The Research Institute for Electronic Science is promoting research and human exchange through international collaboration. We have concluded exchange agreements with laboratories and centers in each country (Asia: 6, Europe, USA: 4), and exchange staff and students, joint symposium etc. and joint research project are carried out. The Promotion Office for International Alliance was established in 2012 in order to further develop international collaborative activities through planning and planning advice on international collaboration and to enhance and strengthen collaborative activities as a hub of the international network. We are setting up a collaboration program between domestic laboratory network and oversea research organization network.

Examples of international partnership activities

RIES-Hokudai International Symposium every year inviting speakers from abroad
Conclusions of academic agreement with overseas research institutes (6 research organizations in Asia, 4 research organizations in Europe and the USA as of Sep. 2018)
Bilateral Joint Research Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, JST Strategic International Science and Technology Cooperation Promotion Project etc. (2007-2013)
1 Human Frontier Science Program Grant Award to promote interdisciplinary international collaborative research on biology and surrounding fields 1 case in 2007, 2 cases in 2010, 1 case in 2013 (Number of awards (RIKEN, after Tokyo University) nationwide 3rd place, award-winning rate per number of faculty nation top)
Ig Nobel Prize in 2008, 2010
One Yamato Adrian Prize awarded for excellent collaborative research between Japan and the UK (2010)
Excellent International Collaborative Research Results; Science 2007, 2010, Adv. Mater. 2012, 2014, Nature Materials 2013, Nature Commun. 2015, Nat. Chem. Biol. 2017, ACSnano 2018 et al.