Application Guideline of Collaborative Research Project for Young・Women Scientists for FY 2023

Overview

Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University (ACCMS) calls for proposals of the Collaborative Research Project for scientists listed below as part of "The Joint Usage/Research Center for Interdisciplinary Large-scale Information Infrastructures (JHPCN) activities.

• (1)Young researchers under the age of 40 (including students, regardless of sex)
• (2)Women researchers (regardless of ages)

Submitted proposals are reviewed by "Supercomputer System Collaborative Research Planning Committee" of ACCMS and a committee of JHPCN, and some superior proposals are adopted. ACCMS bears entire or part of the usage fee of the adopted proposals. Awarded researchers are required to submit a research report by the end of the fiscal year, to acknowledge their use of this system when publishing the achievements in papers, and to contribute an article on their research results to our Center News (Inter-University Services Bulletin). In addition, we require their cooperation for JHPCN activities such as a presentation at the JHPCN symposium. We are scheduled to start operation of the System A officially in October 2023, and only personal course (Type B) or group course applied for by the applicant (where the applicant is the only user) will be accepted in this call for applications. If you wish to use a personal course (Type A), please wait for an additional call for applications scheduled around July 2023.

Eligibility

• An applicant must be eligible for the use of the supercomputer system in FY2023.
• An applicant must be under the age of 40 or women (regardless of ages) as of April 1, 2023.

Conditions and Requirements

• ACCMS will bear the entire usage fee of the personal course (Type B), or part of usage fees (100,000 yen) of the group course where the applicant is the only user.
• Non-Japanese citizens such as international students who live in Japan less than six months and Japanese citizens residing in foreign countries may need to obtain an approval. Please see the following URL for details. If applicable, please consult Research Information Section.
  https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/comp/apply/other/gaikokujin.html
• Adopted researchers are required to:
  • Submit a User Report of the Collaborative Research Project (Deadline:End of April, 2024)
  • Contribute an article of about two pages (A4 size) on the project achievements to the Inter-University Services Bulletin.(Deadline:End of August,2024)
  • Include the use of this project in the acknowledgment of academic journals or other publications, and to send us the list of the journals or the publications at the time of publishing the achievements.
    ※Please see "Acknowledgement for the use of Collaborative Research Project" on how to specify in the acknowledgement.
• The user is obliged to report on the research results of the adopted proposal or cooperate in surveys for three years after the end of the period of use.

Selection Criteria

We willingly adopt proposals which are expected to create achievements having an academic impact as well as are novel and are expected to develop into challenges for JHPCN in the future. If you are applying to another center with the same research, it is necessary to explain the differences in the research plan such as the reasons for using the resources of our center. We also willingly adopt proposals relating to software development that help to improve the performance and use efficiency of the supercomputer. We refer the system usage status, achievements and the presentations of the adopted proposals when we exam the future proposals.

Application Procedure

Please send Application Form (Word file) by email to the Research Information Section.

• Deadline: Wed. April 19, 2023

Please note that the personal information provided in the Form will be used for the application purpose only.

「Application Form for Collaborative Research Project for Young・Women Scientists 」 PDF | Word *Japanese Version Only

Contact Information

Research Information Section, Information Promotion Division, Information Management and Communication Department, Kyoto University

comp-info*kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp(Please replace * in the email address with @)