2025 TUMUG Support Programs
- A list of Support Programs（PDF）
- TUMUG Support Programs Q＆A（PDF）
※Please check 2024 TUMUG Support Programs from here.
A List of TUMUG Support Programs
| Program Information/Eligibility | Program Content | ※Deadline / Required Documents | Required Report (How you used fund) | |
| 1 | Research Support Staff faculty/technical staff who take care of children & other family members (both male & female) faculty/technical staff who are appointed to national committees 【Accepting applications】 |
【Work-life Balance / Nurturing Female Leaders】 Subsidize cost of hiring research support staff such as technical/admin staff, RA/AA） （up to 2,000,000 yen per year, subsidizing amount will be determined depending on application ） |
March 21. 2025 ① (attach 1) Application Form ② (attach 2) Detailed information ③ (attach 3) Survey questionnaire ④Copy of documentation confirming eligibility ※ |
Report required |
| 2 | Childcare Assistance Program Application guidelines All members of TU(including part-time or temp),Specially Appointed Research Fellow(PD/RPD/CPD),students (in three-year doctoral courses, or courses in medicine, dentistry or pharmacology), JSPS Research Fellows (PD/RPD/CPD) 【close】 |
【Work-life Balance】 Subsidize cost of childcare or baby-sitting for work-life balance |
1st July 25, 2025 Friday 2nd October 24, 2025 Friday 3rd January 23, 2026 Friday 4th period April 1, 2026 ① (attach 4) ② Copy of documentation confirming eligibility |
Report required
For reference – General Incorporated Association: |
| 3 | Start-up Research Fund newly hired female faculty(above assistant professors）※1※2 【Closed】
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【Nurturing Female Leaders】 Up to 1,000,000 yen |
July 4, 2025 ① (attach 5) ② Copy of your working condition agreement |
Report required |
| 4 | Next Step Research Grant female faculty (associate professors, lecturers, assistant professors, academic assistants）※1※2 【Closed】 |
【Nurturing Female Leaders】 Subsidize cost of research/data collection/publishing outcome for a new project if you don’t receive any external funds※1（max 500,000 yen per year） ※travel expense, registration fee, materials cost, gratitude, translation fee, etc. |
1st period May 9, 2025 2nd period early September 2025 ① (attach 6) ② Programs/agendas that you are planning to attend ③ Estimate for flights |
Report required |
※1 whose principal duties are at Tohoku University (Excluding employees serving under the cross-appointment system and others whose principal
employer is an organization other than Tohoku University.）
※2 Those who have competitive funds (including university expenses) totaling 2 million yen or more in the relevant academic year are ineligible.
