• The 5th Brilliant Female Researchers Award (The Jun Ashida Award)
    The 5th Brilliant Female Researchers Award (The Jun Ashida Award)
  • The Third Marie Sklodowska Curie Award
    The Third Marie Sklodowska Curie Award

Main Activities

  • The Jun Ashida Award
  • Brilliant Female Researchers Award
    (The Jun Ashida Award)

    To promote the achievements of women in science we established the “Brilliant Female Researchers Award (The Jun Ashida Award)” in 2019, with award categories to recognize outstanding individuals as well as organizations that support them.

  • Marie Sklodowska Curie Award
  • Marie Sklodowska Curie Award

    JST and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland cooperated to establish the “Maria Skłodowska-Curie Award” in 2021, encouraging young Japanese female researchers to follow the inspirational example of Maria Skłodowska-Curie and play active roles on the global stage.

  • Life Event Support
  • Life Event Support

    JST established the “Life Event Support” scheme to help researchers continue their research activities and career development following major life events such as childbirth, childcare and nursing care.

    (Written in Japanese)