Nara Institute of Science and Technology Division for Research Strategy

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Project for International Brain Circulation

Strengthening international development through sending faculty members overseas

The Project for International Brain Circulation dispatches faculty members to foreign institutions to support the formation of international knowledge networks and the self-initiated professional development of our faculty.


The “Long-term Overseas Dispatch” program sends promising junior researchers (Assistant Professors or Associate Professors) to overseas research institutions for about a year to deepen existing research or establish new research projects while facilitating the publication of collaborative research.


The “Short-term Overseas Dispatch” program sends experienced researchers (Associate Professors or Professors) to overseas research institutions for a period of 2 to 4 weeks to establish new international networks not just at a personal level but at an organizational level.


Past participants in the “Long-term Overseas Dispatch” program
2019
  • Associate Professor, Information Science: James Madison University (United States)
  • Assistant Professor, Materials Science: University of Guelph (Canada)
  • Assistant Professor, Materials Science: Polytechnique Montréal (Canada)

2018
  • Assistant Professor, Information Science: University of California, Los Angels (United States)

2017
  • Assistant Professor, Information Science: University College London (United Kingdom)

2016
  • Assistant Professor, Information Science: University of California, Davis (United States)
  • Assistant Professor, Biological Science: KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
  • Assistant Professor, Biological Science: Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic (United States)

2015
  • Associate Professor, Information Science: University of California, San Diego (United States)
  • Assistant Professor, Information Science: University of California, Davis (United States)
  • Assistant Professor, Information Science: University of Stuttgart (Germany)

2014
  • Assistant Professor, Biological Science: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (United States)
  • Assistant Professor, Materials Science: University of Washington (United States)
  • Assistant Professor, Materials Science: Columbia University (United States)

2013
  • Associate Professor, Information Science: Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
  • Assistant Professor, Information Science: Radboud University (Netherlands)
  • Assistant Professor, Biological Science: University of California, Davis (United States)
  • Assistant Professor, Materials Science: University of California, San Francisco (United States)

Past participants in the “Short-term Overseas Dispatch” program
2019
  • Professor, Information Science: University of California, Los Angeles (United States)
  • Professor, Materials Science: Center for Materials Elaboration and Structural Studies (France)
  • Associate Professor, Materials Science: University of Michigan (United States)

2018
  • Associate Professor, Biological Science: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Australia)
  • Associate Professor, Materials Science: École normale supérieure - Paris-Saclay (France)
  • Associate Professor, Institute for Research Initiatives: French National Centre for Scientific Research (France)

2017
  • Associate Professor, Biological Science: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (Germany)
  • Professor, Materials Science: École normale supérieure - Cachan (France)

2016
  • Associate Professor, Biological Science: Massachusetts General Hospital (United States)

2015
  • Professor, Biological Science: Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (Germany)
  • Associate Professor, Materials Science: Stanford University (United States)
  • Associate Professor, Materials Science: Daikin America, Inc. San Jose Office (United States)

2014
  • Professor, Information Science: University of Canterbury (New Zealand) and University of Tasmania (Australia)
  • Associate Professor, Information Science: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Bangladesh)
  • Associate Professor, Materials Science: Paul Scherrer Institute University of Zurich (Switzerland)
  • Associate Professor, Materials Science: Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)

2013
  • Professor, Information Science: Tsinghua University (China)
  • Associate Professor, Biological Science: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (Germany)