Inquiries

This page provides information on how to contact NIMS, both for general inquiries and for particular services. Each service may have both opinion and inquiry options. Please use the appropriate one to contact us.

Please note that we may not be able to respond to all inquiries.

Our FAQ

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Public Relations
Use of Shared Facilities
Academic Collaboration
Industrial Collaboration
Donations
Intellectual Property Rights
Competitive Funds
Education and Human Resources Development
Evaluation as an Independent Administrative Institution
Recruitment and Personnel
Procurement Information
Compliance
Data Security Incidents
General Reception Desk

Contact Information for Each Site

The main contact for each NIMS site is as follows.

Site name	Address	Phone number
Sengen Site	Sengen 1-2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan	+81-29-859-2000
Namiki Site	Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan	+81-29-860-4610
Sakura Site	Sakura 3-13, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0003, Japan	+81-29-863-5570

Site name	Address, Phone number
Sengen Site	Address Sengen 1-2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan Phone number +81-29-859-2000
Namiki Site	Address Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan Phone number +81-29-860-4610
Sakura Site	Address Sakura 3-13, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0003, Japan Phone number +81-29-863-5570

Contact Information by Service

Public Relations

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
Media & press	Public Relations Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations	+81-29-859-2026 (direct)	Contact form
Site visits (General, middle/high school)	Public Relations Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations	+81-29-859-2026 (direct)	Contact form
Publications & leaflets	Public Relations Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations	+81-29-859-2026 (direct)	Contact form

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
Media and press	Division Public Relations Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations Phone number +81-29-859-2000 Inquiries Contact form
Site visits (General, middle/high school)	Division Public Relations Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations Phone number +81-29-859-2000 Inquiries Contact form
Publications and leaflets	Division Public Relations Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations Phone number +81-29-859-2000 Inquiries Contact form

Use of Shared Facilities

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
NIMS Open Facility	Administrative Office, Research Network and Facility Services Division	029-860-4939	chukaku=nims.go.jp
User School	Administrative Office, Research Network and Facility Services Division	029-860-4939	user-school=ml.nims.go.jp

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
NIMS Open Facility	Division Administrative Office, Research Network and Facility Services Division Phone number +81-29-860-4939 Inquiries chukaku=nims.go.jp
User School	Division Administrative Office, Research Network and Facility Services Division Phone number +81-29-860-4939 Inquiries user-school=ml.nims.go.jp

Information about NIMS Open Facility

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Academic Collaboration

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
Academic collaboration	Institutional Alliance Group, Academic Collaboration Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations	+81-29-859-2477	academic-collaboration=nims.go.jp

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
Academic collaboration	Division Institutional Alliance Group, Academic Collaboration Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations Phone number +81-29-859-2477 Inquiries academic-collaboration=nims.go.jp

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Industrial Collaboration

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
Industrial collaboration	Industrial Collaboration Office, External Collaboration Division	029-859-2600	Contact form

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
Industrial collaboration	Division Industrial Collaboration Office, External Collaboration Division Phone number +81-29-859-2600 Inquiries Contact form

Donations

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
Donations	Industrial Collaboration Office, External Collaboration Division	+81-29-859-2600	Contact form

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
Donations	Division Industrial Collaboration Office, External Collaboration Division Phone number +81-29-859-2600 Inquiries Contact form

Intellectual Property Rights

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
Intellectual property rights (Intellectual Property Office)	External Collaboration Division	+81-29-859-2600	pat01=nims.go.jp
Licensing patents etc. (Industrial Collaboration Office)	External Collaboration Division	+81-29-859-2600	Contact form

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
Intellectual property rights (Intellectual Property Office)	Division External Collaboration Division Phone number +81-29-859-2600 Inquiries pat01=nims.go.jp
Licensing patents etc. (Industrial Collaboration Office)	Division External Collaboration Division Phone number +81-29-859-2600 Inquiries Contact form

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Competitive Funds

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
Competitive funds	Competitive Funds Administration Office, Finance Division	+81-29-851-3354 (extension 2901)	Contact form

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
Competitive funds	Division Competitive Funds Administration Office, Finance Division Phone number +81-29-851-3354 (extension 2901) Inquiries Contact form

Education and Human Resources Development

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
Graduate school & internship programs	Graduate Program Group, Academic Collaboration Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations	+81-29-859-2204	nims-graduate=nims.go.jp

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
Graduate school & internship programs	Division Graduate Program Group, Academic Collaboration Office, Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations Phone number +81-29-859-2204 Inquiries nims-graduate=nims.go.jp

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Evaluation as an Independent Administrative Institution

Evaluation & Audit Information

Service	Division	Inquiries
Evaluations for operations performance of NIMS as an Independent Administrative Institution	Management & Planning Office	nims_evaluation=ml.nims.go.jp

Service	Division, Inquiries
External evaluations by independent evaluators, research presentations, and outcome evaluations	Division Corporate Planning Office Inquiries nims_evaluation=ml.nims.go.jp

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Recruitment and Personnel

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
Permanent research and engineering positions	Human Resources Development Office, Human Resources Division	+81-29-859-2555 (direct)	Contact form
Permanent administrative positions	Personnel Office, Human Resources Division	+81-29-859-2472 (direct)	Contact form
Fixed-term positions and other positions	Personnel Office, Human Resources Division	+81-29-860-4408 (direct)	Contact form
Request for commissioning to NIMS staff	Personnel Office, Human Resources Division	+81-29-859-2472 (direct)	Contact form
Mutual aid association, welfare	Personnel Office, Human Resources Division	+81-29-859-2365 (direct)	Contact form
Certification of NIMS staff and other personnel matters	Personnel Office, Human Resources Division	+81-29-859-2472 (direct)	Contact form

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
Permanent research and engineering positions	Division Human Resources Development Office, Human Resources Division Phone number +81-29-859-2555 (direct) Inquiries Contact form
Permanent administrative positions and other positions	Division Personnel Office, Human Resources Division Phone number +81-29-859-2472 (direct) Inquiries Contact form
Fixed-term positions	Division Personnel Office, Human Resources Division Phone number +81-29-860-4408 (direct) Inquiries Contact form
Request for commissioning to NIMS staff	Division Personnel Office, Human Resources Division Phone number +81-29-859-2472 (direct) Inquiries Contact form
Mutual aid association, welfare	Division Personnel Office, Human Resources Division Phone number +81-29-859-2365 (direct) Inquiries Contact form
Certification of NIMS staff and other personnel matters	Division Personnel Office, Human Resources Division Phone number +81-29-860-2472 (direct) Inquiries Contact form

Procurement Information

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
General competitive bidding, green procurement, inquiries about delivery performance, and other general procurement information	Procurement Office, Finance Division	+81-29-859-2084 (direct)	Contact form

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
General competitive bidding, green procurement, inquiries about delivery performance, and other general procurement information	Division Procurement Office, Finance Division Phone number +81-29-859-2084 (direct) Inquiries Contact form

Compliance

For information on research funding/research activity misconduct, please also check the "Promotion of Fair Research Activities" page.

Service	Division	Inquiries
In-house contact	Compliance Office	Contact form
External contact	Tsukuba Park Law Office (Please specify that your inquiry relates to the National Institute for Materials Science.)	info=tsukuba-park.jp

Service	Division, Inquiries
In-house contact	Division Compliance Office Inquiries Contact form
External contact	Division Tsukuba Park Law Office (Please specify that your inquiry relates to the National Institute for Materials Science.) Inquiries info=tsukuba-park.jp

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Information Security Incidents

Service	Division	Phone number	Inquiries
Regarding Information security incidents related to NIMS	NIMS CSIRT	+81-29-859-2222 (On holidays or or night +81-29-859-2000)	csirt264=nims.go.jp

Service	Division, Phone number, Inquiries
Regarding Information security incidents related to NIMS	Division NIMS CSIRT Phone number +81-29-859-2222 (On holidays or or night +81-29-859-2000) Inquiries csirt264=nims.go.jp

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General Reception Desk

Service	Inquiries
General reception desk	Contact form

Service	Inquiries
General reception desk	Inquiries Contact form

NIMS Representative Phone Number

Phone: +81-29-859-2000 (automated voice message)

NIMS Representative Email Address

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