Nomination Information
＜Kazato Prize＞
The Kazato Prize is awarded to promising young researchers who produced excellent scientific achievements in the field of research and development of electron microscopes and related instruments or research using these instruments (medical science, biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, and others).
1.Regulations of Application
| Application qualifications | The applicants must be Japanese citizen researchers, or foreign nationality residing in Japan and conducting research at Japanese research institution、in principle, up to age 45(as of the application deadline). Researchers who have suspended their research activities due to life events such as childbirth or childcare may be considered for the upper age limit, so please consult with the secretariat. |
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| Number of Prizes and additional prizes | Prizes will be presented to up to 2 persons with an additional prize of 1,000,000 yen to individuals. To be determined based on the selection results by the Selection Committee. |
| Application deadline | Friday, October 10, 2025 (Must arrive by October 10). |
| Selection results | Applicants are notified in early February of 2026. The application will be valid for 2 years. An applicant who was not selected for the award this fiscal year, can be an applicant for the next fiscal year (in 2026). (At the beginning of the next year's program opening, the secretariat will check/confirm whether each applicant would like to exercise his/her application right for the next year. If the applicant wishes to renew his/her application content and achievement, the applicant can resubmit his/her renewed application.) |
| Award ceremony | Scheduled to be held on Saturday, March 7, 2026. Prize winners are requested to attend. |
| Prize lecture meeting | Prize winners will be asked to give a lecture at the Kazato Prize Lecture Meeting in May. |
| Application form | Please download from the button below. |
2. Additional Prizes
Total of 2,000,000 yen
3. Required Documents
Applicants are requested to send the following materials by registered mail. (Application materials will not be returned.)
- Kazato Prize application form
- 9 reprints each of the 3 most important papers.
*Please send the above in hard copy by post as well as in soft copy to the secretariat email address.
Last Update: Jul 11, 2025
