Research Partnerships
International collaboration is a key element of RIKEN’s research strategy, for today, science is a truly global endeavor. We have set up a number of research facilities overseas, and have agreements of MOUs with research institutes and universities domestically and abroad covering exchanges of researchers and the conduct of joint research, with the goal to strengthen institutional research collaborations and networking and hence ensure that RIKEN’s research can be carried out efficiently.
RIKEN has collaborative agreements or MOUs with more than 300 institutions overseas. In recent years, we have focused on forging institutional collaborations with research organizations including government-related bodies around the world with the goal of promoting global partnerships in science and technology as a leading Japanese organization. In addition to our facilities in the United States and United Kingdom, we have joint research centers or laboratories in Germany, Russia, China, Korea, India, and Malaysia. To expand our network, gather information about potential international collaborations, and to strengthen ties with researchers who have returned to their home countries or moved to another institute, we have established our liaison offices in Singapore, Beijing and Brussels (Belgium).
- RIKEN Facility Office at RAL
- RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center for Systems Chemical Biology
- KFU-RIKEN Joint Research Labs
- RIKEN-NCBS Joint Research Center
- RIKEN-USM Joint Research Center
- RIKEN-NTU Joint Research Centre
- RIKEN-IMP Joint Research Center
- RIKEN-XJTU Joint Research Center
- RIKEN-Tsinghua Research Groups
- RIKEN-SIOM Joint Research Unit
- RIKEN-SJTU Joint Research Laboratory
- NCTU-RIKEN Joint Research Laboratory
- RIKEN-KRIBB Joint Research Unit
- US West Coast Collaboration Office
- RIKEN BNL Research Center
- RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics
Comprehensive Cooperation Agreements/MOUs between RIKEN and Major Overseas Research Organizations
| Asia |
| China |
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
May, 1982 |
| The Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS Shanghai) |
May, 2006 |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU） |
February, 2008 |
| Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) |
May, 2010 |
| Korea |
Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) |
November, 1989 |
| Korean Reserch Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) |
May, 1994 |
| Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) |
April, 2006 |
| Seoul National University (SNU) |
May, 2010 |
| Institute for Basic Science (IBS) |
November, 2015 |
| Taiwan |
Academia Sinica |
June, 2000 |
| National Taiwan University |
August, 2016 |
| Malaysia |
University of Malaya (UM) |
September, 2011 |
| Univeristy Sains Malaysia (USM) |
May, 2012 |
| Singapore |
Agency for Science, Technology and Research(A*STAR) |
September, 2005 |
| Nanyang Technological University (NTU) |
September, 2011 |
| National University of Singapore (NUS) |
January, 2012 |
| Indonesia |
The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology of The Republic of Indonesia (BPPT) |
September, 1989 |
| India |
Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
December, 2006 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientic Research (JNCASR)/Indian Institute of Science (IISc) |
June, 2013 |
| Department of Biotechnology (DBT) |
September, 2013 |
| National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Consortium |
September, 2013 |
| America |
| Canada |
McGill University |
July, 2010 |
| Brasil |
Amazonas State University (UEA) |
March, 2013 |
| Oceania |
| Australia |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) |
May, 1984 |
| Middle East |
| Israel |
Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) |
July, 1996 |
| Europe |
| Sweden |
Karolinska Institute (KI) |
January, 2004 |
| UK |
University of Liverpool (UoL) |
January, 2010 |
| Germany |
The Max Planck Society (MPG) |
June, 1984 |
| Technische Universität München (TUM) |
January, 2010 |
| France |
Institut Pasteur (IP) |
January, 1984 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
July, 1994 |
| Université de Strasbourg |
May, 1996 |
| Switzerland |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) |
December, 2009 |
| Russia |
Kazan Federal University |
November, 2015 |