2.Joint Research and Technical Cooperation

3.Transfer of Research Results

@Basic and also applied researches on materials and chemistry covering a wide variety of research fields are carried out at our Institute, in order to contribute to the development of industries and to improve the quality of life. NIMC is cooperating with various countries, including developing and developed countries under various schemes for joint R & D projects, exchange of researchers and information exchange, in order to develop our research activities and also to contribute to international society.
( International Research Liaison Office : Phone +81-298-61-4444 / 4476 )
E-mail : kokusai@home.nimc.go.jp

A.Joint R&D Projects

(1) The Institute for Transfer of Industrial Technology Program (ITIT Program)

@3 research projects with India, Thailand and Costa Rica

(2) Specified International Cooperative Research Projects

@6 research projects with New Zealand, Sweden, Germany and U. S. A.

(3) Science and Technology Cooperation Agreements

@With China, Korea, USA, Germany, France, Hungary, UK, Finland, Italy, Poland, Norway etc.

(4) Promotion of International Cooperative Research Projects in Private Sector

@3 research projects with Canada, Australia and Hungary

B. Exchange of Researchers

(1) AIST Fellowship

(2) STA Fellowship

(3) JICA Training Program

@You can obtain the information on outlines of the above R & D Projects and AIST fellowship from the home page of AIST.

Foreign Scholars in 1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998, 1999

Postdoctoral fellowship programs:

@Any candidate for the fellowship programs is required to receive a recommendation letter from a host researcher. Therefore, you should look for suitable researcher(s) at NIMC and contact them directly concerning post-doctoral work. The annual Review shown in the NIMC homepage will be helpful when looking for appropriate people to act as host researcher(s) at our Institute. If you need the e-mail addresses of the researchers found in the home-page, please contact the International Research Cooperation Liaison Office of NIMC, at the following address, stating the name of the researcher and his/her abstract number as listed in the Annual Review of NIMC.

International Research Liaison Office
National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research (NIMC)
1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
E-mail : kokusaihosa@home.nimc.go.jp
fax : +81-298-61-4488

Concerning the outlines of fellowship programs, please access the following homepages. Programs of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
@ AIST fellowship program

Program of Science and Technology Agency (STA)
@@STA fellowship

Researches in basic and fundamental fields can be conducted by NIMC in cooperation with two or more private enterprises under the ''Joint Government / Private Sector Research Rules of AIST'' when such researches have high public interests. The participants can work together by sharing research facilities.
( Liaison Office for Technology Transfer : Phone +81-298-61-4435 / 4423 )
E-mail : tic@home.nimc.go.jp

NIMC in conducting technical instructions to private enterprises,public entities, universities and other institutions, with a viewto promulgate its research results.
( Liaison Office for Technology Transfer : Phone +81-298-61-4435 / 4423 )
E-mail : tic@home.nimc.go.jp

NIMC accepts, as a rule, trainees of students at the request ofuniversities and other educational institutions in order for themto have practical training necessary for graduation thesis.
( Liaison Office for Technology Transfer : Phone +81-298-61-4435 / 4423 )
E-mail : tic@home.nimc.go.jp

NIMC accepts requests for technical consultation on matters related to NIMC's research activities by means of telephone conversations, interviews or letters.
( Liaison Office for Technology Transfer : Phone +81-298-61-4435 / 4423 )
E-mail : tic@home.nimc.go.jp

Observation tours in NIMC are accepted unless they impede thebusiness. Applications should be filed with the TechnicalInformation Office at least a month in advance, which containobject of observation, date and time, number of visitors, etc.
( For a foreigner: International Research Liaison Office: Phone +81-298-61-4444 / 4476 )
In case of visiting two or more laboratories within the Tsukuba Research Center of AIST or observation by general public,applications should be filed with Public Relations of AIST Tsukuba Research Administration Office.
( Phone +81-298-61-2101 )

Award Recipients in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Contribution to Academic and Other Societies

NIMC attaches importance to various kinds of academic societies,associations and research groups as fields of presentation of itsresearch results, and expects to contribute to the progress ofstudies and researches through presentations in these societies,etc. and to spread its results to the industrials circles, etc.The number of announcements both by publications and by verbal presentations is about 1,800 per years.
( Dept. of General Affairs, Research Service Section : Phone +81-298-61-4443 )

Publications

NIMC publishes the following books periodically. These publications are presented to related organizations and others.
( Dept. of General Affairs, Research Service Section : Phone +81-298-61-4443 )