Diversity Promotion Fund
(formerly known as Female PI Incentive Fund Program)
The program offers additional subsidies for research budgets to newly appointed or promoted female PIs (researchers in managerial positions).
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Akiko Hayashi-Takagi, M.D., Ph.D.
Team DirectorLaboratory for Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry
RIKEN Center for Brain Science -

Beauchemin Catherine, Ph.D.
Deputy DirectorRIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS)
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AI Safety and Reliability Unit
RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project -

Dan Ohtan Wang, Ph.D. [Left in March 2024]
Team LeaderLaboratory for Neuroepitranscriptomics
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research -

Aya Ishida, M.D., Ph.D.
Team DirectorLaboratory for Brain Development and Disorders
RIKEN Center for Brain Science -

Yuka Iwasaki, Ph.D.
Team DirectorLaboratory for Functional Non-coding Genomics
RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences -

Yumi Konagaya, Ph.D.
Team DirectorLaboratory for Quantitative Biology of Cell Fate Decision
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research -

Laboratory for Dynamic Biomolecule Design
RIKEN Centr for Integrative Medical Sciences -

Laboratory for Sensorimotor Integration
RIKEN Center for Brain Science -

Shino Suzuki, Ph.D.
Chief ScientistRIKEN Pioneering Research Institute
Geobiology and Astrobiology Laboratory
Chief Scientist Laboratories -

Aya Takeoka, Ph.D.
Team DirectorLaboratory for Motor Circuit Plasticity
RIKEN Center for Brain Science -

Reina Komiya, Ph.D.
RIKEN ECL Team Leader- RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute
Reproductive System RIKEN ECL Research Team - RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Reproductive System RIKEN ECL Research Team
- RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute
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Kimiko Inoue, Ph.D.
Division DirectorRIKEN BioResource Research Center
Integrative Developmental Engineering Division -

Chieko Saito, Ph.D.
Unit LeaderRIKEN Center for Brain Science
Support Unit for Electron Microscopy Techniques