Projects selected by the "Future Research Initiative Group Project Support"

The Future Research Initiative Group Support Project was set up to select proposals from members of the school community in order to create new areas for promoting basic research, exercising leadership in research initiatives directed toward solutions for national challenges as an OU policy for promoting future strategy.

Currently, from the 25 proposals submitted, the screening committee selected the following 11 projects. Over the next 3 years, OU will lend support to their research fees.

List of the projects selected -- Support will be provided from 2013 ~ 2015

Name	Institution / Position	Name of Group
TANAKA Hitoshi	Graduate School of Law and Politics, professor	21st Century Challenges and China
FUKASE Kouichi	Graduate School of Science, Professor	Development of intelligent bioregulatory-molecules for future medicine and diagnosis
TOYODA Michisato	Project Research Center for Fundamental Sciences, Vice Director	On-site Mass Spectrometry based on the Multi-turn Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer "MULTUM"
FUJIWARA Yasufumi	Graduate School of Engineering, Professor	Green nanomaterials "making things" initiative
ASHIDA Masaaki	Graduate School of Engineering Science, Professor	Research center for multiple-hierarchical material dynamics by 20-octave spectroscopy
YOSHIDA Hiroshi	Graduate School of Engineering Science, Professor	Computational Nano-Materials Design : New Strategic Materials
MIYAKE Jun	Graduate School of Engineering Science, Professor	Formation of a solution model through area-compatible, comprehensive environmental renewal of the Mekong River basin in southern Vietnam. (Aiming for formation of a technical integration group providing comprehensive support for environmental problems of a developing country)
TADA Hirokazu	Graduate School of Engineering Science, Professor	Molecular technology initiative
IMOTO Nobuyuki	Graduate School of Engineering Science, Professor	Quantum interface research planning group
YOSHIDA Youichi	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center, Director	Osaka University Nano Science Technology Alliance
OYA Kosuke	Center for the Study of Finance and Insurance, Director	Risk analysis and capital market research Group

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