Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience
Guidelines for applications in 2025
1. Purpose
This Award makes a grant for excellent graduate studies in the field of neuroscience or brain science, thereby encouraging young researchers and promoting further development of research in the field.
2. Research theme
A study proposed for the award should be an applicant’s graduate study in the field of neuroscience or brain science.
3. Award content
An award certificate and a supplementary prize of 100,000 yen (research fund) will be provided to each awardee.
4. Application
An applicant shall submit an application form in accordance with the prescribed format, together with a copy of the applicant’s student identification card or that of the applicant’s Ph. D. certificate, to the Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Brain Research Promotion Fund Secretariat (hereafter, the Secretariat).
A PhD supervisor who supervised (or is currently supervising) the applicant’s doctoral study shall submit a recommendation letter in accordance with the prescribed format directly to the Secretariat. The application form and recommendation letter can also be submitted in PDF format by e-mail to
koueki_post@tr.mufg.jp.
5. Target researchers
The award is intended for researchers who satisfy the following two conditions.
- Applicants should be researchers who are enrolled in a doctoral course or have received their doctoral degree within the past 2 years prior to the application deadline.
- A study proposed for the award should be the one related to neuro/brain science and pursued during the applicant’s doctor program.
6. Application deadline
Both an application form and a recommendation letter must be sent to the Secretariat by Friday, February 14, 2025 (due NLT).
7. Selection
The awardees will be first selected by the Selection Committee of the Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study (hereafter, the Selection Committee) and then by the Steering Committee of the Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Brain Research Promotion Fund (hereafter, the Steering Committee). At the first selection stage, about 15 candidates will be selected from applicants based on application documents by the Selection Committee. At the second selection stage, the applicants who have passed the first selection stage shall make presentations on the research theme described in the application form. (The method and date of the presentation session will be notified separately, and those who do not participate in the session will not be considered for further selection processes.)
After the evaluation of the presentation by the Selection Committee, the Steering Committee will decide the awardees.
Academic domains and diversity including gender are also considered in the selection..
If the second selection stage is to be held at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society in 2025 actual travel expenses to the congress venue will be provided (10,000 yen at maximum). Please note that the travel expenses and the grant money will be transferred in Japanese yen, and a bank account to receive the money must be an account of a financial institution located in Japan.
8. Award ceremony and providing grant money
The awardees will be recognized and presented with the grant money in the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society in 2025. The research grant money will be sent to awardees by bank transfer at a later date.
If applicant’s affiliations receive grant money instead of the applicants, the grant money cannot be subjected to overheads.
9. Mailing address for application
Public Trust Group, Retail Trust Assets Administration Division,
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
3-36-16, Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0001, Japan
Email:
koueki_post@tr.mufg.jp
For international Fax: +81-3-5328-0586
For domestic/Japan Fax: 03-5328-0586