Kobe University aims to establish itself as a hub for the accumulation of world class knowledge. As part of our efforts to achieve this goal, we have set up our own strategic grant scheme for international joint research, which is called the ‘Kobe University Strategic International Collaborative Research Grant’. We have implemented the following three schemes to create and develop outstanding international collaborative research projects.
Previously Selected Projects
Type A: International Co-authored Paper Incentive
Kobe University promotes international collaborative research among all researchers by providing research incentive grants based on the quantity of international co-authored papers that have been written.
Type B: Fostering Joint Research
Kobe University provides grants of up to five million yen per year for three years to research projects that aim to become world-class research centers. The grants fund research projects with around five researchers (including at least one young researcher) that aim to build international research networks.
List of Selected Projects (FY2025-2027)
| Affiliation | Project | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate School of Science | International research on the dark matter in the universe | MIUCHI Kentaro |
| Graduate School of Health Sciences | Establishing an International Research Hub for HEALTH BIOLOGY Leading Health Sciences and Public Health | MAESHIGE Noriaki |
| Graduate School of Engineering | Establishment of Nanophotonics International Research Center at Kobe | SUGIMOTO Hiroshi |
| Graduate School of Agricultural Science | Expansion of international consortium and promotion of social implementation in “photosynthesis and oxygen” research | SHIMAKAWA Ginga |
| Graduate School of Agricultural Science | Development of an international collaborative research network for resilient food production in response to climate change and infectious disease risks | ASUKE Soichiro |
| Molecular Photoscience Research Center | Quantum sensing using ultra-high resolution analysis of biological spins by melanin | KOBORI Yasuhiro |
| Engineering Biology Research Center | Development of an atlas of novel biosynthetic reaction systems for bioproduction | HASUNUMA Tomohisa |
| Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology | Advancing the Realization of SDGs and Carbon Neutral Society via the Collaborative Activities under the Membrane International Consortium on Research and Education | YOSHIOKA Tomohisa |
Type C: Creating Joint Research
Kobe University awards grants of up to three million yen to one-year research projects that promote international academic activities under their respective graduate school/research center’s strategy. Each project will strengthen the international research capabilities of its graduate school/research center by using the grant to invite international researchers.
List of Selected Projects (FY2026)
| Affiliation | Projects | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate School of Law | New directions of multicultural policies in post-covid era | IIDA Fumio |
| Graduate School of Economics | On DA and TTC mechanisms for many-to-many matching markets | KASUYA Yusuke |
| Graduate School of Science | International Collaborative Research on Warm Inflation Theory | ITO Asuka |
| Graduate School of Engineering | International Collaborative Research Network on Quantum Computing for Music Applications and an International Workshop | SOUMA Satofumi |
| Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies | Responding to the Call for Reform: The Present and Future of Antarctic Governance | SHIBATA Akiho |
| Research Center for Urban Safety and Security | International Collaborative and Integrated Study on Deep Processes and Earthquake Generation in the Subduction Zones of the Japanese Archipelago | YOSHIOKA Shoichi |
| Kobe Ocean-Bottom Exploration Center | Magnetic-mineral variation by frictional heating along faults: toward national resilience | SUGIOKA Hiroko |