WPI-AIMEC has been selected as a new ASPIRE (Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for Innovative Research Ecosystem) Program

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2024.12.16

WPI-AIMEC has been selected for funding under the “ASPIRE for Top Scientists” framework of the Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for Innovative Research Ecosystem¹(ASPIRE) Program supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), a governmental organization under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

Our proposed project, titled “Research and development of integrative analyses for marine ecosystem change and establishment of an ocean brain-circulation platform,” was selected for funding. With this selection, WPI-AIMEC will receive up to 500 million yen in research funding support over five years.

Through this project, WPI-AIMEC aims to promote research exchange and human resource development in collaboration with overseas institutes.

¹ASPIRE is a research support program designed to: Build a network among the world’s top research talent, Promote Japan’s participation in the international top research community, Nurture and mobilize future research leaders (quoted from URL 1).

Click the link below for more details.
https://www.jst.go.jp/pr/info/info1737/index_e.html

Research collaboration hub
University of Hawaii at Mãnoa, USA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
University of California, San Diego, USA
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

Links
ASPIRE（Advanced Science and Technology Research Program）
https://www.jst.go.jp/aspire/en/about_en.html

JST（The Japan Science and Technology Agency）
https://www.jst.go.jp/EN/

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