Future Funds Globalization Support Project (Financial Aid for Overseas Group Training) reports to President Nishio on their Efforts

On Wednesday, February 15, representatives of two student groups: TAKAHASHI Asami (3rd year, School of Human Sciences), and UDAKA Ryoma (1st year, Master's Program, Division of Global Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering) and their group members reported the results of their research projects supported by the Future Funds Globalization Support Project (Financial Aid for Overseas Group Training) to President Nishio and Executive Vice President Ogawa. (Note: Due to exams, UNO Takahiro (4th year, Humanities, Faculty of Medicine) and his group members were not able to attend.)

President Nishio and Executive Vice President Ogawa had some of their own questions for the presenters, and the presentations ended on an energetic note.

Osaka University has established the Future Funds Globalization Support Project (Financial Aid for Overseas Group Training) in order to foster the ability of Osaka University students to take initiative, to make plans, and to put them into action. To this end, OU provides selected student groups with the opportunity to engage in overseas exchange and training activities planned by themselves while subsidizing 1 million yen per group.

Presentations

	Group Presentation: "The current state of democratization, how to support democratization, and the political awareness of the people in southeast Asia"
	Group Presentation: "How urban campuses fused with municipal public facilities should function: Survey of facilities and student life at urban universities in the UK and proposals for planning of the new Minoh campus"

Selected groups

The current state of democratization, how to support democratization, and the political awareness of the people in southeast Asia

TAKAHASHI Asami	3rd year, School of Human Sciences
SHIBATA Risa	4th year, School of Human Sciences
TSUTSUMI Toshiki	4th year, School of Human Sciences
YAMAMOTO Nao	2nd year, Spanish Major, School of Foreign Studies
SAKURADA Gaku	3rd year, School of Economics
HIGASHI Haruna	3rd year, Portuguese Major, School of Foreign Studies

Advisor
MIYAHARA Keizo (Associate Professor, Center for International Education and Exchange)

How urban campuses fused with municipal public facilities should function: Survey of facilities and student life at urban universities in the UK and proposals for planning of the new Minoh campus

UDAKA Ryoma	1st year, Master's Program, Division of Global Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering
TAKETANI Toshinari	1st year, Master's Program, Division of Global Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering
SUZUKI Katsuharu	1st year, Master's Program, Division of Global Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering

Advisor
TERAI Tomoyuki (Lecturer, Graduate School of Engineering)

Challenging the global problems of AIDS and tuberculosis

UNO Takahiro	4th year, Faculty of Medicine
MITANI Tomoki	4th year, Faculty of Medicine
OH Shunpei	4th year, Faculty of Medicine
JIN ZHUAN	4th year, Faculty of Medicine

Advisor
TSUCHIYA Tatsuhiro (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology)