Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award

Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award
Awarded for outstanding original research in life sciences
Country  Japan
Presented by Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation for the Advancement of Life Sciences
First awarded 1993
Website kihara.or.jp/award/academic_award.html


The Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award (木原記念財団学術賞, Kihara Kinen Zaidan Gakujutsushō) is a biological award in Japan. It is awarded annually by the Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation for the Achievement of Life Sciences, to commemorate Hitoshi Kihara, Japan's pioneer geneticist.

Award information

Kihara Institute for Biological Research

The Kihara Memorial Foundation Award is presented to young researchers who have conducted outstanding original research in life sciences.[1] At the annual award presentation held at the Kihara Institute for Biological Research, winners receive 2 million yen, a diploma, and a silver statuette of Benthamidia japonica (Japanese flowering dogwood).[2]

Award winners

Notable award winners are:

References

  1. ↑ Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award
  2. ↑ 木原記念財団学術賞について [About the Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award]. 木原財団 (in Japanese). Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Professor Nobuki Matsuoka Wins Kihara Memorial Foundation Science Award
  4. ↑ Professor Takashi Araki of the Graduate School of Biostudies receives the Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.