Concepts

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Department of Physics (hereafter:UTSP) and JSR Corporation (hereafter: JSR) agreed on a comprehensive collaboration, and announced the start of a joint research program from April 1st, 2020.
Through this comprehensive cooperation, the Department will deepen the understanding of the functions of various materials that have deeply penetrated our society, and through this inquiry, reveal universal truth and novel academic fields. Consequently, JSR will bring forth novel high-performance materials to society through this fusion of academia and industry. In addition, Additionally, this unique comprehensive collaboration includes a fellowship, and will be the first such endeavor for both parties, in the more than 130-year history of the Department and over 60 years for JSR.

Establishment of comprehensive collaboration research hub by fusion of Physics and Chemistry by The University of Tokyo and JSR

Aiming for creation of great achievement made by research and development from fusion of physics and chemistry, “CURIE” was named after Marie Curie, who was awarded Nobel Prize twice, in Physics and in Chemistry. In addition, the name holds the most important factor in research and development; “ CURiosity, Intelligence, and Emotion “.

Cultivation of global experts – Founding “JSR Fellowship,” a grant-type fellowship for Ph.D.  candidates

The collaboration plans to promote joint research aimed at the fusion of chemistry-based practical science   and physics, by establishing the “JSR Fellowship,” a grant-type fellowship for Ph.D. candidates. The purpose of this fellowship is to cultivate experts who will contribute to the advancement of science and industry through physics that is not just limited to theory and experiments, but comprehensive in scope, which will become increasingly important in the future.

Creation of new technologies and materials by fusion of science and engineering

Through this comprehensive collaboration, JSR will gain a deep understanding of the functional expression principle of products and promote the development of products with extremely high differentiation performance by combining physics and chemistry. In addition, the Department will transmit to the world the achievements that will become the foundation of next-generation science and applications by exploring various phenomena and pursuing science from a physical perspective in this collaboration.