The Naito Foundation Merit Award for Advancement of Science
Purpose
- To give award to researchers who have made a remarkable research accomplishment for the progress and development of basic research field of natural science that contributes to the promotion of health in human being.
Qualification of candidates
- Researchers who have made a remarkable research result for the progress and development by putting efforts into a unique study theme in the basic study of natural science that contributes to the promotion of health in human being.
- A candidate must be a single person in principle, but if a study is made collaboratively with a different study group, joint names are acceptable.
- Repeated recommendation of the same candidate is possible.
Recommending persons
- The representative of the following 27 academic societies
- The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
- The Genetics Society of Japan
- The Japanese Society for Virology
- Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science
- The Japanese Association of Anatomists
- The Chemical Society of Japan
- The Japanese Cancer Association
- Japanese Society for Bacteriology
- Japan Society for Cell Biology
- The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science
- The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
- The Japan Neuroscience Society
- The Japanese Society for Neurochemistry
- The Japanese Biochemical Society
- The Society for Biotechnology, Japan
- The Biophysical Society of Japan
- Physiological Society of Japan
- The Zoological Society of Japan
- Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
- Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists
- The Vitamin Society of Japan
- The Japanese Society of Pathology
- The Physical Society of Japan
- The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
- Japanese Society for Immunology
- The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
- The Japanese Pharmacological Society
- Directors, auditors and councilors of the Foundation
- (※A member of selection committee is not able to become a recommending person.)
- The number of recommendation is one per one recommending person.
Method of recommendation
- After a recommending person signing and placing a seal in the recommendation of a candidate, please send it to the Foundation by mail.
Deadline date
- It must arrive at the Foundation by October 3(Monday), 2011
Screening method
- The board of directors' meeting decides the person after being reviewed by the selection committee.
- The result shall be reported to the candidate and the recommending person in February 2012.
Presentation ceremony
- Husband and wife of the award recipient are requested to be present at the presentation ceremony held on March 19 (Monday), 2012.
Award
- Award recipient is presented with The Naito Foundation Merit Award for Advancement of Science <Gold Medal and supplementary prize of 10 million yen>
Others
- A recommendation paper must be printed in both sides.
- If a recommendation is made by an academic society, an official seal of the society must be placed on the recommendation.
- If a recommendation is made by a director, an auditor, or a councilor, the personal seal of this person must be placed on the recommendation.