Application Guidelines
Seiichi Tejima Research Awards for FY 2024
1. Overview
Seiichi Tejima devoted his career to the advancement of engineering education in Japan.
He also served for over 25 years as the principal of the two preceding schools of Tokyo
Institute of Technology, namely Tokyo Technical School and Tokyo Higher Technical
School. When he retired from office in 1917, funds were raised by the dignitaries ofpolitical, business, and educational communities, and the Seiichi Tejima Research Awards
were established in his honor.
The Institute will once again be awarding prizes this fiscal year to recognize membersof the Institute community (postgraduate students included) for their excellence in researchand publications. Calls for applications have been made for the Seiichi Tejima PaperAward, Seiichi Tejima Doctoral Dissertation Award, Seiichi Tejima International Student
Research Award, Seiichi Tejima Invention Award, Fujino-Nakamura Young ResearcherAward, and Seiichi Tejima Book Award.
2. Description and eligibility(1) Seiichi Tejima Paper Award
This award is intended to recognize faculty members or groups of faculty members
who have published research papers of exceptional standard (in the case of co-authoredpapers, researchers who are not faculty members of the Institute may form part of thegroup as long as the main authors fit the description). Selection is based on the content ofresearch papers that were published in academic journals. Only papers written by authors
who belonged to the Institute at the time of writing are considered.
Authors must submit their application upon recommendation by a relevant faculty
member of the Institute. Up to three papers will be selected, and the authors of eachwinning paper will receive a certificate and share a prize of JPY 100,000(2) Seiichi Tejima Doctoral Dissertation Award
This award is open to authors of doctoral dissertation who meet all of the criteria
below:i)He or she is the author of an outstanding dissertation paper who has (a) completed(or is expecting to complete) his or her doctoral degree program at the Institute, or(b) obtained a doctorate (or a provisional confirmation of degree conferral) with atleast a year of enrollment in the Institute's doctoral program.
ii) He or she submitted a doctoral dissertation between April 2023 and March 2024
Authors must submit their application upon recommendation by either their academicsupervisor or a relevant faculty member at the Institute. Papers are judged on content
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originality and the potential for development of research findings. Up to fourteen papers
will be selected. Recipients of the award will receive a certificate and a prize of JPY
50,000.
(3) Seiichi Tejima International Student Research Award
This award is intended to recognize individuals for their outstanding researchachievements during their stay at the Institute as international students. To be eligible,
applicants must be (a) a doctoral student at the Institute, (b) an individual who hascompleted his or her doctoral degree program at the Institute within the last two years, or(c) an individual who has withdrawn from the Institute's doctoral degree program within
the last two years upon completing his or her coursework. Selection is based on the content
of research papers that have either been published or accepted for publication in academic
journals.
Individuals must submit their application upon recommendation by either theiracademic supervisor or a relevant faculty member at the Institute. Up to five winners will
be selected. Recipients of the award will receive a certificate and a prize of JPY 50,000.
(4) Seiichi Tejima Invention Award
The award is intended to recognize faculty members or groups of faculty members fortheir outstanding inventions (in the case of collaborative work, researchers who are notfaculty members of the Institute may form part of the group as long as the main inventors
fit the description). As a general rule, inventions must be a patented employee invention as
specified in Article 2, paragraph 2 of the National University Corporation Tokyo Instituteof Technology Invention Regulations. Inventions are considered for their originality andnovelty, as well as for their marketability and levels of implementation. Faculty members
must submit an application upon recommendation by a relevant faculty member of theInstitute. Up to five inventions will be selected for the award. The inventors of each
invention will receive a certificate and share a prize of JPY 100,000.
Previously rejected inventions may be considered for the award if there are changes incircumstances, such as their implementation becoming fully fledged.
(5) Fujino-Nakamura Young Researcher Award
The award is given to researchers (he or she must be 45 years of age or younger; i.e.,born on or after April 2, 1979) who have made outstanding research achievements. A
broad range of scientific fields is considered for the award. Individuals must submit anapplication upon recommendation from a relevant faculty member of the Institute. Students
may not apply. Up to two researchers will be selected for the award. The winners will
receive a certificate and a prize of JPY 100,000.
It should be noted that this award had previously been two separate awards—the ShiroFujino Award and Kenjiro Nakamura Award. Having had similar application criteria, thetwo awards were merged in 2016 with the aim of recognizing outstanding candidates from2 / 3

a larger number of applications.
(6) Seiichi Tejima Book Award
This award is intended to recognize faculty members or groups of faculty members who
have published books of exceptional standard (in the case of co-authored books, researchers
who are not faculty members of the Institute may form part of the group as long as the main
authors fit the description). Selection is based on the content of books published between
April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2024. Only books written by authors who belonged to theInstitute at the time of the first edition’s publication are considered.
Authors must submit an application upon recommendation by a relevant faculty
member of the Institute. Up to three books will be selected, and the authors of eachwinning book will receive a certificate and share a prize of JPY 100,000. Previously
rejected books may be considered for the award if there are changes in circumstances.
3. Application period
Application period starts on Monday, May 17, 2024, and ends on Friday, July 5, 2024.
Applications beyond this period will not be accepted.
4. Application procedure
Applicants must complete relevant application form(s) available on the Research
Promotion Department’s website at the following link. Please follow the detailed
procedures posted on this website for award entry and submission of documents.
http://www.rpd.titech.ac.jp/rpdiv/somu/exterior/tejima/tejima.htm
5. Announcement of winners and awards ceremony
Selection will be conducted at the Institute by the Seiichi Tejima Research Awards
Committee. Recipients of the awards will be announced in March 2025 and the award
ceremony will be held in the same month.
【Contact Information】

Seiichi Tejima Research Awards
Research Planning Division, Research Promotion Department
E3-10, Admin. Bureau Building 2, Ookayama Campus
Email: tokodai.tejima@jim.titech.ac.jp

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