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On April 19, a ceremony was held at The Prince Kyoto Takaragaike (Sakyo-ku, Kyoto) for the Inamori Research Grants, which supports researchers in the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences. The ceremony was followed by a social gathering for the Seiwa Scholars Society (3S), aimed at providing an opportunity for grant recipients to deepen their...
The 2025 Kyoto Prize at Oxford will take place both online and in-person on May 6 and 7.
The Kyoto Prize Symposium, featuring the three 2024 Kyoto Prize laureates, was held in San Diego, California, during March 11-13, 2025. This event has been organized since 2002 by the Kyoto Symposium Organization, a local non-profit organization, and two universities, the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU).
Dr. Masaki Kashiwara, the 2018 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was awarded the Abel Prize, which recognizes mathematicians with extraordinary achievements.
The Inamori Foundation announced the 2025 fellows for the Inamori Research Institute for Science (InaRIS) Fellowship Program on March 14, 2025.
The Inamori Foundation announced the 50 recipients of the 2025 Inamori Research Grants on March 7, 2025. Out of 405 applicants (natural sciences: 319; humanities and social sciences: 86), 40 from the field of natural sciences and 10 from the field of humanities and social sciences were selected through the rigorous selection.
The 2025 Kyoto Prize Symposium (KPS) will be held in San Diego, California on March 12 and 13.
The Inamori Research Grants Program, which has been held annually since 1985, will introduce two new courses, "Incubate" and "Accelerate," starting from 2025. These new courses aim to expand and enrich the program.
In the series "Visiting 3S Researchers," we interview researchers in 3S who are very active in a variety of fields. The 14th interview is with Dr. Megumi Sasaki (2022 Inamori Research Grant Recipient) from Health Care Center, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
On November 30, a grand ceremony was held for the 30th anniversary of its inception at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków, Poland. The museum was founded in 1994 through the passion of Andrzej Wajda, the renowned Polish film director and laureate of the 1987 Kyoto Prize, and his wife.
Dr. Zakir Hussain, the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy, passed away at the age of 73. He received the 2022 Kyoto Prize for opening up new musical possibilities for the tabla, a traditional Indian percussion instrument, through collaborations with musicians of various genres from around the world.
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) has announced that they will award Oscar Chacón the 2025 Inamori Ethics Prize.