Okayama University SDGs Promotion Award (President Award)
Application Guidelines
1. Purposes
Okayama University has set forth its long-term vision for 2050 as "a research
university that co-creates the future of the region and the earth and contributes
to global innovation" in accordance with Okayama University Vision 3.0: "Aresearch university that nurtures and creates the future we want together.
The Okayama University SDGs Promotion Award System was established inFY2020 and will continue to be implemented in FY2024, with the aim ofencouraging efforts to promote the SDGs by faculty members and student groups
within the university in response to these efforts as a university, and to contributeto the spread and promotion of the SDGs within the university.
2. Description of solicitation
Okayama University solicits undertaking initiatives to help achieve the SDGs
by faculty members and student groups in the following four fields. Initiative which
was applied last year can be also applied again by adding improvements oradditional efforts.
1) Education field
Educational activities to help to achieve the SDGs by an individual faculty
member or a group of faculty members (including Okayama University
students and/or members outside the university)
Examples: Providing lectures on the SDGs to Okayama University students
Providing public lectures, etc. on the SDGs to the general public
Providing education for developing human resources who can help
achieve the SDGs etc.
2) Research fieldResearch activities to help achieve the SDGs by an individual faculty
member or a group of faculty members (including Okayama University
students and/or members outside the university)
Examples: Research in innovative areas that help to achieve the SDGs,
including advanced material science and nanotechnologies,
agricultural chemistry, ICT that supports Society 5.0, innovative
material/next-generation
devicetechnologies,
environmental
conservation/environmental restoration technologies, and regional
research/policy research etc.
3) Workfield
Work-related activities to help achieve the SDGs by a group of faculty
members (in a unit comprising a laboratory or section in a clerical sector orlarger; including Okayama University students and/or members outside theuniversity)
Examples: Efforts for improving work efficiency, etc. aiming for
decarbonizing, energy saving and resource saving

Efforts for improving work environment, etc. aiming to achieve diversity
and inclusion
Efforts for supporting research activity and improving research environment.
4) Student group fieldActivities to help achieve the SDGs by a group of Okayama University
students (two or more members; a circle or laboratory unit is permitted;
including Okayama University faculty members and/or members outsidethe university)
Examples: Environmental conservation activities that are carried out by acircle, etc. (cleaning, recycling, etc.)
Surveys, proposals, practices, etc. for solving social issues that arecarried out by a laboratory, etc.
Support for SDGs activities by elementary school, junior high schooland high school students
Cooperation and collaboration with SDGs activities by organizations
outside the university etc.
3. Application method
Applicants (or applicant representative) shall read the Application Guidelines
and fill out the application form and other necessary documents. The
faculty/graduate school to which applicant belongs shall collect the applicationand send it electronically to the following address by the application deadline. In
the case of Application classification 4), the applicant representative shall submitthe application electronically directly to the following address. The language usedfor the application shall be Japanese or English.
When receiving application data, we will send a confirmation email on the next
business day. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please contact us byemail at the following address.
<Send application data to> SDGs@adm.okayama-u.ac.jp* The subject of the email for sending application data shall be “Okayama
University SDGs Promotion Award Application.”
4. Application deadline
October 11, 2024
5. Awarding
From the applications received, selection of the Award for Excellence (up toone in each field) and the Award for Encouragement will be decided at the SDGs
Promotion Headquarters Operation Committee.
Each individual or group that wins the Award for Excellence in the education
and research fields will be awarded 200,000 yen; in the working environment
improvement field, a financial incentive of 100,000 yen (budget allocation); andin the student group field, a bookstore gift card worth 50,000 yen. Awardees havethe opportunity to announce their efforts.

6. Judgment
Basically, judgment will be made based on the following five criteria. However,regarding the work field and student group field, judgment will be made based on(1) and two or more criteria selected from (2) through (5) (three or more criteria
in total).
(1) Contribution to achieving the SDGs
(2) Creativity of new value (potential to create value)(3) Collaboration with diverse stakeholders(4) Sustainability of the initiative(5) Inclusiveness aiming to achieve well-being (the state of being happy
mentally and physically) of diverse people
7. Others
Initiatives for which an application has been submitted for this award system
will be posted based on the description of the separate sheet of the application
form (PowerPoint slide) as a previous initiative on the Okayama University SDGs
site and used to raise awareness of the SDGs and promote SDGs-related
activities.
If you have any questions about the application, please contact us.
<Contact information>
Okayama University SDGs Promotion Headquarters(Social Co-creation Department, Organization for Research Strategy andDevelopment)
Tel: 086-251-8491
E-mail: SDGs@adm.okayama-u.ac.jp