To celebrate the 150-year anniversary of diplomatic relations between Sweden and Japan during 2018, STINT and the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences (RJ) launched a special call for applications. The call is also co-funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR).
The purpose of the call is to offer grants for the implementation of short-term projects targeting the initiation of new and strategically interesting international relationships in research and higher education between Sweden and Japan.
It was decided on the16th of February 2018, that STINT, The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences (RJ) and the Swedish Research Council (VR) will grant 1,7 MSEK to 12 projects within Sweden-Japan 150 Anniversary Grants. In total 71 applications were submitted.
The selected projects are as follows:
| Applicant | Main partner | |||
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Name
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Institution
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University |
Name
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University |
| Gábor Méhes | Department of Science and Technology | LiU | Tomohiro Shiraki | Kyushu University |
| Dmytro Orlov | Department of Mechanical Engineering | LTH | Nobuhiro Tsuji | Kyoto University |
| Aikaterini Mitrokotsa | Department of Computer Science and Engineering | CTH | Keisuke Tanaka |
Tokyo Institute of Technology
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| Nazanin Emami | Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics | LTU | Yoshinori Sawae | Kyushu University |
| Akira Kaneko | Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology | KI | Kenji Hirayama |
Nagasaki University
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| Piotr Matyba | Department of Physics | UmU | Ema Kazuhiro | Sophia University |
| Jaqueline Berndt | The Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies | SU | Mieko Takahashi | Osaka University |
| Tom Willhammar | Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry | SU | Tsuguyuki Saito | University of Tokyo |
| Aristidis Moustakas | Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology | UU | Kohei Miyazono | University of Tokyo |
| Marcus Lundberg | Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory | UU | Takeshi Yanai |
Institute for Molecular Science
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| Danilo Brozovic | School of Business | HiS | Hiroaki Saito |
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
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|
Thomas Lennerfors
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Department of Engineering Sciences |
UU
|
Bregham Dalgliesh
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University of Tokyo
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| Applicant | Main partner | |||
| Name | Institution | University | Name | University |
| Gábor Méhes | Department of Science and Technology | LiU | Tomohiro Shiraki | Kyushu University |
| Dmytro Orlov | Department of Mechanical Engineering | LTH | Nobuhiro Tsuji | Kyoto University |
| Aikaterini Mitrokotsa | Department of Computer Science and Engineering | CTH | Keisuke Tanaka | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Nazanin Emami | Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics | LTU | Yoshinori Sawae | Kyushu University |
| Akira Kaneko | Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology | KI | Kenji Hirayama | Nagasaki University |
| Piotr Matyba | Department of Physics | UmU | Ema Kazuhiro | Sophia University |
| Jaqueline Berndt | The Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies | SU | Mieko Takahashi | Osaka University |
| Tom Willhammar | Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry | SU | Tsuguyuki Saito | University of Tokyo |
| Aristidis Moustakas | Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology | UU | Kohei Miyazono | University of Tokyo |
| Marcus Lundberg | Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory | UU | Takeshi Yanai | Institute for Molecular Science |
| Danilo Brozovic | School of Business | HiS | Hiroaki Saito | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
|
Thomas Lennerfors
|
Department of Engineering Sciences
|
UU
|
Bregham Dalgliesh
|
University of Tokyo
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