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Profile of National Institute for Materials Science

Organization name	National Institute for Materials Science - NIMS See "NIMS Pamphlet"
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"
Sites	[ Tsukuba ] Sengen Site (Head office): 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 305-000., JAPAN [ Tokyo ] Meguro Site: 2-2-54 Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0061, JAPAN Tokyo Conference Room: 2F Toranomon 30 Mori Bldg. 3-2-2 Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo 105-0001, JAPAN [ Hyogo ] Nishiharima Site: 1-1 Kouto, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, JAPAN [ Overseas Office ] NIMS Overseas Operation Office: University of Washington Roosevelt Commons Bldg B #440, 4311 11th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105 NIMS Office: Austin Building 105, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK See details in "Sites"
Executive	President Sukekatsu USHIODA Vice President: Tetsuji NODA Yukichi UMAKOSHI Ryo KIMURA Auditor: Mamoru WATANABE (Full-time) Kenji HAGA (Part-time) See details in "Executive"
Major operations	Fundamental research and generic / infrastructural technology research and development See details in "Activity"
Annual Budget	About 22 billion yen (FY2008) See details in "Settlement & Workforce Report"
Workforce	1,389 (As of April, 2009) See details in "Settlement & Workforce Report"
Joint-reseach center	MANA (WPI International center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics) International Nanotechnology Network Rolls-Royce Centre of Excellence for Aerospace Materials at NIMS NIMS-TOYOTA Materials Center of Excellence for Sustainable Mobility (Japanese only)

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