Program Overview
1. What is the Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment(Collaboration Type)?
The Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment (Collaboration Type) is dedicated to boosting
the diversity of the research environment and to fostering exceptional research results. To that end, it supports
efforts to put in place a research environment that takes into account the life events and work-life balance of women
researchers and to increase the research skills of women researchers, as well as efforts to actively hire women
researchers, encourage women researchers who have stopped conducting research or quit research jobs to return tothose jobs, and foster active hiring of women researchers for management positions. The “Collaboration Type”
designation indicates the expectation that universities and research institutes will work with companies and otherentities to drive activities of women researchers in various regions and fields, both at collaborating organizations andother entities.

2. Overview of Program Initiatives —Support Program Duration: FY2017 to FY2022—■Career Advancement Project for Women Researchers■Participating Organizations
Lead Organization: Hiroshima University
Collaborating Organizations: Mazda Motor Corporation,
Delta Kogyo Co., Ltd., andInternational Development Center of Japan■Purpose of Chosen Program
The program will implement a Career Advancement Project for Women Researchers (CAPWR) designed tocontribute to a peaceful and sustainable society by combining the knowledge of think tank institutions focused oninternational cooperation with industry-academia collaboration that brings together national universities that play acore role in research and development, as well as human resources development with manufacturing companies. Inaddition, the program will aim to contribute to the achievement of the targets set forth in the Fourth Gender
Equality Basic Plan by strengthening initiatives with goals such as increasing the hiring of women researchers,
fostering their promotion to management positions and putting in place a diverse research environment. Finally, it
will aim to provide new knowledge and opportunities to women researchers at universities and companies while
effecting a quantitative and qualitative enhancement of women researchers with local roots and an international
perspective, particularly for those involved in science, engineering and agriculture.

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Four Approaches
Institutional Enhancement by Improving Existing
Approaches

Capacity Development in Women Researchers' ResearchActivities■ Enabling organizations to implement unique initiatives in anongoing manner and share associated information among
1themselves■ Researching successful examples of efforts to put in place diverse
research environments in Japan and overseas■ Engaging in awareness-raising activities targeting management
positions at organizations■ Providing opportunities for women researchers to explore
leading-edge research topics
2 ■ Promoting international research activities and presentations offindings by women researchers■ Holding training events such as leadership training seminars andseminars about how to obtain external funding

Positive Action in Recruitment and Promotion ofWomen Researchers

Model Development■ Enhancing positive action

43 ■ Encouraging women to attend Hiroshima University and boost
their career prospects by earning a degree■ Broadening the perspective of female university students whoare seeking to become researchers■ Developing and encouraging the adoption of models that
accommodate industry and organizational characteristics throughresearch targeting organizations that are members of theIndustry-Academia-Government Council on Promoting Diversity
and the verification of the benefits of approaches (1) through (3)Collaboration and Synergy
Mazda MotorCorporation

Delta Kogyo Co., Ltd.

InternationalDevelopment Centerof Japan

Ubiquitousenvironment/facilities
research supportersystem; resumption ofresearch support;
continuing career
support for spouses

Continued
implementation of 18
policies for diversity
promotion, including
maternity leave

Promotion of theincreased use ofchildcare/long-term
home care supportsystem; expansion of
consulting services for
women

Organization of various
seminars and opinionexchange sessions;investigation intorelevant efforts
overseas

Dispatch instructors > Implementation of awareness-raising seminars < Provision of positive overseas case studies
and opinion-exchange sessions

Advanced support forTraining for overseas
Continued promotion
younger people;
research and writing
ofjointresearchContinued promotion
large-scale research
papers in English;
Capacityof joint researchacquisition support for
matching of joint
Development seniors; external funding
research
partners
acquisition seminarin Women
Research ethics
Can be taken by women researchers
Researchers’
education
at collaborating institutions
ResearchOverseas research encouragement awards for women researchers
Activities
Granting of research funding for joint research studies with women project leaders
Establishment and use of joint research courses/provision of research equipment and facilities
Women-only public
Positive Action
recruitment andEstablishing internships Establishing internships Project management
training for leader
in Recruitment promotion of women
for women students
for women students
candidatesand Promotion
staffof Women
Organization of career seminars for university and graduate school students
Researchers
Organization of seminars for directors and managers
ModelDevelopment

Development of model initiatives for a diverse research environment

3. Target Numbers
Hiroshima University
Mazda Motor Corporation
Delta Kogyo Co., Ltd.
International Development
Center of Japan
Industry, Academia, andGovernment Council for
Diversity Promotion

2022 target numbers
20% women faculty / 20% women in higher level positions
60 women executives
Length of service of women at 80% of that of men
40% women researchers / more than double the ratio of women managers /more than double the number of women research leaders
50 Member Organizations

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Industry, Academia and Government Council for Diversity Promotion

InstitutionalEnhancement
by Improved
ExistingApproaches

Hiroshima University