CMC Motojima Academy DEIB Promotion Project Research Grant -- FY2025 Results Presentation and FY2026 Award Ceremony
On Thursday, April 23, 2026, the CMC Motojima Academy DEIB Promotion Project Research Grant FY2025 Results Presentation and FY2026 Award Notification Ceremony was held.
The CMC Motojima Academy DEIB Promotion Project is a specially designated program established through a donation from CMC Laboratory Co., Ltd. The project promotes initiatives that contribute to DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging), including support for female students choosing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) career paths, financial assistance for female students and female researchers in their studies and research, and subsidies to help balance research activities with childcare and caregiving responsibilities.
As part of this initiative, research grants are provided to female researchers affiliated with Gifu University who are engaged in original and pioneering research that contributes to society. At the results presentation, the outcomes of the research projects funded in FY2025 were presented. In addition, award notification certificates were presented to the recipients selected for the FY2026 research grants.
Six newly selected recipients for FY2026
- Assistant Professor MIYACHI Yuka
Medical Education Development Center - Specially Appointed Assistant Professor ONISHI Sachiyo
Graduate School of Medicine - Clinical Lecturer / Assistant Professor SUGIYAMA Emiri
University Hospital - Assistant Professor SHIBATA Aya
Faculty of Engineering - Associate Professor INAGAKI Mizuho
Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences - Assistant Professor NAKAGAWA Kasumi
Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences
Exchange of opinions on research results and future research
From left: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Onishi, Clinical Lecturer / Assistant Professor Sugiyama, Assistant Professor Shibata, Associate Professor Inagaki,
Representative Director Motojima, Assistant Professor TAJIRIKA (FY2025 recipient),
President YOSHIDA Kazuhiro, Assistant Professor NAKAGAWA, and Vice President OYABU Chiho
