Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (tool)

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The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation (OIST PC) was established in September 2005 to conduct best in the world research and education in science and technology, and to prepare the ground for the creation of a new graduate University in Okinawa. Our concept was to grow the project out of interdisciplinary research in areas that integrate components from biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computation science. We have done so by recruiting researchers in Neurosciences, Molecular Sciences and Mathematical and Computational Biology, and we have recently added Environmental Science as a new focus. OIST P.C. is unique in that we are a Japanese government-funded agency, but maintain independence in developing and conducting our research and academic programs. We drive towards excellence, and we are committed to developing programs to enable outstanding researchers to be given the opportunity to conduct independent research and to excel in their chosen research topics, as well as extending to talented students the chance to access a world-class education program in Okinawa. At a time when worldwide support for research is increasingly risk-averse and obtaining funding places an ever-growing burden on faculty, OIST promotes innovative research in a highly facilitating and supportive environment. In addition to seminars and workshops, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation (OIST) provides students from Japanese and overseas universities with education and research opportunities through a system of collaborative graduate programs and placements. Prior to the opening of the graduate university in FY 2012, these allow students to receive research guidance in a broad range of topics from Principal Investigators of research laboratories at OIST (units) through two different student research assistantships.