Awards

March 31, 2016

Awards Archive (up to March 2016)

Month/Year Award/Prize Awardee
Mar 2016 Japan Academy Prize Kitagawa, Susumu
Feb 2016 iCeMS Director’s Special Award Kamei, Ken-ichiro
Oct 2015 Nanoimprint Pioneer Award Chen, Yong
Aug 2015 Doctoral Theses Recommended by IPSJ SIGs Morimoto, Naoyuki
May 2015 The 88th Japanese Tissue Culture Association Young Investigator Award Kamei, Ken-ichiro
Apr 2015 Commendation for Science and Technology Prize (Young Scientists’ Prize category) Matsuda, Ryotaro
Apr 2015 Marco Polo della Scienza Italiana Susumu Kitagawa
Mar 2015 Knowledge Innovation Award 2nd Kei Kano, Eri Mizumachi
Mar 2015 Kyoto University President’s Award Umeyama, Daiki
Dec 2014 iCeMS Director’s Special Award Hirori, Hideki
Oct 2014 10th Early Research in Biophysics Award Sugimura, Kaoru
Aug 2014 IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award Morimoto, Naoyuki
Jul 2014 Rising Stars Award Furukawa, Shuhei
Jun 2014 2014 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher Kitagawa, Susumu
Jun 2014 The 6th German Innovation Award “Gottfried Wagener Prize 2014” Hirori, Hideki
May 2014 E.B. Wilson Medal of the American Society for Cell Biology Heuser, John
Apr 2014 Commendation for Science and Technology Prize (Research Category) Tanaka, Koichiro
Apr 2014 Commendation for Science and Technology Prize (Public Understanding Promotion Category) Norio Nakatsuji, Kei Kano, and Eri Mizumachi
Feb 2014 PCCP Prize Satou, Hiroshi
Feb 2014 Philipp Franz von Siebold Award Tanaka, Motomu
Jan 2014 The Chemical Society of Japan Award for young Chemist Furukawa, Shuhei
Jan 2014 CiRA Award Yamada, Yasuhiro
Jan 2014 Japan Academy Medal Saitou, Mitinori
Dec 2013 NISTEP Researcher Award Saitou, Mitinori
Dec 2013 Member of the Japan Academy Yamanaka, Shinya
Dec 2013 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Yamanaka, Shinya
Nov 2013 RSC de Gennes Prize Kitagawa, Susumu
Sep 2013 The 31st Osaka Science Prize Saitou, Mitinori
Sep 2013 Leo Esaki Award Kitagawa, Susumu
Jun 2013 Kyoto University Shi-Shi Award Kitagawa, Susumu
Jun 2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry Kitagawa, Susumu
May 2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry Nakatsuji, Norio
Apr 2013 Yomiuri Techno Forum Gold Medal Prize Saitou, Mitinori
Mar 2013 Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan Hirori, Hideki
Feb 2013 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Yamanaka, Shinya
Jan 2013 Quadrant Award First Prize Yanai, Nobuhiro
Nov 2012 Order of Culture Yamanaka, Shinya
Nov 2012 Life-time Achievement Award (Journal of Drug Targeting) Hashida, Mitsuru
Oct 2012 The 7th Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan Hirori, Hideki
Oct 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Yamanaka, Shinya
Aug 2012 Poster Award Grand Prize (Information Education Symposium 2012) Yoshitaka Morimura, Kei Kano, Eri Mizumachi
Jun 2012 Millennium Technology Grand Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
Apr 2012 Millennium Technology Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
Mar 2012 Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry Award Ando, Hiromune
Mar 2012 Kondo Prize of the Osaka University Institute of Laser Engineering Hirori, Hideki
Jan 2012 Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research Annual Meeting Poster Award Komura, Naoko
Dec 2011 Wakayama Prefecture Culture Award Nakatsuji, Norio
Nov 2011 Kyoto Newspaper Grand Prize Kitagawa, Susumu
Nov 2011 AAAS Days of Molecular Medicine Young Investigator Award Ganesh N. Pandian
Oct 2011 The Honorary Fellowship of the Council of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Kitagawa, Susumu
Oct 2011 Member of the Science Council of Japan Kitagawa, Susumu
Aug 2011 Best Lecture Award for the Fourth Competition Kanto Division of the Chemical Society of Japan Yuta Takano
Jun 2011 Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon 2011 Susumu Kitagawa
May 2011 ISSCR McEwen Centre Award for Innovation Yamanaka, Shinya
May 2011 German Innovation Award “Gottfried Wagener Prize 2010” Uesugi, Motonari
May 2011 National Academy of Sciences Foreign Associate Member Yamanaka, Shinya
May 2011 National Academy of Sciences Full Member Heuser, John
Apr 2011 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Prize for Science and Technology Research Kitagawa, Susumu
Mar 2011 Science and Technology Film & Video Festival Best Research and Development Video Award Kusumi, Akihiro
Mar 2011 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine Yamanaka, Shinya
Mar 2011 Hot Topics Award at Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 2011 Koh Nagata
Feb 2011 Wolf Foundation Prize in Medicine Yamanaka, Shinya
Feb 2011 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine Yamanaka, Shinya
Jan 2011 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine Yamanaka, Shinya
Dec 2010 2011 Warren Triennial Prize of Massachusetts General Hospital Yamanaka, Shinya
Nov 2010 Medical Award of the Japan Medical Association Yamanaka, Shinya
Oct 2010 Person of Cultural Merit (MEXT) Yamanaka, Shinya
Oct 2010 JSSX Award 2010 (The Japanese Society for the Study of Xenobiotics) Hashida, Mitsuru
Sep 2010 Kyoto Medal of Honor Yamanaka, Shinya
Sep 2010 2010 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates Kitagawa, Susumu & Yamanaka, Shinya
Sep 2010 Balzan Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
Aug 2010 FIP Fellow Award 2010 (International Pharmaceutical Federation) Hashida, Mitsuru
Jul 2010 Fellow of the CRS (Controlled Release Society) Hashida, Mitsuru
Jun 2010 2010 Kyoto Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
Mar 2010 Japan Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry Society Award Ueda, Kazumitsu
Mar 2010 Imperial and Japan Academy Prizes Yamanaka, Shinya
Mar 2010 ABC2010 SAB Recognized Poster Award Nagao, Kohjiro
Mar 2010 ABC2010 Young Investigator Award Nagata, Koh
Jan 2010 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology Yamanaka, Shinya
Sep 2009 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award Yamanaka, Shinya
Jul 2009 Yukawa-Tomonaga Memorial Prize Takahashi, Kazutoshi
Jun 2009 Kurita Water Research Prize Koyanaka, Hideki
Apr 2009 Nikkei BP Technology Awards, Readers’ Choice Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
Apr 2009 Canada Gairdner Award Yamanaka, Shinya
Mar 2009 Uehara Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
Jan 2009 Power of Culture from Kansai Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
Jan 2009 The Chemical Society of Japan Award Kitagawa, Susumu
Nov 2008 Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon 2008 Yamanaka, Shinya
Nov 2008 Meira and Shaul G. Massry Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
Jul 2008 Incentive Award for Young Scientist (by Tokai branch of The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry) Ando, Hiromune
May 2008 Chunichi Cultural Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
May 2008 Shaw Prize in Life Science 2008 Yamanaka, Shinya
Apr 2008 Humboldt Research Award Kitagawa, Susumu
Apr 2008 Special Prize for Science and Technology by the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Yamanaka, Shinya
Mar 2008 Young Scientists’ Prize for Science and Technology by the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ueno, Takafumi
Feb 2008 Robert Koch Prize 2008 Yamanaka, Shinya
Jan 2008 Asahi Award 2007 Yamanaka, Shinya
Dec 2007 2007 NISTEP Prize (by the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Imahori, Hiroshi
Nov 2007 The 25th Osaka Science Prize Imahori, Hiroshi, Shinya, Yamanaka
Sep 2007 The Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry Award for 2007 Kitagawa, Susumu
Sep 2007 Thomson Scientific Research Front Award 2007 Takano, Mikio
Sep 2007 Research Encouragement Awards of the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry Award for 2007 Ueno, Takafumi
Sep 2007 The 31st MSJ Distinguished Paper Award Yamamoto, Shimpei
Aug 2007 Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research Award for Young Scientist 2007 Ando, Hiromune
Jul 2007 Young Scientist Award of the 53rd Kobe Polymer Research Symposium Ueno, Takafumi
Jun 2007 Chairman’s Poster Award (International Conference of Electrified Interfaces) Furukawa, Shuhei
Jun 2007 Research Encouragement Award of the 8th Enzyme Application Symposium Ueno, Takafumi
Apr 2007 Tokyo Techno Forum 21 Gold Medal Prize Imahori, Hiroshi
Mar 2007 The 21st Special Seminar Award of Young Generation Scientists by Chemical Society of Japan Ueno, Takafumi
Mar 2007 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Prize Yamanaka, Shinya
Feb 2007 Gifu Newspaper Award Kiso, Makoto
Jan 2007 2007 Inoue Research Encouragement Prize Matsuda, Ryotaro
Nov 2006 Best Paper Award (2006 International Symposium on Micro-Nanomechatronics and Human Science) Nomura, Shinichiro
Nov 2006 The 30th MSJ Outstanding Presentation Award Yamamoto, Shimpei
Apr 2006 Tokyo Techno Forum 21 Gold Medal Prize Uesugi, Motonari
Mar 2006 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Prize Imahori, Hiroshi
Mar 2006 CSJ Award for Creative Work Imahori, Hiroshi
Oct 2005 The 8th Gold Prize of the L’Oreal Art and Science of Color Prize Takano, Mikio
Jun 2005 Founders’ Award (by Controlled Release Society) Hashida, Mitsuru
Mar 2005 The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (PSJ) Award Hashida, Mitsuru
Mar 2005 CSJ Award for Creative Work Sugiyama, Hiroshi
Jan 2005 3rd IBB Biofuture Research Encouragement Prize Nomura, Shinichiro
Dec 2004 Kyoto Shimbun (Newspaper) Grand Prize Nakatsuji, Norio
Nov 2004 Japanese Photochemistry Association Prize Imahori, Hiroshi
Oct 2004 JB Award (by the Japanese Biochemical Society) Liu, Li
Apr 2004 Japan Science and Technology Movie Festival Award Kusumi, Akihiro
Apr 2004 TEPIA Award for Science & Technology Movies Kusumi, Akihiro
Apr 2004 Nikkei BP Technology Prize Nakatsuji, Norio
Oct 2003 The 4th Seminar Award of the Biofunctional Division Award of Chemical Society of Japan Ueno, Takafumi
Jul 2003 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award Uesugi, Motonari
Jun 2003 Microscope Society of Japan Setoh Award Kusumi, Akihiro
May 2003 2002 JSPM Award for Distinguished Achievements in Research Takano, Mikio
Jul 2002 Young Investigator Award (by the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines) Imahori, Hiroshi
Mar 2002 The 2002 Japan Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry Society Award Kiso, Makoto
Jan 2002 The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work for 2001 Kitagawa, Susumu
Jul 2001 Lymphoma Research Foundation Junior Faculty Award Uesugi, Motonari
Dec 1999 Nippon IBM Award Sugiyama, Hiroshi
Jun 1999 Letter of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Agladze, Konstantin
May 1999 JAUW-Morita Award for Scientific Research Harada, Yoshie
Apr 1999 Japan Science and Technology Movie Festival Award Kato, Kazuto
Mar 1999 The Academy of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Japan (APSTJ) Award Hashida, Mitsuru
Sep 1998 Pharmaceutical Scienctist of the Year Award, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Hashida, Mitsuru
Apr 1998 The 39th S&T Agency’s Director-General’s Prize (by the Science and Technology Film/Video Festival) Nomura, Shinichiro
Apr 1997 New Superconducting Materials Forum, Award of Merit Takano, Mikio
May 1994 1993 JSPM Award for Innovatory Research Takano, Mikio
Feb 1991 Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists Harada, Yoshie
Sep 1990 The APSTJ Takeru & Aya Higuchi Memorial Prize, Japan Hashida, Mitsuru
Mar 1983 The 1983 Japan Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry Society Award for the Encouragement of Young Scientist Kiso, Makoto
Nov 1982 Young Investigator Award for Research in Biophysics, Institute of Biological Physics, Academy of Sciences, USSR Agladze, Konstantin
May 1980 1979 JSPM Award for Innovatory Research Takano, Mikio