2ICYS Annual Report 2023Technological innovation often calls for emergence of innovative new materials. NIMS, as a core research institute in the field of materials science, is always seeking for young talented materials scientists who is keen to carry out innovative materials research based on their original idea.The International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS), inaugurated in 2003 in NIMS, offers a research environment where ICYS research fellows are encouraged to pursue independent materials research based on their original ideas. Mentors, who are the experts in the similar research field within and outside NIMS, are assigned to give advice on the research direction. Research budget (~2M JP¥) is provided annually, and the fellows can take full advantage of advanced research facilities in NIMS. Full clerical support is given by the ICYS staff in English so that the fellows can concentrate on their research. The office space is provided in each campus of NIMS, where all the ICYS fellows working on the different topics sit together. Such environment is designed to foster interdisciplinary environment through daily interactions. Bi-weekly ICYS seminars and annual ICYS Workshop offer good opportunity for the ICYS fellows to present their research progress and to get new ideas from their colleagues through lively and stimulative discussion. As the career path after ICYS, many of them make successful transition to NIMS tenured researchers and making outstanding achievements. Over 10% of the current NIMS tenured researchers are alumni of ICYS. Others found faculty or researcher positions in top-ranked universities and research institutes, as well as in companies worldwide. ICYS will continue to foster leading materials researchers for the next generation.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nims-icys-office/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nims.icys/X (formerly Twitter) : https://twitter.com/nims_icysIntroductionIntroductionKoichi Tsuchiya, Director of ICYS
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