Application Guidelines for RIEC Nation-wide
Cooperative Research Projects （Type A and B） in FY 2024
As the Center for Nation-Wide Cooperative Research on ICT, Research Institute of ElectricalCommunication (RIEC), Tohoku University works with the research community to conduct advanced
research in this field and support the foundations for the future. It covers a variety of joint researchand meetings (Type A and B) held at our institute on an individual proposal basis by researchers
from domestic and international research institutes. Programs also include inter-institutional
collaboration across multiple research disciplines. RIEC faculty members are in charge of each project.
This cooperative research program does not presume simple joint use of RIEC facilities byparticipants; it features the precondition that participants conduct cooperative studies with researchcollaborators of RIEC.
Participants in RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects (Type A and B) in fiscal 2024 areinvited in line with the following guidelines.
1. Application details(1) The following themes are to be invited in fiscal 2024.
1) Computing systems with transcendent computational capability2) Information infrastructures as natural as breathing3) Super-intelligent systems based on human understanding
The Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC) made organizational changes on April
1, 2023, to promote more rapid implementation in society. As a result, the themes of the callfor proposals will also be changed, so please refer to the outline of the organizational changes
on the RIEC web site.
https://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/en/about-riec/organization-3/(2) The RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects Program consists of two categories.
“Type A: Research Projects” which uses RIEC facilities, equipment, etc. to conduct research.
“Type B: Research Projects Seminar,” focuses on study meetings.
(3) The following four types of research are in place to diversify the Cooperative Research Projects
program.


ITL: International Cooperative Research Project– themes that involve researchers belonging
to overseas research institutes who will act as principal investigators or share studies withRIEC researchers

YNG: Young Researcherʼs Project – both Principal Investigator (PI) and research collaboratorof RIEC (see section 5 for details) must be 45 years old or younger as of April 1, 2024.

IUC: Industry-University Cooperative Research Project– themes that involve private-sector
R&D staff who will act as principal investigators or share studies with RIEC researchers(restricted to Type B)

GNR: General Joint Research and Advancement(4) The research period is limited to a maximum of three years, including the year ofcommencement.
Please refer to 5. Application Documents for details.
2. Qualifications
Qualified for application are teachers and researchers belonging to universities, technical colleges
and public-sector research institutes; and researchers belonging to private-sector companies,organizations, etc.
Postgraduate students of universities and advanced course students of technical collages may
join research teams as members.
3. Application terms
From Jan. 10 to Feb. 29, 2024 <strictly abide by the deadline>
4. How to apply(1) A researcher representing his/her research team, called the Principal Investigator (PI), shallapply only after consulting a selected research collaborator at RIEC about a research theme/plan,etc. in advance. Research collaborators at RIEC also introduced in the contact information at
the end of this document.
For the overview of RIEC, please visit its website: https://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/en/(2) Please file an application through “RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects System.”[About “RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects System”]
https://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/en/nation-wide/koubo/user-registration/[“RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects System” login]https://crpp.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/crpp/login.xhtml（3）User registration
Those who use the system for the first time are required to complete user registration
beforehand to get a login ID and a password. As user registration may take a few days, please
complete it not later than 10 days before the application deadline.
[About user registration] ※Google Forms
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8VYvcQpI45RnRsKhjVxJlppakOHQWpuncc4P3hY
Q2E57vAQ/viewform5.

About application documents（1）New application and continued application
Application documents
Web application form
Type A

Attached File
（Upload PDF version to web system）
1) Research execution plan(Attachment :Type A)2)【appendix︓Type A】Research Organization
3) Research Expenses (by fiscal year)︓Type A4) Letter of Acceptance

RIEC Nation-wide
Type B

Cooperative ResearchProjects Application(Signature of the organization head is not
required & upload PDF version)
1) Research execution plan(Attachment :Type B)2)【appendix︓Type B】Research Organization
3) Research Expenses (by fiscal year)︓Type B
4) Letter of Acceptance(Signature of the organization head is not
required & upload PDF version)（2）New application: Regarding applications for new applications whose first year in FY2024① Please prepare the application documents in (1) and a RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research
Projects System].
② Research period: For new applications whose first year is FY2024, up to 3 years (until March31, R9).
③ Please prepare research expenses (by fiscal year) for each fiscal year. Delete any unnecessarysheets.
（3）Continuing project application: Regarding applications for projects in the second and third years
that will continue in FY2024.
① Please prepare the application documents in (1) similar to the new application and apply fromthe [RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects System].
② Research period
・Projects whose second year is FY2024 will have a maximum of 2 years (until March 31, 2026)
・Projects whose third year is FY2024 can be applied for one year (until March 31, 2025).
③ Please prepare research expenses (by fiscal year) for each fiscal year. Delete any unnecessarysheets.
④ Regarding the “Letter of Acceptance”, if the principal investigator has not changed his or her
affiliated institution since the previous year (FY2023), the submission may be omitted.
（4）Please download the attached file from the following URL.
http://www.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/en/nation-wide/koubo/（5）The average allocation amount per case in 2023 is as follows.

Type A : about 257,000yen(Trip expenses 153,000yen, Equipment & Consumables 104,000yen)
Type B : about 205,000yen
6. Notice of outcome
The joint project selection committee, which includes external experts, will decide whether toaccept or reject the application after reviewing the application documents, and the results will
be notified in mid-April 2024 (*).
The principal investigator and co-researcher for the selected project will be deemed to havebeen commissioned as "Tohoku University Research Institute of Electrical Communication JointResearcher."*From FY2025 onwards, for ongoing projects, only the amount of research funds allocated forthe relevant year will be notified.
７. Others(1) Treatment of intellectual property rights
When intellectual property is created as a result of RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research,
the handling is determined by mutual consultation of parties concerned.
(2) About expenses
Project will be provided with expense allocations equivalent to expenses for traveling to RIEC forresearch, participation in study meetings, etc. and equipment/consumables expenses necessaryfor research at RIEC (restricted to Type A only). Allocated amounts are subject to change according
to the number of research projects adopted.
Expenses will be allocated for the implementation of RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research andthe holding of research meetings. The use of expenses is limited to those related to theimplementation of RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research, and are specifically as follows. The
amount of expenses allocated will vary depending on the number of projects selected.
Type A︓Expenses for the purpose of conducting research (property expenses necessary forconducting research, such as travel expenses or online related expenses in lieu of travel
expenses)
Type B ︓ Expenses required to participate in and hold workshops, etc. (travel expenses oralternative online related expenses, etc.)(3) Regarding projects with research periods spanning multiple years
Research expenses are allocated for each business year and cannot be carried over to the nextyear.
For joint project research that spans multiple years, the research period may be shortened orchanged depending on the budget, policy, etc.

(4) Accommodation
As RIEC has no lodging facilities, researchers are required to secure accommodation individually.
(5) Submission of reports on cooperative research
PIs shall submit research reports online through the “RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research
Projects System” by a separately notified date. In case of discontinuation of the joint project
research in the middle of the research period, please submit a report by a separatelycommunicated deadline.
(6) Description of acknowledgment
In publishing reports on the outcome of research as theses, researchers are requested to add at
the end of such papers a sentence to the effect that their studies were conducted as “researchunder the Cooperative Research Project Program of the Research Institute of ElectricalCommunication, Tohoku University.”
Please refer to the following examples in writing acknowledgment.
① Part of this work was carried out under the Cooperative Research Project Program of theResearch Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University.
② This work was performed in the Cooperative Research Project of the Research Institute ofElectrical Communication, Tohoku University.
③ We acknowledge the stimulated discussion in the meeting of the Cooperative Research
Project of the Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University.
④ This conference was partially supported by the Research Institute of ElectricalCommunication, Tohoku University.
You may use RIEC, an acronym for the Research Institute of Electrical Communication, insteadof writing its full name.
(7) RIEC Annual Meeting on Cooperative Research Projects
You may be asked to make a presentation on your research at the RIEC Annual Meeting on
Cooperative Research Projects scheduled around the end of fiscal 2024. The conference is intended
to be open to the general public. Please present on your research results to the extent that they
can be made publicly available.
（８）Facilities and equipment related to RIEC Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects.
The facilities and other facilities of this institute can be used for conducting RIEC Nation-wide
Cooperative Research Projects.
(a)Laboratory for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics︓
https://www.nanospin.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/index-e.html

(b)Fundamental Technoogy Center: https://www.ftc.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/(c)Tohoku University Core Facility Center:

https://www.cfc.tohoku.ac.jp/en/

8. Contact
RIEC Cooperative Research Project Office, Tohoku University
2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, JAPANTEL: +81-22-217-5422
FAX: +81-22-217-5426
E-mail: riec-crpp@grp.tohoku.ac.jp