Contact Information

Ofﬁce

FLOuRISH Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Adress3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509

Email042-367-5756/5637

Emailinnov@cc.tuat.ac.jp

URL

https://www.tuat-ﬂourish.jp/

For application guidelines, information sessions,and applications for each program, please visit
the ofﬁcial website

Tokyo University ofAgriculture and Technology

Institute for Fostering Leadership to create future value through Outstanding Research,Innovation and Sustainable Higher education

FLOuRISH InstituteIn t r o d u c t i o nTUAT is a research-oriented university with advanced research capabilities and a strong foundation for collaboration with industry ineducation, research and innovation human resource development. In order to realize a university that promotes excellence ineducation and research on a par with the world's top universities, we have established the goal of "becoming a world-leading
research university that maximizes the value of people intellectually and socially based on science," and we aim to reform andstrengthen the functions of the university in order to cultivate advanced innovation leaders through cutting-edge research capabilities
and industry-academia collaboration.

FLOuRISH Social implementation support system foryoung researchers (for faculty members)
FLOuRISH Outstanding PI
To develop innovation leaders who can solve post-COVID-19 challenges, the FLOuRISH Institute establishes a special
research and education zone as a venue for real science, by sophisticating our know-how and ideas, to promote
graduate school literacy education, and provides innovative graduate school educational programs. In FLOuRISH

FLOuRISH Institutetemporary labs, outstanding PIs, FLOuRISH JIRITSU fellows (doctoral students), and other students carry outchallenging and advanced research programs in cooperation with foreign super professors, corporate researchers,
Team Education and Research Administrators (TERA), etc. The Institute also fosters FL-JIRITSU fellows who try career
paths such as Next Generation PIs and entrepreneur and who can approach society with new ways of thinking, based

Expanding the Future Value of People

on advanced research skills, with putting emphasis on diverse according to the individuality.

The FLOuRISH Institute is a special research and education zone free from existing institutional limitations. It engages inthe redistribution of internal resources by utilizing faculty members of TUAT Institutes and the reform of the personnel
evaluation system, and we implement exemplary projects in national university reforms and reinforcement of ties withsociety. FLOuRISH provides an enriched program for graduate school literacy education using its unique innovation

Support from TERA(Team Educationand Research
Administrators)

leader development program. It also conducts reforms of graduate school education that include the improved treatmentof graduate school students based on its own incentive system JIRITSU and JST (FLOuRISH Fellowship for Support for
Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation). Along with these efforts, FLOuRISH is developing a new andunique graduate school organization so that graduate school students (FL-JIRITSU research fellows and FL-Next
Generation fellows) as well as young principal investigators (PI) and people responsible for academic-industrial
collaboration (Team Education and Research Administrators (TERA)) are fostered simultaneously.

Startup funds

Project lab
expenses

Travel andaccommodation
expenses for foreign
researchers(graduate students)

Recruitment ofFLOuRISH JIRITSUfellows(doctoral students)

We aim to cultivate these people who create innovation, and we assume that it is important to learn entrepreneurship—aEmployment ofRA and part-time
lecturers

thought and an action elements needed to create new value—and maintain high aspirations and motivations regardlessof generations, research ﬁelds, and job types, we provide university-wide innovation education programs.
Environment thatenables focus on
research

Support for social
implementation ofresearch results

Future value Creation

Incentives for Outstanding PI

Innovation Garage

Cutting Edge Fundamental
Research Results

On-Campus Pitch Contest
Entrepreneur Challenge

Social Implementation
D3・
D2・
D1
M2・
M1
B4・
B3・
B2・
B1

Feedback from Society

Eligible applicants

Fellowship Supports

Support for living expenses, researchexpenses, etc.

Outstanding PIs

・FL-JIRITSU Fellowship
・FL-Fellowship for “SPRING”

External Collaboration
Stategy By TERA

Human Resource Development

・FL-Educationnal Program

・Applicants shall accept at least one FLOuRISH
J I R I T S U Fe l low f rom 2 0 2 2 a nd h ave t hemonetary resource (600,000 yen / person peryear).

Innovation human resources education
for all grades
FL-JIRITSU Fellows

Support for student activities and Education
FLOuRISH Office
FL-Director, Professor
Facilitator, Coordinator
External Supporter, Staff

Innovation Advancement
Organization
DevelopmentalReorganization

・TUAT faculty members with a track record inworld-class research who gained a doctorate
about 15 years ago and are conducting uniqueresearch.

Environmental support to focus on research activities
For futher information about this program, pleasescan this QR code.

FLOuRISH Lab

Selection criteria
・Track record in world-class research.
・Network with foreign research institutions,companies
・Unique research that impacts society・Expected to achieve research results byfocusing on research・Expected to cultivate doctoral students.
・Interested in social implementation of research
results in the form of a business launch.
・Allow graduate school students to take part inprograms related with social implementation.

Examples of educational programs (offered by FLOuRISH in 2021)

FLOuRISH Support for Fellows (for doctoral students)
FLOuRISH Fellowship Program for Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation(FL-Next Generation) ※1

There are required programs and optional programs.

Introduction of Entrepreneurship
11Outline of Innovation “From Research to Innovation”
Basic

RequiredOutline of Innovation “From Research to Innovation”
AdvancedOptional

FLOuRISH JIRITSU (Self-reliance) Fellowship Program (FL-JIRITSU)FLOuRSIH offers two fellowship programs for students enrolled in our doctoral program. To foster human resources
who can develop a broad scientiﬁc view and contribute to society based on advanced research capabilities andApplication of Entrepreneurshipentrepreneurial overhead viewpoint, these fellowship programs aim to provide our doctoral students with necessaryfunds as research encouragement expenses (equivalent to living expenses) and research expenses and thereby
create an environment where they can devote themselves to research. It also provides them with educational
programs that help them gain a wider perspective for social implementation and business development. These

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Design Thinking

Team Leading

Steinbeis Japan Program

Scheduled for mid-Feb"Applicants only"

Optional

567Career design

Entrepreneur practiceIntellectual property strategy

fellowship programs intend to help develop science innovation leaders so that they can strengthen their advanced
research skills from new unconventional perspectives.

Entrepreneur Challenge
Contest (half day)（Application guidelines and other details are posted on the website.（https://www.tuat-ﬂourish.jp/））※1 : This program is launched after adoption of JST Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation Program.

8

Innovation Ecosystem and Ph.D. Research Capability
Strengthening researchcapabilities

Enhancing Global Skills

Required

9

Technical Writing
Seminar for all

Optional

Technical Writing
Training for Intermediate

101112

Technical Writing
Training for advancePresentation Training
toward InternationalConference

Technical Writing
Workshop for D3

EntrepreneurTUAT
Innovation Ecosystem
Issues for social implementation

Development and strengthening of cutting-edge
research on the integration of Agric. and Tech.

・Proposal of social implementation method
・Needs Study・Collaborative Research・Competitive analysis

・Research Team Formation

FLOuRISH Program for Innovation Creation

・Analysis of necessary technologies

・Fund Raising

・Technical and research advice

・Business Proposals

・Brush-up proposals for commercialization

・New Challenges

Entrepreneur Challenge

New research from social issues through both strengthening research capabilities and entrepreneurship

We will hold a “Business Plan Pitch Contest” for all students, faculty and staff with the purpose of encouraging thesocial implementation of research and value creation activities aimed at creating future value. Individuals and teams
FLOuRISH Fellowship Schedule

Program specifically strengthens〜 Early AprilMay

Social Implementation Ability

Fellowship application deadline
Orientation

will present their new value proposals in the "Pitch Contest". The best proposals will be awarded with the ﬁrst prize,
which includes expenses for promoting hypothesis veriﬁcation. In addition, the FLOuRISH Ofﬁce will provide support
for business promotion, rental of activity space, etc. Additional prizes may also be awarded by the co-sponsors andsupporting organizations (such as participation in the NEDO TCP program in 2023).

Setting socially valuable issues

AprFund Raising Ability

Setting socially valuable issues

Problem-solving "Pitch"

Ability to execute to hypotheses
verification

MayJune

JulyAug

SeptOct

Start
Application

About FLOuRISH JIRITSU Fellowship Program

Nov

Dec

JanFebMar

Judging Criteria

About FLOuRISH Fellowship Program forSupport for Pioneering Research Initiated by theNext Generation(SPRING)

Brush-up

PitchContestSelectedteam
Brush-up

NEDO
TCP
1stscreening

NEDO
TCP
Finalscreening

Hypothesis testing and activities for the next year

（See the Guidelines for the year）
・Developing an attractive market

・Excellent solution to the problem
・Attractive business strategy
・Ability to execute