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Boost Your Career: Grants In Practice!

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Venue

Delegation of the European Union to Japan

Europa House
4-6-28 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047
Japan

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Browse our event Brochure!

Programme, list of speakers, and more info!


Link to pdf brochure: EURAXESS Japan website

Thank you very much to the more than 220 attendees and to all the speakers!
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JSPS Kakenhi Sessions

Dr. Kuczynski, EU Delegation to Japan

EU-Japan Cooperation in Research

Dr. Py, EURAXESS Japan

Representing Europe's research abroad: European Researchers community in Japan!

Prof. Kodera, JSPS

KAKENHI: What’s really going on…

Dr. Fujiwara, Nagoya Institute of Technology

Key points for KAKENHI proposal writing

Dr. Vohra, University of Electro-Communications

A love-hate relationship with Kakenhi

Dr. Greve, Hokkaido University

Tips for writing strong KAKENHI proposals

Dr. Colombo, Nagoya University

Applying for Kakenhi in the social sciences

Dr. Bellier, Shiga University of Medical Science

My experience with Kakenhi as principal investigator

 Dr. Venture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

My experience with Kakenhi is Hectic!

MSCA and ERC Sessions

Dr. Kuczynski, EU Delegation to Japan

EU-Japan research cooperation opportunities through Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and European Research Council under EU’s Horizon 2020 programme

Dr. Py, EURAXESS Japan

EURAXESS services for researchers in Japan interested in European grants

Mr. Lambrecht, JEUPISTE Project / NCP Japan

JEUPISTE and NCP Japan support projects in Japan

Mr. Jankowski, European Commission

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: IF and RISE for Japanese participants

Dr Hobday, ERC

Funding opportunities at the ERC: application and evaluation process

Dr. Nakamura, Osaka University

How to maximize your chance to get MSCA fellowship

Dr. Hatada, CNRS (France)

My experience with MSCA Individual Fellowship

Dr. Tanaka, NIES

My personal experience with Marie Curie Individual Fellowship at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. Tokushuku, KEK

E-JADE, a RISE project for accelerator physics

Prof. Ishihara, JAIST

RISE projects CONSTRUMATH, COMPUTAL and CORCON

Prof. Ujii, KU Leuven (Belgium) / Hokkaido University

ERC project Plasmonics-­based Energy Harvesting for Catalysis (PLASMHACAT)

Dr. Tanaka, University of Dundee (UK)

Why ERC Grant? Tips for application

Dr. Ikeda, IMBA (Austria)

Tips and tricks for a successful ERC grant proposal

Prof. Aoki, Tohoku University

My ERC Starting Grant: Nov. 2010 - Oct. 2015

Researchers, boost your career with grants!

This event will bring you all you need to know on important grants:

 - What types of grants there are?

 - What can you, and your institution, get from them?

 - What kind of documents, and skills, are needed for application?

 - How does the evaluation process work?

 - Detailed presentation by officials and experts!

 - Experience feedback and tips from grantees!

European researchers: learn and share about the JSPS Kakenhi grants! (AM sessions)

After a quick introduction on the various existing services for European researchers in Japan, you will be able to learn in details from research administration experts and officials from the JSPS, about the JSPS Kakenhi Grants, including the opportunities to use them for international cooperation projects.

European grantees and alumni, currently active in Japan, will then provide you with personal tips and experience feedback.

Discussion sessions will be organised so as for you to be able to ask questions and share thoughts with the presenters and other attendees.

[Sessions language: English]
[Sessions are open to attendees from all nationalities too!]

Japanese researchers: learn and share about ERC and MSCA grants! (PM sessions)

After a quick introduction on the various existing services for Japanese researchers interested in EU grants, you will be able to learn in details, and from experts and officials from Brussels, about the European Research Council (ERC) grants and the Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships (IF, postdoctoral) and RISE (for research cooperation).

Grantees and alumni, some from Europe and some already back to Japan, will then provide you with personal tips and experience feedback.

Discussion sessions will be organised so as for you to be able to ask questions and share thoughts with the presenters and other attendees.

[Sessions language: English]

[Sessions are open to attendees from all nationalities too!]

Schedule

08:30 – 09:00

 Registration desk (morning sessions)

Come in advance if you want a good seat! Coffee provided!

09:00 - 09:05

Welcome Address

Mr. ISTICIOAIA-BUDURA

Ambassador of the European Union to Japan, Head of the Delegation

09:05 - 09:15

Europe-Japan Cooperation in Research

Dr KUCZYNSKI, S&T Section, Delegation of the EU to Japan

09:15 - 09:30

Representing Europe's research abroad: European Researchers community in Japan!

Dr. PY - EURAXESS Japan

09:30 - 10:45


Chair: Dr. VERISSIMO

AMED Assistant Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

JSPS Kakenhi grants:
Detailed presentation of the grants

Prof. KODERA- JSPS Research Aid DIvision 1, Director


Dr. FUJIWARA - Nagoya Institute of Technology, University Research Administrator

10:45 - 10-55

Coffee break


10:55 - 12:40


Chair: Dr. VERISSIMO

AMED Assistant Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

JSPS Kakenhi grants:
Tips and experience feedback from European grantees


Discussion session:

 - How to write a proposal?

 - Language choice: crucial or not?

 - Cooperation with Europe within Kakenhi?

Dr VOHRA, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo

Dr GREVE, Hokkaido University, Sapporo

Dr COLOMBO, Nagoya University

Dr BELLIER, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu

Dr VENTURE, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology

Dr FRANK, Sophia University, Tokyo [-cancelled-]

12:40 - 13:55

Networking lunch


13:50 - 14:00

Welcome Address (afternoon sessions)

- Delegation of the EU to Japan
- Prof. Dr HARAYAMA, Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), Cabinet Office, Japan

14:00 - 14:45

 + ERC and MSCA within Horizon 2020
 + EURAXESS services for researchers in Japan interested in European grants
 + JEUPISTE and NCP Japan: services to find hosts/partners/matching funds

Dr KUCZYNSKI, S&T Section,Delegation of the EU to Japan
Dr PY, EURAXESS Japan
Mr LAMBRECHT, JEUPISTE Project & NCP Japan

14:45 - 16:15

Co-organised with the
JEUPISTE Project
(http://www.jeupiste.eu/)

 

 Chair: Ms ANNO

Kobe University International Office | JEUPISTE Project

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and European Research Council grants:
Detailed presentation of the grants

MSCA expert:

Mr. JANKOWSKI,

Policy Officer, DG Education and Culture Unit C.3, European Commission

ERC expert:

Dr. HOBDAY, ERC EA, Head of Unit Call & Project Follow-up Coordination

 

(both through video conferences from Brussels, Belgium)

16:15 - 16:30

Coffee break


16:30 - 18:30
Co-organised with the
JEUPISTE Project
(http://www.jeupiste.eu/)


Chair: Dr. WALPORT
Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
Postdoctoral Fellow, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and European Research Council grants:
Tips and experience feedback from alumni and grantees;


Some of the points to be discussed:

 - How to find a host/collaborator?

 - How to write a proposal?

 - Japan specific challenges: matching fund, cross-affiliation, administrative procedures.


Discussion  in groups: 
 + ERC Grants

 + MSCA Individual Fellowships

 + MSCA RISE grants

MSCA grantees and alumni:

 - Individual Fellowships:

Dr NAKAMURA, Osaka University, Japan

Dr HATADA, CNRS, France

Dr TANAKA, NIES, Japan

 - RISE:

Prof. TOKUSHUKU, KEK, Japan
Prof. ISHIHARA, JAIST, Japan

(all in person)


ERC grantees and alumni:

Dr UJII, University of Leuven, Belgium / Hokkaido University

Prof. TANAKA, University of Dundee, UK

(both in person)
Dr IKEDA, IMBA Vienna, Austria
(through videoconference from Austria)

Prof. AOKI, Tohoku University / IMR, Japan
(through recorded video message)

18:30 - 18:45

Closing Remarks

Delegation of the EU to Japan
EURAXESS Japan

18:45 – 20:00

Networking Reception


JSPS Kakenhi Experts

Prof. Kotaro KODERA

JSPS Research Aid Division 1

Director

Prof. Kodera graduated from Sophia University.  In 1995,
he joined the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), where he successively was in charge of the international fellowship programs,
the research promotion programs, the policy plannings, the general affairs.

Since 2015, he is in charge of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) programme.

Dr. Ikuko FUJIWARA

 Nagoya Institute of Technology, University Research Administration, Associate Professor

Dr. Fujiwara received her PhD in biophysics from Waseda University in 2003. After a postdoc at Yale University she was as a research fellow in National Institutes of Health (NIH), the US. In 2014 she worked as an assistant professor at the WPI iCeMS in Kyoto University.

Since 2015, she works at the Nagoya Institute of Technology Research Administration office.

MSCA and ERC Experts

Mr. Przemyslaw JANKOWSKI

Policy Officer, DG Education and Culture Unit C.3, European Commission

Mr. Jankowski is a law graduate from Poland, with extensive experience in project management.

In 2009 he joined the European Commission as Project Officer for Marie Curie actions in DG Research and Innovation.

Since 2012 he is Policy Officer in DG Education and Culture, where his role is to monitor and develop policy for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions. He is also the contact point for cooperation with Japan.

Dr. Alejandro Martín HOBDEY

 ERC EA, Head of Unit Call & Project Follow-up Coordination

Dr. Hobdey is a physicist with research experience in the US, Spain and UK.

He has worked in several research programmes since joining the European Commission in 1994. He has participated in the setting up the European Research Council since its inception, having first been the Head of Unit for the Starting Grants Unit. He is currently the Head of Unit for Call and Project Follow-up Coordination within the Scientific Department.

JSPS Kakenhi European Grantees: speakers

My background is:

French material scientist specializing in organic photovoltaics and light-emitting devices

My experience with Kakenhi is:

Successfully obtained a Research Activity Start-up Kakenhi (FY2014-FY2015)

Failed to obtain a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B (FY2016, Failed but Rank A)

Dr. Varun VOHRA

University of Electro-Communications,

Department of Engineering Science,

Assistant professor

My background is:
Dynamics of ice sheets and glaciers, planetary glaciology


My experience with Kakenhi is:
12-year record of both Kakenhi successes and failures in the Scientific Research (A/B/C) categories. Ran a Kakenhi explanation seminar in English at Hokkaido University in 2015.


Prof. Dr. Ralf GREVE

Hokkaido University, Institute of Low Temperature Science,
Professor (Glacier and Ice Sheet Research)

My background is:

Practicing attorney in Italy, J.D., Ph.D. and Adjunct in Italy, JSPS Postdoc at Ritsumeikan

My experience with Kakenhi is:

JSPS Postdoc Kakenhi: obtained (automatical); Start-up Grant: rejected (quite badly - C); Young Researcher B: obtained; Young Researcher B: rejected (not far – B).

Prof. Dr. Giorgio Fabio COLOMBO

Nagoya University, Graduate School of Law,

Associate Professor

My background is:

Neuroscience and biochemistry in France, 1998 joined MNRC, 2007 Ph.D. & asst. prof.

 My experience with Kakenhi is:

Failed: 2005 wakate B; 2006 wakate B; 2007 wakate B.

Secured: 2008 wakate B; 2010 wakate B; 2012 kiban C; 2015 kiban C.

Dr. Jean-Pierre BELLIER

Shiga University of Medical Science, Molecular Neuroscience Research Center (MNRC),

Assistant Professor

My background is:

Academic researcher in Robotics and AI (http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~venture/)

My experience with Kakenhi is:

Hectic! But secured a Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research in 2015, "" for Young Scientists (B) in 2013, Start up in 2009 and participates in Kiban B 2013, 2016

Dr. Gentiane VENTURE

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering,  Associate Professor

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Japanese Grantees and Alumni: speakers

My background is:

Genetics, Molecular Biology and Developmental Biology


My experience with MSCA is:

Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship in 2012 (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF) on  Germline-mediated regulation of lifespan in worms and fish


Dr. Shuhei Nakamura

Department of Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University,

Assistant Professor

My background is:

Physicist, specialist in theory of core electron Spectroscopy


My experience with MSCA is:

Individual fellowship running since 2014 at the Institut de Physique de Rennes (France), working on BEEM spectroscopy, also participated in RISE (IRSES) projects


Dr. Keisuke Hatada

Associate Professor:

CNRS - University of Rennes 1 (France), Chiba University (Japan), LNF-INFN (Italy)

My background is:

Specialist of climate, with an inter-disciplinary background in climate science and policy and applied mathematics.


My experience with MSCA is:

I held positions at several European institutes before returning to Japan. An IF MSCA Fellowship supported my two-year residence at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.


Dr. Katsumasa Tanaka

National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba

Senior Researcher

My background is:

Experimental Particle Physics specialist for almost fourty years!


My experience with MSCA is:

Japanese contact point of the RISE research collaboration project Europe-Japan Accelerator Development Exchange Programme (E-JADE: https://www.e-jade.eu/)


Dr. Katsuo Tokushuku

High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) , Institute of particle and nuclear Studies,

Director

My background is:

Specialist of Constructive Mathematics, Mathematical Logic, and Foundations of Mathematics


My experience with MSCA is:

Participated in numerous IRSES (RISE) collaborative projects: CONSTRUMATH (2009-2011: link), COMPUTAL (FP7-2001: link), CORCON (2013-2017: link)


Prof. Hajime ISHIHARA

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology,

Professor

European Research Council Grantees and Alumni: speakers

My background is:

Interested in nanomaterials and nanoscopy, specialised in investigation and manipulation of molecules

My experience with ERC is:

Working on the ERC Starting Grant project Plasmonics-based Energy Harvesting for Catalysis, (PLASMHACAT) since 2011, with cross affiliation with Hokkaido University


Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Ujii

KU Leuven (Belgium), Department of Chemistry

Associate Professor

Hokkaido University, Research Institute for Electronic Science,

Professor

My background is:

Graduate of Osaka University dental school. Postdoctoral research in Dikic Lab (Frankfurt University).

My experience with ERC is:

A very professional and transparent evaluation process;

Successful funding of the ERC Consolidator grant after the second trial.


Dr. Fumiyo IKEDA

Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA),

Group leader

My background is:

Group leader in a UK university since 2001, Studying how chromosomes are inherited correctly when cells divide.


My experience with ERC is:

Supported by an ERC Advanced grant since 2013. Studying how chromosomes are condensed and how duplicated chromosomes separate during mitosis.

 

Prof. Tomoyuki Tanaka

Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology

Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow

Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression

School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee (UK)

My background is:

Nuclear physicist, specialist in heavy fermion physics

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My experience with ERC is:

Worked on a project supported by an ERC Starting Grant from 2010 to 2015, at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in France.


Prof. Dr. Dai Aoki

Tohoku University, IMR, Materials Processing and Characterization Division,

Professor

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

MSCAs provide grants for all stages of researchers' careers - be they doctoral candidates or highly experienced researchers - and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility.

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European Research Council (ERC) grants

The ERC grants support excellent individual researchers of any nationality and age who wish to pursue their frontier research in Europe.

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Speakers

Prof. Sadayoshi ITO

Director, TFC

Vice President, Tohoku University


Dr. Matthieu PY

Country Representative, EURAXESS Japan


Dr. Tom KUCZYNSKI

 S&T Section, Delegation of the EU to Japan


Researchers' Feedback Sessions with...

Dr. Daisuke NUMATA

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Fukushima University

Dr. Numata obtained his Bachelor, Master and Doctor of Economics at Kobe University in Japan. He was a visiting researcher at International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics in Lund University in Sweden from November 2013 until September 2014.

Dr. Roxana STEGAROIU

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medical & Dental Sciences, Niigata University

Dr. Stegaroiu obtained her bachelor and Medical Degree at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, before moving to Japan. She had then a successful career in academia at Niigata University where she obtained her PhD in 1998 and where she is an associate professor since 2004.

Prof. Dai AOKI

Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

Prof. Aoki built his whole career around the subject of Magnetism and Superconductivity. He obtained his PhD in 2000 from Osaka U., then went for a 2 years postdoctoral position at CEA/Grenoble in France. He then secured research positions at the IMR (Tohoku University, 2002) and CEA/Grenoble (2007), before being awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2010. He is now back at Tohoku University as a full professor.

Dr. Sébastien PENMELLEN BORET

Assistant Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University

Dr. Penmellen Boret is a social anthropologist who holds a JSPS postdoctoral fellowship (2012-14), a PhD in Anthropology from Oxford Brookes University (2011) and an M.Phil from the University of Oxford (2005). He has taught in the United Kingdom, Latvia and Japan.

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Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University

TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity

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The delegation of the european union to japan

http://www.euinjapan.jp/en/

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THE JEUPISTE PROJECT

http://www.jeupiste.eu/

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Organised by EURAXESS Japan

EURAXESS is a European Commission initiative providing a complete range of support services to researchers in order for them to advance in their research projects and careers.

 EURAXESS Japan aims to support European and Japanese researchers in finding appropriate funding for their international cooperative research projects between Europe and Japan, help them build their local networks; and assist them in advancing their career through mobility at a global scale. We address to all researchers, from PhD candidate level and above, without restriction on field of activity (humanities and social sciences included!).

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