JST and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland have established an award commending young female researcher who aim to be active on the global stage.

JST recognizes the importance of initiatives designed to promote the activities of female researchers in science, technology, and innovation fields. In particular it is necessary to support female researchers in their late twenties and early thirties, when they are most expected to be active as a researcher and at the same time deal with many life events.

Therefore, we established the “Marie Sklodowska Curie Award”named after the great female researcher who was recognized for her achievements in her early 30s and later won the Nobel Prize. The award honors her great contribution and achievements to the development of science and technology across the world, and will inspire more active participation by Japanese female researchers.

For the first Marie Sklodowska Curie Award we will accept applications on behalf of the researchers or by the researchers themselves from October 1 - December 13, 2021. The awardees will be selected through a document screening and interview process, the results are scheduled to be announced in May 2022 along with the award ceremony.

Please see Appendix and the following website for details:

URL：https://www.jst.go.jp/diversity/researcher/mscaward/

The recording of an exclusive interview with Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor IWASAKI Akiko from Yale University, the chair of the selection committee, and Dr. HAMAGUCHI Michinari, president of JST, will be made open to the public on September 17, 2021.