SPRING GX

The new SPRING GX (since April 2024) is a project involving approximately 1,307 doctoral students (including those in 4-year doctoral programs) from across the university.

We will accept application for project students who wish to enter the doctoral programs
(including four-year doctoral programs) at the Utokyo in Spring 2026.
Application period : From January 16,2026 (Fri) to January 30,2026 (Fri) by 3pm.

NEWS

  • December 18, 2025
    Rina Katsumata received the WIT Student Research Encouragement Award (IEICE Human Communication Group, Well-being Information Technology) by the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, for her research entitled ‘Development of an English Reading-aloud System to Support Japanese Children with Dyslexia’. Congratulations!

  • December 14, 2025
    Asuka Ishikawa's research paper has been published in the volume "The Present State of Ancient Literary Studies" (Seikansha, 2025). Congratulations!

  • December 5, 2025
    Chihaya Koyama has been awarded the ACS Publications Outstanding Poster Award at the International Symposium on Solid State Chemistry (ISSSC2025) for his research entitled ‘Elucidation of electron orbital state in spinel-type oxide FeV2O4 with successive phase transition’. Congratulations!

  • December 4, 2025
    Jun Nomura has been awarded the Excellent Poster Presentation Award at the 10th Anniversary International Conference of the International Academy of Family Psychology for his research entitled ‘The Functional Role of Different Types of Diffuse Parent-Child Boundaries in the Intergenerational Transmission of Abuse: A study of Japanese Mothers Raising Toddlers’. Congratulations!

  • December 4, 2025
    Hayato Etani's research paper ”Selective agonism of GPR34 stimulates microglial uptake and clearance of amyloid β fibrils” has been published in Spring Nature. Congratulations!

  • December 4, 2025
    Yui Takai has been awarded the Student Presentation Award at the 80th Annual Conference (2025) of the Physical Society of Japan for her research entitled "Static friction of liquid marbles". Congratulations!

  • December 3, 2025
    Junhyeok Jeong has been awarded the Student Excellence Presentation Award (oral presentation) (Field 8: Strongly Correlated Electron Systems) at the 2025 Spring Meeting of the Physical Society of Japan for his research entitled ‘Extremely large superconducting gap opening and evidence of BCS-BEC crossover in small Fermi pocket of cuprate superconductors’. Congratulations!

  • December 2, 2025
    Taishi Okegawa's research paper ‘Facilitation of supplementary motor area activity modulates the sense of effort: a theta burst stimulation study’ has been published in Neuroscience Letters. Congratulations!

  • November 29, 2025
    Shunki Tsumagari's research paper "Associative Exemplification Method Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Support Associative Memory in Method of Loci" has been published in the Transactions of Human Interface Society. Congratulations!

  • November 28, 2025
    Taiga Nakamoto was awarded the Young Encouragement Award at the 19th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Condensed Matter Science. Congratulations!

  • November 25, 2025
    Taiki Inoue was awarded the Outstanding Poster Award at the 39th Symposium of the Special Committee on Pesticide Design for his presentation. Congratulations!

  • November 24, 2025
    HA Linh Thuy's research paper “Ultrafine Bubble Priming Promotes Adzuki Bean (Vigna angularis) Germination Under Drought Stress via Modulation of Seed Traits and Reactive Oxygen Species Production” has been published in Seeds. Congratulations!

  • November 24, 2025
    Thuy Linh Ha has been awarded the Outstanding Presentation Award (Oral Presentation Category) at the 260th Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan for her research titled ‘Effect of ultrafine bubbles priming on seed germination of Adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)’. Congratulations!

  • November 22, 2025
    Yuki Hosomi has been awarded the Student Best Paper Award at the 2025 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (IEEE VPPC 2025) for his research titled ‘Practical Method for Estimating Energy Consumption Model of Electric Vehicles Using Real-World Driving Data’. Congratulations!

  • November 19, 2025
    Utamaru Rentaro's paper ‘From Reduced to Structural: A New Identification Strategy for Production Functions’ has been awarded the Best Paper Prize at the 20th Applied Econometrics Conference. Congratulations!

  • November 18, 2025
    Yuya Hamanaka gave a poster presentation and an oral presentation at the 24th Conference on Fungal Molecular Biology Society of Japan, and was awarded the Corporate Special Prize (Akita Konno Special Prize). Congratulations!

  • November 17, 2025
    Erika Yamashita has been awarded the Poster Prize at ATLAS Week 2025 in Paestum for her research topic: ‘Sensitivity study of stau search with small mass splitting in the leptonic-hadronic decay mode at ATLAS’. Congratulations!

  • November 14, 2025
    Sao Myatmarlar has been awarded the Thesis of the Year Award for 2025 (Infrastructure Cluster) at the ADB-Japan Scholarship Program Conference 2025 for her research theme “Resilience of Microbial Activity in Enhanced Sewer Self-Purification against Salinity Shock and Thermal Shock.” Congratulations!!

  • November 14, 2025
    Rika Nakagawa has been awarded the Outstanding Poster Award at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Wildlife Medicine for her research. Congratulations!

  • November 14, 2025
    Bai Chen 's research paper, “Potential Use of Pedestrian Streets in Accordance with Urban Functional Context Based on Operational Practices and Spatial Location”, has been published in the Proceedings of the Conference of Japan Society of Traffic Engineers. Congratulations!

  • November 14, 2025
    Bai Chen 's research paper, “Analytical Methods for Identifying Spatial Usage Pattern of Diverse Activities in Residential Street Spaces”, has been published in the Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan. Congratulations!

  • November 13, 2025
    Kouta Nakadai received the Young Investigator Award at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society for his research. Congratulations!

  • November 12, 2025
    Asuka Ishikawa gave a lecture at Aichi Prefectural Meiwa High School Affiliated Junior High School to 100 first-year students who will soon begin inquiry-based learning. Drawing on her own research activities, she spoke about inquiry-based learning and Japanese literature research.

  • November 11, 2025
    Yurino Yamaguchi's research paper has been published in Society and Survey, Issue 35. Congratulations!

  • November 10, 2025
    Genta Osaki received Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan at the 80th Annual Meeting (2025) for his presentation. Congratulations!

  • November 6, 2025
    Takahiro Migita's research paper "Impact of Tryptophan Positional Isomerism on Physicochemical and Biological Properties: A Case Study Using Gramicidin A Analogs" has been published in the American Chemical Society's JACS Au. Congratulations!
    Press Release: UTokyo FOCUS

  • November 4, 2025
    Kouhei Kasai has been awarded the JSAI Annual Conference Award 2025 of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (39th Conference) for his research presentation entitled ‘Time Series Analysis of Early Modern Japanese Literature using Japan Search’. Congratulations!!

  • November 2, 2025
    LO Helix's research paper "Fostering or restricting youth political participation? A longitudinal analysis of high school civics textbooks in Japan" has been published in International Journal of Educational Research. Congratulations!

Past News

EVENTS

December 12 2025
Coop-J gathering in University of Tokyo (Friday, 12 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30)
This is an event where you can casually interact with companies participating in the “Coop-J” project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Please register from the link below and join us!
https://acaric.jp/event/detail/716
[Registration Deadline] Thursday, 11 December (Capacity: Approximately 80 participants)
For more information
December 4 2025
Green Future Meeting (Dec. 4th, 2025)
Lecturer: Prof. Yasuhiro Kato (Graduate School of Engineering)
"Development of seafloor mineral resources around the Minamitorishima Island toward a truly sustainable society"
*available for program students
November 21 2025
Company roundtables in collaboration with the Graduate School of Science (November 21, 2025)
*available for program students
Application procedure is as indicated in the email.
Applications are now being accepted (Deadline: November 15)
November 14 2025
GX Bird's Eye View Lecture (Nov. 14th, 2025)
Lecturer: Prof. Yasuteru Urano (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
"Chemistry-driven sustainable future precision medicine"
*available for program students
October 20 2025
‘Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning’ Lecture using Matlantis (Statistical Data Science Education) Held (20 October 2025)
Lecturer: Yuki Oba (ENEOS Holdings Inc.)
Theme: ‘Make use of your idea – Experiencing Molecular Design by AI: Let's make the Best deodorizer’
September 4 2025
"Future Doctor Fest 2025: - Challengers of Knowledge - The Power of the Doctor to Pioneer the Future"(4 September 2025) will be held.
*Pre-registration required
There will be presentations by the project students of the SPRING GX! If you wish to attend, please register on your own.
July 23 2025
GX Inspire Lecture (July 23, 2025)
Lecturer: Prof. Ichiro Sakata (Graduate School of Engineering)
“Bridging Society and Engineering approaches -From the Field of Computational Social Science and Social Entrepreneurship-”
*available for program students
June 17 2025
Green Future Meeting (June 17, 2025)
Lecturer: Prof. Kimiro Meguro (Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies)
“Mechanism of Disasters and Effective Disaster Management Countermeasures”
*available for program students
May 16 2025
GX Bird's Eye View Lecture (May 16th, 2025)
Lecturer: Prof. Daiji Kawaguchi (Graduate School of Public Policy)
"Causal Inference in Economics: The Case of Artificial Intelligence's Impact on Labor Productivity"
*available for program students
January 23 2025
The 2nd University of Manchester - University of Tokyo Joint Research Symposium (Jan 23, 2025 - Jan 25, 2025). All students participating in the SPRING GX program are invited to attend and present their research in the poster session. For details, please refer to the event page.
January 22 2025
SPRING GX Advanced Skills Development Lecture Series (Sessions 3–7) (Jan 22, 2024). Lectures will be delivered by faculty from the University of Manchester. This event is open to all students and will be conducted both in-person and online. For details, please refer to the event page.
February 14 2025
GX Inspire Lecture (February 14th, 2025)
Lecturer: Prof. Fumitaka Mafune (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
“Challenges towards GX based on basic nanochemisty”
*available for program students
December 3 2024
Green Future Meeting (December 3rd, 2024)
Lecturer: Prof. Yasuhiro Nakashima (Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences)
“Food Systems: Implications of the Japanese Experience”
*available for program students
November 13 2024
Company roundtables in collaboration with the Graduate School of Science (November 13th, 2024)
*available for program students
Application procedure is as indicated in the email.
(Deadline: October 25th, at noon)
November 8 2024
GX Bird's Eye View Lecture (November 8th, 2024)
Lecturer: Prof. Masaomi Nangaku (Graduate School of Medicine)
"Telemedicine: Towards green and sustainable healthcare"
*available for program students
October 28 2024
Global Green Transformation Workshop (October 28th – November 1st, 2024)
Selected students will visit University of Manchester to present their research and discuss with the faculty.
Please see the workshop page for details.
July 12 2024
GX Inspire Lecture (July 12th, 2024 )
Lecturer: Prof. Taiji Furusawa (Professor, Graduate School of Economics )
“Globalization or Deglobalization?: Economic Perspectives”
*available for program students
June 20 2024
Green Future Meeting (June 20th, 2024 )
Lecturer: Prof. Shin-ichi Ohkoshi (Professor, Graduate School of Science)
“Development of green materials based on physical chemistry – Curiosity, basics, encounters, and social contribution –”
*available for program students
May 23 2024
GX Bird’s Eye View Lecture (May 23rd, 2024 )
Lecturer: Prof. Ryuji Yamamoto (Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics )
“Law Making and Rights of Persons”
*available for program students
February 16 2024
GX Inspire Lecture held (February 16th, 2024)
Lecturer: Prof. Kaori Hayashi (Executive Vice President, Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies)
What is "fake news"?
*available for program students
December 26 2023
Green Future Meeting held (December 26th, 2023)
Lecturer: Prof. Noburu Notomi (Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology)
“What is philosophy? An introduction”
*available for program students
November 16 2023
GX Bird’s Eye View Lecture held (November 16, 2023)
Lecturer: Ms Yukako Uchinaga (Chairperson and Representative Director, J-Win)
“Diversity Management as a Corporate Strategy”
*available for program students
July 6 2023
GX Inspire Lecture (July 6th, 2023)
Lecturer: Prof. Masashi Kawasaki (Graduate School of Engineering)
“Non-dissipative photocurrent for possible green device functions”
*available for program students
June 16 2023
Green Future Meeting (June 16th, 2023)
Lecturer: Prof. Kohzo Ito (Graduate School of Frontier Sciences)
“Slide-Ring Materials for Circular Economy”
*available for program students
May 12 2023
GX Bird’s Eye View Lecture (May 12, 2023)
Lecturer: Prof. Kyoko Nozaki (Graduate School of Enginerring)
“Catalyst Development toward Effective Use of Resources”
*available for program students
April 12 2023
On April 12th, 2023, a dialogue session was held between Vera Songwe, a guest at the University of Tokyo Graduate School Entrance Ceremony, President Fujii, Executive Vice President Ishii, and project students!
February 24 2023
On February 24th, 2023, we held the University of Tokyo SPRING GX Launch Commemorative Symposium "Green Future Exchange Meeting - Comprehensive Discussion: What is GX?" at Shibuya QWS. Thank you for your participation!
February 17 2023
GX Inspire Lecture (February 17th, 2023 )
Lecturer: Prof. Nobuhito Saito (Graduate School of Medicine, Executive Vice President )
“Medical progress and innovation”
*available for program students
December 27 2022
Green Future Meeting (December 27th, 2022)
Lecturer: Prof. Taikan Oki (Graduate School of Engineering)
“GX2050 - Our Choice -”
*available for program students
November 25 2022
At UTokyo Day 2022, a roundtable discussion between the President and SPRING GX project students was held!
November 21 2022
GX Bird’s Eye View Lecture (November 21, 2022)
Lecturer: Prof. Sawako Shirahase (Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology)
“GX in a super-aging society: Diversity strategies for sustainable growth”
*available for program students
August 29 2022
GX Inspire Lecture (August 29th 2022)
Lecturer: Professor Yukiko Gotoh (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, International Research Institute for Neurointelligence)
"Regulation of cell fate"
*available for program students
June 20 2022
Green future exchange meeting (June 20th 2022)
Lecturer: Program director & Professor Nahoko Ishii
"Global Commons Stewardship: A World Heading Toward Systemic Transformation"
*available for program students
June 18 2022
Project Officer, Prof. Ohkoshi introduced SPRING GX at a public lecture at the University of Tokyo ! (June 18th, 2022)

The "Fostering Advanced Human Resources to Lead Green Transformation (GX)" project proposed by Professor Shin-ichi Ohkoshi (Project officer) has been accepted as a program for Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by Next Generation (SPRING) of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) from autumn, 2021. Hereinafter this project is referred to as "SPRING GX". 1,315 doctoral students from all schools of the University of Tokyo participate in this project.

Professor Shin-ichi Ohkoshi (Project officer)
Project officer
Shin-ichi Ohkoshi
Qualifications and Capabilities of the Project officer

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