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Summary of National Institute for Materials Science

2011.05.01 Update

Introducing our profile -location, executive, bussiness, the number of employee et al- at a grant. For more details, please see the linked page of each section.

Organization name National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
NIMS Pamplet
Objective Carrying out fundamental research and generic/infrastructural technology research and development in the field of materials science, and with imporoving the level of materials science and technology.
Established
July, 1956
Established the National Research Institute for Metals (NRIM)
April, 1966
Established the National Institute in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM)
April, 2001
Merged to National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
See details in "History"
Location
(Sites)		 [Tsukuba]
Sengen-site:
1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, JAPAN
Namiki-site
1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, JAPAN
Sakura-site:
3-13 Sakura, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, JAPAN
[Tokyo]
Meguro-site
2-2-54 Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0061, JAPAN
[Hyogo]
Nishiharima-site
1-1 Kouto, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, JAPAN
See details in "Location (sites)"
Executive
President
  • Sukekatsu USHIODA
Vice President:
  • Eiji MUROMACHI
  • Junichi SONE
  • Kimikazu IWASE
Auditor:
  • Naoki KISHIMOTO (Full-time)
  • Kenji HAGA (Part-time)
See details in "Executive"
Major operations Fundamental research and generic / infrastructural technology research and development.
See details in "Activities"
Annual Budget About 25.6 billion yen (FY2010)
See details in "Settlement & Workforce Report"
Workforce 1,489 (As of October, 2011)
See details in "Settlement & Workforce Report"
Research
Research fields
  • Materials for Energy and Environment
  • Nanoscale Materials
  • Advanced Key Technologies
The number of research project
19
See details in "Research Field"
Reseach Center
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