Donation Request to Tokai Pathways to Global Excellence (T-GEx)

Tokai Pathways to Global Excellence (T-GEx) was established in October 2021 to support early career researchers (ECRs) in the Tokai region, helping them develop into world-class researchers who can address global challenges and influence international research trends. To achieve this goal, T-GEx formed a consortium in collaboration with academic institutions and companies primarily located in the Tokai region. Together, we strive to provide meaningful support for the development of ECRs. To date, T-GEx has evolved into a vibrant research community comprising approximately 40 ECRs affiliated not only with Nagoya University and Gifu University but also with the academic institutions and private corporations within the consortium. These researchers actively engage with one another and gain inspiration by participating in a range of training programs and events throughout the year. The academic achievements and experiences gained through T-GEx activities are shared across the Tokai region through the initiatives of T-GEx ECRs, potentially leading to significant social impacts.

To sustain these activities, it is crucial to secure adequate funding. Unfortunately, one of the primary factors contributing to the decline of research capabilities in Japan is a lack of financial resources. T-GEx, led by Nagoya University in partnership with Gifu University, is also navigating challenging financial circumstances. Therefore, we kindly invite your donations to support T-GEx’s initiatives. With your assistance, we will continue our efforts to advance research and development for ECRs in the Tokai region, ultimately contributing to the resolution of global issues.

PM. TAKEDA Hiroko

Professor, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University

Program Overview

T-GEx Program’s Vision of World-Leading Researchers and Development Policy

T-GEx aims to nurture advanced knowledge “groundbreakers” who will break down barriers between countries, sectors, disciplines, and cultures. They will continuously tackle new challenges by linking knowledge creation and experiences from different fields while leading teams to solve critical problems that our world is facing. T-GEx knowledge “groundbreakers” will disseminate innovative impacts on industries and society by running international and/or interdisciplinary collaborative projects that usher in cutting-edge global academic trends, or developing industry-academia collaborations or businesses that serve societal needs.

Program Outline

Nagoya University leads the T-GEx program in cooperation with Gifu University. The first main objective of the T-GEx program is to support the development of early-career researchers in a direction of their own choosing (tracks). Possible directions include becoming a principal investigator (PI) who heads a large-scale international and/or interdisciplinary collaborative research project, or a highly-qualified professional who actively engages in industry-academia collaborations or starts a business inside or outside of Japan. In so doing, the T-GEx program achieves its second main objective of creating a positive growth cycle of training talented researchers through which role models for the next generations will arise. For this purpose, the T-GEx program will undertake efforts in the following three areas. First, we will build a consortium with affiliated academic institutions and companies in the Tokai region and beyond to provide opportunities for early-career researchers to learn transferable skills and build research networks. Second, the program offers several research grants to encourage early-career researchers belonging to the consortium institutions to develop collaborative research projects among their institutions. Finally, to reinforce these initiatives, the program will commit to the improvement of research infrastructure within the consortium by promoting gender equality and diversity measures, and accelerating digitalization.

Nagoya University Special Funds

Supporting Young Researchers /
Promoting the support for young researchers

This project is intended for young researchers and doctoral students who have a hard time finding their permanent academic jobs, with the goal of providing financial support needed to improve their skills as a researcher.

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We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your support of the Nagoya University Special Fund “Supporting Young Researchers/ Promoting the support for young researchers”.
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Contact

Nagoya University T-GEx office

Address Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
TEL

052-789-4478

E-mail

t-gex[at]t.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

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