nurture extensive relationships with a global community of researchers by offering them many opportunities to visit NIMS, where collaborations and opinion exchanges among competent researchers generate synergic stimuli. For this purpose, various programs have been implemented including ICYS. The Open Research Institute Program is one of the programs based on this concept. Further promotion of international exchanges and vitalization of research activities in NIMS thanks to synergic effects are intended by inviting overseas researchers through this program.
Open Research Institute
Guest researcher invitation program by NIMS targets a globally open research institute.
The Open Research Institute Program is an original short-term program of NIMS for inviting overseas researchers. Targeting an institute that is open to the world, the program offers various opportunities for excellent researchers in the global arena.
Purpose of the program
The program’s mechanism
The program is comprised of the following three systems.
| NIMS Invitation Program | International Joint Graduate School Program | NIMS Internship Program |
The program is comprised of the following three systems.
System "NIMS Internship Program" and System "International Joint Graduate School Program" are the systems that have been used so far for accepting graduate students and other parties to NIMS. These are the systems that invite researchers who comply with a certain invitation criteria. System "NIMS Invitation Program" is a new mechanism added to this program as a revised version of the previous "International Partnership Incentive System". Through this modification, the system has been made more flexible and it can be used for inviting researchers of a higher level (for instance, a president of an overseas research institute). For details of System "International Joint Graduate School Program", please refer to the respective pages.
Achievement in invitation project and future objectives
Total of 117 invitation projects are approved
Total of 117 invitation projects are approved
By the end of July 2008, a total of 117 invitation projects had been approved. A breakdown of these projects is shown in the graph. The higher rate of participants from partner graduate schools and internship students is attributable to total NIMS’ invitation projects. In future, increased participation by chief scientists and senior researchers from international organizations is expected based on the aforementioned program modification. Along with this change, gradual improvements of the programs to support the stay of overseas researchers are planned.
List of invited researchers as of July 31, 2008
Inquiries about Open Research Institute
Planning Division, International Affairs Office, NIMS
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