In 2023, Tohoku University and University College London (UCL) will support four collaborative research projects through their matching fund.
The matching fund was established by UCL and Tohoku University following the conclusion of an agreement between the two universities to promote and encourage joint research. The first call for projects to be supported by the fund was made in June 2019.
There were 7 applications for funding in the 5th round. Following a joint review carried out by the two universities, the following 4 interdisciplinary joint research projects have been approved.
The fund will provide financial support to the 4 projects for up to one academic year beginning in April 2023.
| Research Areas | UCL Lead | Tohoku University Lead | Project |
| Disaster Science, Environmental Protection, Energy production and Supply | Prof. David Alexander
(Maths & Physical Sciences, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction) |
Assoc. Prof. Anawat Suppasri (International Research Institute of Disaster Science) | Environmental and Energy Resiliency for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan |
| Data Science, Psychiatry, Health Science, Genetics, Neuroscience, Medicine, Ageing, Disaster Science | Prof. Sven Bestmann
(Brain Sciences) |
Prof. Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui (Graduate School of Life Sciences) | Establishing a UCL-Tohoku University community for research with the Megabank to advance understanding of the biological and environmental causes of stroke and depression (MEGA-MOVE) |
| Genetics, Population Science, Neuroscience, Data Science, Auditory Processing, Hearing Health, Ageing, Disaster Science | Prof. Maria Chait
(Brain Sciences) |
Prof. Shuichi Sakamoto (Research Institute of Electrical Communication) | Establishing a UCL-Tohoku University community for research with the Megabank to advance understanding of hearing problems and their environmental and genetic causes (MEGA-HEAR) |
| Education, Neuroscience, Disaster science, Ageing, Covid-19 | Prof. Andrea Revesz
(Institute of Education) |
Assoc. Prof. Hyeonjeong Jeong (Graduate School of International Cultural Studies) | Exploring the neuro-cognitive demands of writing in a foreign language in crisis situations |
Contact:
Tohoku University Global Engagement Division
Tel: +81 22 217 5578
Email：kokusai-k@grp.tohoku.ac.jp