AIST REPORT 2012

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●Activities of AIST Innovation SchoolIn FY2008, AIST opened the Innovation School and since then has been training postdoctoral researchers and PhD students for their carrier development and the promotion of industry-academia-government collaboration by giving them various lectures and On-the-Job Training (OJT) in private companies (industry) and AIST (public institution). In FY2011, we accepted 22 postdoctoral researchers and 10 PhD students, and strove to broaden their horizons and reform their way of thinking through a unique curriculum.●Curriculum of the Innovation SchoolWe provide the trainees lectures by research directors and corporate managers from industry, and by specialists from academia and government including AIST. The curriculum contains subjects essential to promote researchers’ carrier development, such as research methods, research management, communication-presentation skills, intellectual property, and global problems (energy, environment, standards, geo-hazards, etc.). We also provide OJT under the direction of research supervisors at AIST and a few month-long OJT at private companies.●Effects of the Innovation SchoolTrainees’ voices after the completion of the school curriculumTrainees learned that there were a variety of job opportunities for PhD graduates, and had changed their way of thinking and significantly broadened their horizons, such as:“My research approach works in a corporate environment better than expected.”“I successfully completed corporate OJT, and this gave me great confidence.” “The most important is to be aware that we work in an organization.” “It is necessary to have mutual understanding and establish communication with people who have their specific, different fields of specialty and expertise. Opinions of private companies which provided OJTThe companies highly rated the research capability and work attitude of the trainees, such as:“We have gained technical knowledge from them” “They inspired our employees of their generation.” Since the opening of the School, 193 trainees have completed the school curriculum. They have found their new potential and now work in various sectors, such as industry, academia, and public institution.Innovation SchoolHuman Resource Development ActivitiesA graduate of the Innovation School presenting in a poster session at a symposiumIndustryAISTProducing human resources that can promote industry-academia-government collaborationAcademia●Actively working in various sectors including companies, universities and public institutions●Contributing to open innovation of JapanThrough research experiences in industry, academia and governmentThe researcher image that the Innovation School wishes the trainees to strive forOther regular employment: 1.6%Public research institution: 2.1%University: 19.2%UniversityPostdoctoral: 7.3%Public research institutionPostdoctoral: 1.6%AISTPostdoctoral: 14.0%Other - non-regular employment: 1%Not yet determined: 6.7%AIST: 6.2%Employment of graduates of the Innovation School program (193 trainees in total)Industry (OJT): 17.1%Industry (other than OJT): 23.3%(As of April 1, 2012)Industry: 40.4%Regular employment: 69.5%Open Innovation|27

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