The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) has selected winners for the Fifth Marie Sklodowska Curie Award for young female researchers.
Grand Prize
KUROKI Yuko
Data & AI Researcher
Intesa Sanpaolo AI Research (Italy)
Research field: Information Science
Inspiration Prize
KOBAYASHI Ami
Distinguished Senior Assistant Professor (Principal Investigator)
Department of Medical Science and Innovation, Institute of Medical Research
Tohoku University
Research field: Neuroscience
YAMAGUCHI Sonomi
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (United States of America)
Research field: Phage Biology, Structural Biology, Biochemistry
Recognition Prize
MORIMOTO Mariko
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame (United States of America)
Research field: Chemical Biology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
For the Fifth Marie Sklodowska Curie Award, we accepted applications from October 1 to December 10, 2025. Through document screenings and interviews with external experts, we have selected one Grand Prize winner and two Inspiration Prize winners. In addition, considering the efforts of other applicants who meet the criteria for the award and deserve appreciation, we also selected one Recognition Prize winner.
JEOL Ltd. will award 1M yen for the Grand Prize, 500K yen for each Inspiration Prize, and 300K yen for the Recognition Prize. In addition, the Grand Prize winner will be offered an opportunity to visit research institutions in Poland—where Maria was born and raised—through the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Japan and the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Contact
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SHIMADA Kazuyoshi
Office for Diversity and Inclusiveness, Department of Personnel
Japan Science and Technology Agency
5-3 Yonbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8666
Tel: +81-3-5214-8443
E-mail: diversity
jst.go.jp
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