Kobe University Strategic International Collaborative Research Grant

Kobe University aims to establish itself as a hub for the accumulation of world class knowledge. As part of our efforts to achieve this goal, we have set up our own strategic grant scheme for international joint research, which is called the ‘Kobe University Strategic International Collaborative Research Grant’. We have implemented the following three schemes to create and develop outstanding international collaborative research projects.

Type A: International Co-authored Paper Incentive

Kobe University promotes international collaborative research among all researchers by providing research incentive grants based on the quantity of international co-authored papers that have been written.

Type B: Fostering Joint Research

Kobe University provides grants of up to five million yen per year for three years to research projects that aim to become world-class research centers. The grants fund research projects with around five researchers (including at least one young researcher) that aim to build international research networks.

List of selected projects (FY2022-2024)

Affiliation	Project	Principal Investigator
Graduate School of Medicine	Development of a global-standard, minimally invasive, functional brain network mapping technique for brain surgery video	MATSUMOTO Riki
Graduate School of Medicine	Establishing an Asian network to develop a novel treatment for prostate cancer video	SHIGEMURA Katsumi
Graduate School of Engineering	Establishment of an international consortium on high refractive index nanoparticle nanoantenna video	SUGIMOTO Hiroshi
Graduate School of Agricultural Science	Establishment of an international agricultural research platform for sustainable food production video	FUJIMOTO Ryo
Research Center for Urban Safety and Security	Elucidation of generation mechanism of great earthquakes in Japan, Mexico, and Chile video	YOSHIOKA Shoichi
Engineering Biology Research Center	Development of the next-generation bio-foundry through interdisciplinary co-creation video	HASUNUMA Tomohisa
Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology	Advancing the realization of SDGs and carbon neutral society via the collaborative activities under the membrane international consortium on research and education video	MATSUYAMA Hideto

Type C: Creating Joint Research

Kobe University awards grants of up to five million yen to one-year research projects that promote international academic activities under their respective graduate school/research center’s strategy. Each project will strengthen the international research capabilities of its graduate school/research center by using the grant to employ international researchers.

List of selected projects (FY2023)

Affiliation	Projects	Principal Investigator
Graduate School of Humanities	Italian-Japanese Project for Atmospheric Studies	HISAYAMA Yuho
Graduate School of Intercultural Studies	Comparative Studies of Literatures and Anthropology	UMEYA Kiyoshi
Graduate School of Human Development and Environment	Research Network for Applied Human and Environmental Physiology in Asia and Oceania	KONDO Narihiko
Graduate School of Medicine	Autism gut-brain axis	TAKUMI Toru
Graduate School of Health Sciences	Development of a new strategy for healthy longevity by nanoparticleimmunity interaction	MAESHIGE Noriaki
Graduate School of Engineering	Highly Sensitive Chiral Sensing Utilizing Nanoparticles	SUGIMOTO Hiroshi
Graduate School of Agricultural Science	Elucidation of disease resistance mechanisms in the genus Brassica	FUJIMOTO Ryo
Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies	The Rule-based International Order after the Russian aggression of Ukraine: Multidisciplinary research	OKADA Yohei
Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation	Establishment of a novel culture method for aerobic micro-organisms without aeration and its application to bioproduction	YOSHIDA Ken'ichi
Research Center for Urban Safety and Security	Machine learning applications to global flood risk assessment	TAKIGUCHI Tetsuya
Molecular Photoscience Research Center	Low-frequency modes studied by Terahertz spectroscopy and solid-state density functional theory	TOMINAGA Keisuke
Engineering Biology Research Center	Development of next-generation bio-manufacturing technology by engineering biology	HASUNUMA Tomohisa
Advanced Research Center for Well-being	Differences and similarities of lifelong learning: International comparison of Japan and Ireland	KATAGIRI Keiko
Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration	Economic evaluation of the informal economy in Africa	HAMAGUCHI Nobuaki

List of selected projects (FY2022)

Affiliation	Projects	Principal Investigator
Graduate School of Humanities	International expansion of research on Japanese language	TANAKA Shin'ichi
Graduate School of Business Administration	The effect of climate change on organization design and corporate strategy	MINAMI Chieko
Graduate School of Science	Fundamental study of artificial photosynthesis with seawater	ONISHI Hiroshi
Graduate School of Maritime Sciences	Development of high power density electric power converters for low-carbonized data center	MISHIMA Tomokazu
Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies	After Ukraine: The resilience of the polar governance regimes	SHIBATA Akiho
Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration	International research network construction project in economics and business administration	YAMORI Nobuyoshi
Center for Social Systems Innovation	A Japan-Korea comparison of household behavior and parent-child relation	SUZUKI Kazumi
Engineering Biology Research Center	Environmentally benign bio-production of functional materials through advanced metabolic engineering	HASUNUMA Tomohisa