Transferable Skills Training Program
Featuring lectures from top researchers, academic impact lectures, social impact lectures, industry R&D and societal research implementation lectures and academic research lectures. Builds the essential skills for becoming a top-class global researcher. TI-FRIS is working to make the program more flexible by holding lectures online and archiving the recorded videos for TI-FRIS Fellows.
Note: Transferable skills are those skills that are applicable regardless of industry or work type, such as problem-solving, self-management and people skills.
Lecture Course by Top Researchers
This lecture course aims to provide TI-FRIS Fellows with the skills to publish papers in the world's top journals and to obtain research funding from overseas. Lecturers will be invited from authors of highly-cited papers, faculty members who have participated in overseas research projects, academic experts such as directors, presidents, and presidents at participating institutions, and top researchers at overseas partner institutions (mainly international mentors for TI-FRIS Fellows).
Plan for FY2021
Date: February 28, 2022 (at the 2nd TI-FRIS Symposium)
Date: February 28, 2022 (at the 2nd TI-FRIS Symposium)
Past Events
Date: March 23, 2021 (at 1nd TI-FRIS Symposium)
Lecturer: Prof. Nicolas Produit (University of Geneve, Switzerland)
Title: What I have learned in establishing and running an international collaboration
Date: March 24, 2021 (at 1nd TI-FRIS Symposium)
Lecturer: Prof. Young-Ho Lee（KBSI, Korea）
Title: Toward understanding of disease-causing protein aggregation
Lecture Course on Academic Impact
This lecture course aims to help TI-FRIS Fellows acquire the skills to create a world-class academic impact, including publication in the world's top journals.
Plan for FY2021
Date: July 28, 2021
Lecturer: Prof. Junichi Kawamura (Specially Appointed Professor, URA Center, Tohoku University) / Dr. Eiri Ono (Assistant Professor, Institute for Information Management and Communication, Kyoto University)
Title: 若手研究者のための研究費獲得とアピール方法 / 研究計画書のグラフィックデザインセミナー
Date: August 23, 2021
Lecturer: Rintaro Ohno (Senior Assistant Professor, Strategic Planning Office, Tohoku University)
Title: What is Research Impact? (Introductory Session) / Creating a High Research Impact Plan (Practical Session)
Past Events
Lecturer: Prof. Junichi Kawamura (Specially Appointed Professor, URA Center, Tohoku University)
Title: 論文被引用数UPのために
Lecture Course on Societal Impact
This lecture course aims to provide TI-FRIS Fellows with the skills to conceptualize the potential impact of their research on society from multiple perspectives, communicate it to other stakeholders, and involve a variety of stakeholders with the aim of implementation.
Plan for FY2021
Date: July 7, 2021
Facilitator: Dr. Kohei Tamura (Assistant Professor, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University)
Date: March 1, 2022 (at the 2nd TI-FRIS Symposium)
Past Events
Lecturer: Prof. Ryuma Shineha (Associate Professor, Research Center on Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues, Osaka University)
Title: 先端科学技術と人文・社会科学を架橋するということ―ELSI/RRI議題共創の試みから
Lecture Course on Industrial R&D and Social Implementation
This lecture course aims to help TI-FRIS Fellows to deepen the understanding of problems and solutions in society and companies, as well as how to implement research results in society, and to acquire those skills. Lecturers will be invited from collaborating companies, etc.
Plan for FY2021
Lecturer: Mr. Hiroshi Iwatsubo (Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Technology & Business Development Unit, In Charge of Medical Products Group, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.)
Title: Innovation at Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (tentative)
Past Events
Lecturer: Dr. Shinichi Kamei (General Manager & Research Director, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.)
Title: 「社会実装論」のすすめ
Lecture Course on Interdisciplinary Research
This lecture course aims to help TI-FRIS Fellows acquire the know-how of interdisciplinary research and the presentation and management skills to obtain positions and grants outside Japan. Lecturers will be invited from young and mid-career Japanese PIs in their 30s and 40s.
Plan for FY2021
Past Events
Lecturer: Dr. Yuki Furuse (Assistant Professor, Hakubi Project, Kyoto University)
Title: Virus Research from Cellular to Global Level
