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

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

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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

  RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
  AI Safety and Reliability Unit

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

  RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
  Laboratory for Neuroepitranscriptomics

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

  RIKEN Center for Brain Science
  Laboratory for Brain Development and Disorders

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  Yuka Iwasaki, Ph.D.
  Team Director

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

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  Yumi Konagaya, Ph.D.
  Team Director

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

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  Ai Niitsu, Ph.D.
  Team Director

  RIKEN Centr for Integrative Medical Sciences
  Laboratory for Dynamic Biomolecule Design

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  Fumi Kubo, Ph.D.
  Team Director

  RIKEN Center for Brain Science
  Laboratory for Sensorimotor Integration

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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

  RIKEN Center for Brain Science
  Laboratory for Motor Circuit Plasticity

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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
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  Kimiko Inoue, Ph.D.
  Division Director

  RIKEN BioResource Research Center
  Integrative Developmental Engineering Division

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  Chieko Saito, Ph.D.
  Unit Leader

  RIKEN Center for Brain Science
  Support Unit for Electron Microscopy Techniques

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  Tomoko Inose, Ph.D.
  Unit Leader

  RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
  Nano-Photochemistry Research Unit

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  Emi Ling, Ph.D.
  Team Leader

  RIKEN Center for Brain Science
  Laboratory for Brain Resilience