4th Award Ceremony held for the Sumitomo Chemical Scholarship for Information-Communication Technology Professionals

The 4th Award Ceremony held for the Sumitomo Chemical Scholarship for Information-Communication Technology Professionals was held at Hotel Granvia Osaka on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.

The Osaka University Career Center and Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, out of concerns about a possible decline in Japan’s scientific and technological capabilities due to a recent decrease in doctoral students, established the Sumitomo Chemical Scholarship for Information-Communication Technology Professionals. This program supports outstanding students who enter doctoral programs with an intention to lead domestic industry as data scientists, offering a 100,000 yen award a month for a maximum of 36 months (a total of 3.6 million yen).

The following two students were selected as the 4th scholarship recipients:

• MITSUNO Seiya (1st year, doctoral program, Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University; Osaka University Humanware Innovation Program)
• GOTO Shota (1st year, doctoral program, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University; Osaka University Interactive Materials Science Cadet Program)

At the award ceremony, following a greeting by AKAHORI Kingo (Representative Director, Sumitomo Chemical), the scholarship certificates were awarded to the students. Following a congratulatory address by Osaka University Vice President and Career Center Director MORII Eiichi, the two students gave speeches and three current scholarship recipients reported on the progress of their research.