Project Promotion Organization

Center Formation Committee

FY 2003
2003  1 October (No.1) Election of committee chairman and vice-chairman, bylaws of the Research Promotion Committee for the “Systematization of Nonwritten Cultural Materials for the Study of Human Societies,” etc.
  29 October (No.2) Reduction of teaching load for the program leader and research performance officers, employment of COE faculty, bylaws regarding the use of grant money for COE research center formation expenses, etc.
  3 December (No.3) Employment of COE faculty, bylaws for the management and operation of web page, commission of third-party evaluation, creation of a network with overseas researchers, etc.
2004  13 January (No.4) Report for the FY2004 21st Century COE Program Center Formation, etc.
  28 January (No.5) Personnel issues of COE faculty and COE joint research fellows, research organization for the following fiscal year, conducting of third-party evaluation, recruitment of COE research fellows (PD & RA), etc.
  10 March (No.6) Grant application for FY2004 COE Research Center Formation (research center formation expenses), renewal of appointment periods for COE research fellows (PD) for the following fiscal year, etc.
FY 2004
2004  21 April (No.1) Report on the use of the grant money for FY2003 21st Century COE Program Research Center Formation (research center formation expenses), employment of COE research fellows (RA), facilities, other pending issues, etc.
  26 May (No.2) Requests for facility improvement, commission of COE joint research fellows, etc.
  30 June (No.3) Change in committee members, issues on third-party evaluation, dispatch and appointment of young researchers, etc.
  29 September (No.4) Overseas trips by COE faculty, exchange of memoranda with overseas research institutions, dispatch and appointment of young researchers, issues on interim assessment, third-party evaluation, etc.
27 October (No.5) Personnel issues of COE faculty, exchange of memoranda with overseas research institutions, appointment of young researchers, etc.
22 December (No.6) Additional appointment of project promoters, report for FY2005 21st Century COE Program Research Center Formation, etc.
2005  19 January (No.7) 21st Century COE program interim assessment documents, etc.
  2 February (No.8) Personnel issues of COE joint research fellows for the following fiscal year, application guidelines for FY2005 COE research fellows (PD), etc.
  2 March (No.9) Grant application for FY2005 COE Research Center Formation (research center formation expenses), selection of FY2005 COE research fellows (PD), application guidelines for FY2005 COE research fellows (RA), etc.
FY2005
2005  15 April (No.1) Changes in Research Promotion Committee members, employment of COE research fellows (RA), interview for interim assessment, related reports, etc.
  20 April (No.2) Report on the use of grant money for the FY 2004 21st century COE Program Research Center Formation (research center formation expenses), reports and preliminary documents for interim assessment interview, etc.
  28 September (No.3) Personnel issues of COE faculty and COE research fellows (RA), documents for on-site investigations and additional explanations, exchange of memorandums with overseas research institutions, etc.
21 December (No.4) Addition of COE faculty (part-time instructors), research organization and governing structure for the following fiscal year, research plans and budget for the following year, recruitment of candidates for the JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Fellowship, exchange of memoranda with overseas research institutions, etc.
2006  11 January (No.5) Method of selecting candidates for the JSPS Fellowship, questionnaire on the 21st Century COE Program, etc.
  25 January (No.6) Selection for the JSPS Fellowship, etc.
  1 February (No.7) Personnel issues of COE faculty (part-time instructors), application guidelines for the following year’s COE research fellows (PD), etc.
  8 March (No.8) Selection of FY2006 COE research fellows (PD), changes in Research Promotion Committee members, personnel issues of COE joint research fellows, assignment of FY2006 researchers based on research projects, research expenses for FY2006 projects, application guidelines for FY2006 COE research fellows (RA), etc.
  15 March (No.9) Grant application for FY2006 COE Research Center Formation (research center formation expenses), submitted documents for the progress report on the 21st Century COE Program adopted in 2005 (latest version after alterations based on interim assessment)
FY 2006
2006  14 April (No.1) Change in COE Center Formation Committee members, employment of COE research fellows (RA), etc.
  19 April (No.2) Report on the use of the grant for the FY 2005 21st century COE Program Research Center Formation money (research center formation expenses), exchange of memoranda with overseas research institutions, etc.
  28 July (No.3) Proposal for dealing with issues on third-party evaluation, co-hosting of events with other organizations, etc.
  27 September (No.4) Personnel issues of COE faculty, etc.
11 October (No.5) Grant application for additional allocation of funds for FY2006 COE Research Center Formation (research center formation expenses), etc.
15 November (No.6) Grant application for FY2006 COE Research Center Formation (research center formation expenses), basic concept of budget preparation for FY2007, etc.
20 December (No.7) Personnel issues of COE research fellows (PD), substitute personnel for the position of sub-leader, project promoters and governing structure for the following year, etc.
2007  7 February (No.8) Follow-up documentation for 21st Century COE Program Research Center adopted in FY2003, application guidelines for COE research fellows (PD) for the following fiscal year, etc.
  7 March (No.9) Selection of FY2007 COE research fellows (PD), retirement of some project promoters in the following fiscal year, personnel issues of COE joint research fellows, assignment of FY2007 researchers based on research projects, grant application for FY2007 COE Research Center Formation (research center formation expenses), application guidelines for FY2007 COE research fellows (RA), etc.
FY2007
2007  13 April (No.1) Changes in COE Center Formation Committee members, employment of COE research fellows (RA), report on the change in the representative of the overall program (president of the university), etc.
  18 April (No.2) Report on the use of grant money for the FY2006 21st Century COE Program Research Center Formation (research center formation expenses), application guidelines for the dispatch and appointment of young researchers to and from affiliated overseas institutions, etc.
  20 July (No.3) Issues on third-party evaluation, “Memorandum on Academic Exchange” and “Memorandum on the Utilization of Movie and Photographic Materials” with Tadami-cho, dispatch of research fellows, acceptance of visiting research fellows, hosting of the 3rd COE International Symposium, etc.
  21 September (No.4) Publication method of research result reports, acceptance of young researchers, registration of research collaborators, plan for hosting workshop for young researchers, COE program web page renewal, etc.
19 December (No.5) Issues on post-project evaluation, plans for succeeding and developing the project after completion of the COE program, third-party evaluation committee members and third-party evaluation schedule for the current fiscal year, progress report on the development of research result reports and databases, workshops for young researchers, registration of research collaborators, overseas research studies by COE research fellows (OD), etc.
2008  1 February (No.6) Plans for succeeding and developing the project after completion of the COE program, progress report on the development of research result reports and databases, database for the dissemination of regional information, web page renewal, etc.
  3月  7 March (No.7) Plans for succeeding and developing the project after completion of the COE program, items to be noted during the succession of the project, tour of experimental exhibitions with regard to the successful results of COE program activities, progress report on the development of research result reports and databases, budget implementation during the fourth quarter, etc.

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