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  • ▶ Name of the Foundation: The Ichiro Kanehara Foundation
  • ▶ Date of Establishment: December 2, 1986
  • ▶ Governing Authority: Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan
  • ▶ Address is Yumicho Bldg, 7F 1-28-24 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, 113-0033 JAPAN
  • ▶ Chairman of Board of Directors: Masabumi Shibuya, M.D.,Ph.D. (President, Jobu University)
  • ▶ Executive Director: Yu Kanehara (Chairman, Igaku-Shoin Ltd.)
  • ▶ Purpose and Activities: Please refer to the “Purpose of The Ichiro Kanehara Foundation” at the top of these English pages.
  • ▶ Programs Supported by the Grant from The Ichiro Kanehara Foundation. Programs 1 through 6 are based on an application process, whereas programs 7 and 8 are based on recommendations and/or referrals. Detailed descriptions about programs 1 through 6 can be found on the pages ”Scholarship Programs and Application Guidelines”.
    • 1. Scholarship Grant for Research in Basic Medical Sciences and Medical Care
    • 2. Financial Support for Overseas Travel Expenses of Medical Scholars from Japan
    • 3. Scholarship Grant for Living Expenses of Foreign Nationals in Japan
    • 4. Scholarship Grant of “Seitai-no-Kagaku Award”
    • 5. Financial Support for the Subsidized Publication
    • 6. Scholarship Grant Awarded to Outstanding Research Papers
    • 7. Financial Support for the Hosting of Academic Conferences and Research Workshops
  • ▶ Publication of Bi-monthly Journal “Seitai-no-Kagaku”
    • The Members of Editorial Committee for "Seitai-no-Kagaku"
    • Chairman : Hitoshi Okamoto, M.D., Ph.D.
    • Members :
      • Hiroki Kurihara, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Michiyuki Matsuda, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Yukinori Okada, M.D., Ph.D.
  • ▶ The Members of Scholarship Committee for the above Programs No. 1 through No. 3 and No. 5.
    • Chairman: Masabumi Shibuya, M.D., Ph.D.
    • Members:
      • Satoshi Inoue, M.D.,Ph.D.
      • Yuichi Ishikawa, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Ryo Kominami, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Yoshihisa Kurachi, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Masao Mitsuyama, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Masayuki Miyasaka, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Shigeo Ohno, Ph.D.
      • Hitoshi Okamoto, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Kohei Shiota, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Masaya Tohyama, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Shoji Tsuji, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Toshiyuki Yamada, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Yasuhito Yuasa, M.D., Ph.D.
  • ▶ The Members of Scholarship Committee for Program No.4: “Seitai-no-Kagaku Award”
    • Chairman:　 Hitoshi Okamoto, M.D.,Ph.D.
    • Members:
      • Yukinori Okada, M.D., Ph.D.
      • Yu Kanehara
      • Hiroki Kurihara, M.D.,Ph.D.
      • Michiyuki Matsuda, M.D.,Ph.D
  • ▶ Cumulative Statistics of Subsidy Programs (From March 1987 to March 2023)
Type of Scholarship Number of
Times Awarded 		Total Applicants Total
Recipients		 Cumulative
Amount of
Subsidies
(unit: ¥1000)
Research in basic medical sciences
and medical care		 38 10,313 1,428 717,350
Seitai-no-Kagaku Award 8 376 8 40,000
Travel expenses of Japanese
medical scholars abroad		 38 1,817 875 199,910
Living expenses
of foreign
nationals in
Japan		 (1)All countries 38 1,918 167 200,000
(2)The Yokochi
Fund (from Germany)
(Subsidy ended January 2020)		 25   25 80,763
Subsidized
publication		 (1)Books 37 117 11 18,500
(2)Journals(Subsidy ended March 2015) 21   21 120,800
Awards for outstanding research
papers (Sogo Rehabilitation Award)		 31   32 3,100
Hosting of academic conferences
and research workshops		 35   36 23,280
Total   14,541 2,603 1,403,703