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 Director

  Laboratory for Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry
  RIKEN Center for Brain Science

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  Beauchemin Catherine, Ph.D.
  Deputy Director

  RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS)

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  Hiromi Arai, Ph.D.
  Unit Leader

  AI Safety and Reliability Unit
  RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project

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  Dan Ohtan Wang, Ph.D. [Left in March 2024]
  Team Leader

  Laboratory for Neuroepitranscriptomics
  RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

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  Aya Ishida, M.D., Ph.D.
  Team Director

  Laboratory for Brain Development and Disorders
  RIKEN Center for Brain Science

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  Yuka Iwasaki, Ph.D.
  Team Director

  Laboratory for Functional Non-coding Genomics
  RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

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  Yumi Konagaya, Ph.D.
  Team Director

  Laboratory for Quantitative Biology of Cell Fate Decision
  RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

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  Ai Niitsu, Ph.D.
  Team Director

  Laboratory for Dynamic Biomolecule Design
  RIKEN Centr for Integrative Medical Sciences

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  Fumi Kubo, Ph.D.
  Team Director

  Laboratory for Sensorimotor Integration
  RIKEN Center for Brain Science

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  Shino Suzuki, Ph.D.
  Chief Scientist

  RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute
  Geobiology and Astrobiology Laboratory
  Chief Scientist Laboratories

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  Aya Takeoka, Ph.D.
  Team Director

  Laboratory for Motor Circuit Plasticity
  RIKEN Center for Brain Science

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  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