RIKEN is offering undergraduate and graduate students and researchers who have been affected by the East Japan disaster and the subsequent power shortages, opportunities to continue their research activities at RIKEN laboratories.
RIKEN has a widely diverse range of laboratories, and space and equipment varies from lab to lab. Applicants are asked to contact relevant laboratories directly and consult with the heads of those laboratories.
To university professors
RIKEN can host undergraduate and graduate students in its laboratories as student trainees or interns. Researchers can be hosted as visiting scientists.
If you have been involved or are currently involved in joint research with a RIKEN laboratory, contact the head of the partner RIKEN lab to discuss the possibilities for your students.
If you have no such connection with RIKEN, search through the list provided at the link below for RIKEN labs in the relevant fields of research and contact the heads of those labs regarding the possibilities for your students.
Please note that some labs may not be able to host students or researchers at this time.
List of RIKEN labs: http://www.riken.jp/engn/r-world/research/lab/index.html
The following centers and institutes have set up contacts for information on researcher hosting and other forms of support.
- RIKEN Advanced Science Institute
- RIKEN Plant Science Center
- RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology
- RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
- RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science
To students
RIKEN can host undergraduate and graduate students in its laboratories as student trainees or interns.
To apply, you will need to provide a letter requesting your placement at RIKEN written by your supervising professor or a university representative. Before applying, therefore, please consult with your supervising professor and ask the professor to contact the heads of relevant RIKEN laboratories.
To researchers
RIKEN offers a visiting scientist position for researchers who are not affiliated with RIKEN to conduct research together with RIKEN scientists. Applicants are asked to contact relevant RIKEN laboratories directly and consult with the heads of those laboratories.
Please note that some labs may not be able to host visiting scientists at this time.
List of RIKEN labs: http://www.riken.jp/engn/r-world/research/lab/index.html
The following centers and institutes have set up contacts for information on researcher hosting and other forms of support.
- RIKEN Advanced Science Institute
- RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology
- RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
- RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science
Q&A
Following the Tohoku Pacific Offshore Earthquake on March 11, RIKEN has received a number of kind offers for support from universities and other research institutions overseas. We are tremendously grateful for all those offers and expressions of concern. The Committee for special programs for graduate students/young scientsts located in the disaster areas, a group set up under the RIKEN Emergency Headquarters, is currently planning and carrying out support programs for researchers and graduate students whose work has been disrupted by the Tohoku Pacific Offshore Earthquake.
For inquiries, contact:
Committee for special programs for graduate students/young scientists located in the disaster areas
