Uses and Results of Your Donations

RIKEN would like to express our gratitude for all financial contributions we have received.

Solicited Donations (FY 2020）

There were 811 donations with a total amount of 55 million JPY.

Donations to support basic and applied research for the next generation organ regenerative medicine (51 donations with a total of 2,232,000 JPY)
Donations to support sustainable resource science research and researcher development to contribute to the SDGs (5 donations with a total of 3,020,000 JPY)
Support for Future AI Talent (6 donations with a total of 126,000 JPY)
Donations for research on visual function regeneration (19 donations with a total of 6,338,000 JPY)
Donations for the support of high-performance computational science research and fostering of researchers towards Society 5.0 (Donations closed on March 31, 2021) (729 donations with a total of 43,029,047 JPY)
Donations for future research of intestinal bacteria (Donations closed on June 30, 2020) (1 donation of 100,000 JPY)

Initiatives performed through donations

Donations for the support of high-performance computational science research and fostering of researchers towards Society 5.0 (https://www.r-ccs.riken.jp/about/fundraising-highlights/) (Japanese language only)

Designated Donations (FY 2020)

There were 62 donations with a total amount of 78 million JPY.

Examples (division/team names at the time of acceptance)

RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Drug Discovery Platforms Cooperation Division, Drug Discovery Seed Compounds Exploratory Unit - Research support for drug discovery research
RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS), Laboratory for Molecular Pathology of Psychiatric Disorders - Research support for the elucidation of the pathology of schizophrenia and other intractable mental disorders
RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub (RCSTI), RIKEN Baton Zone Program (BZP), Vaccine Innovation Laboratory - Research support for the development of a chemically synthesized vaccine against COVID-19

Etc.

Our gratitude for your kind support

RIKEN Cluster for Science, Technology and Innovation Hub (RCSTI), RIKEN Baton Zone Program (BZP) "Vaccine Innovation Laboratory - Research support for the development of a chemically synthesized vaccine against COVID-19", " Minna no Midorimushi -Euglena- Project" (Donations closed on June 14, 2019 / Designated Donations) (https://bzp.riken.jp/report/20210331-2) (Japanese language only)

General Donations (FY 2020)

There were 140 donations with a total amount of 27 million JPY.

The FY 2020 General Donations will be utilized for the following initiatives.

Promotion of research in fields and themes of high social interest: COVID-19 related research and development
Strengthening efforts to develop, secure, and produce talent: Development of activities to promote understanding using the KAGAKUDO Project
Promotion of collaboration and joint use inside and outside RIKEN: Project to promote outdoor environment to strengthen and enhance collaboration and mutual understanding with the community and society in the Tsukuba area based on the agreement with Tsukuba City (the local government where the RIKEN Tsukuba Campus is located).

FY2019 General Donations

There were 124 donations with a total of 16 million JPY.

We used your kind donations for the "KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS" Project (KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS Project 2020) which will strengthen efforts to develop, secure, and produce talent.

"KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS" Project

Since FY 2017 we at RIKEN have been working on the "KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS" Project which utilizes books to express the way of life and thinking of scientists and deliver the fun and wonder of science itself. In FY 2019 we decided to make the KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS Project an annual event in order to convey the appeal of science in a more multifaceted and sustained way to a wide range of audiences focused on junior high and high school students, by kicking things off with our announcement of KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS 2019 in September of 2019 and following this up by announcing the KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS Project 2020 in September of 2020.

KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS 2020 consists of a total of 100 books which include themed books in Japanese (titles such as "驚異のカラダ" (direct translation: "The Amazing Body"), "宇宙フロンティア" (direct translation: "Space Frontier"), and "世界を変えた科学者" (direct translation: "The Scientists Who Changed the World")) selected based on current topics in science and also 50 books of “KAGAKUDO Classics” which are all-time best reads that transcend generations.

Despite the restrictions on holding various events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen immense popularity of these books since we announced the project, and we successfully held book fairs at around 500 bookstores and libraries across Japan. In addition, several junior and senior high schools have introduced inquiry-based learning programs utilizing our KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS literature.

We have seen so many people pick up and admire these 100 books at various locations which allowed us to promote the true significance of this project.

We would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincerest gratitude for everyone’s support! KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS Project official website (in Japanese)

KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS Project 2020 at the Nasushiobara City Library

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KAGAKUDO 100 BOOKS Project 2020 at the Makuhari Junior and Senior High School (Tokyo)