Princeton University/The University of Tokyo Strategic Partnership: Teaching and Research Collaboration 2025
Since the 2013 academic year, the University of Tokyo and Princeton University have been conducting joint research and educational projects under the Memorandum on Strategic Partnership signed in January 2013.
In this initiative, both institutions jointly provide funding support for collaborative research and educational projects conducted by researchers from the University of Tokyo and Princeton University. Following the 2024 call for proposals, this marks the 12th round of call for projects. The program offers support for a maximum of three years.
Applications were accepted between March 11 and May 15 for the 2025 round, which resulted in submission of 20 proposals. After careful review by the Joint Governance Committee of both institutions, the following four projects were selected. Each of the selected projects is scheduled to begin this fall.
*Princeton University, established in 1746, is one of the eight Ivy League universities. It is the fourth oldest university in the United States and offers a broad range of academic disciplines, spanning from the humanities and social sciences to the natural and applied sciences. Princeton is renowned not only for its research excellence but also for its strong emphasis on undergraduate education, making it one of the few institutions that successfully balance cutting-edge research with high-quality teaching.
The projects are listed in alphabetical order of their title.
In this initiative, both institutions jointly provide funding support for collaborative research and educational projects conducted by researchers from the University of Tokyo and Princeton University. Following the 2024 call for proposals, this marks the 12th round of call for projects. The program offers support for a maximum of three years.
Applications were accepted between March 11 and May 15 for the 2025 round, which resulted in submission of 20 proposals. After careful review by the Joint Governance Committee of both institutions, the following four projects were selected. Each of the selected projects is scheduled to begin this fall.
*Princeton University, established in 1746, is one of the eight Ivy League universities. It is the fourth oldest university in the United States and offers a broad range of academic disciplines, spanning from the humanities and social sciences to the natural and applied sciences. Princeton is renowned not only for its research excellence but also for its strong emphasis on undergraduate education, making it one of the few institutions that successfully balance cutting-edge research with high-quality teaching.
| Project Title | Representative (The University of Tokyo / Princeton University) |
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| 1 | Developing global groundwater tools for a better water future | Prof. OKI Taikan (Graduate School of Engineering) /Prof. Reed MAXWELL (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute) |
| 2 | Paleo-Evo-Devo: Joining Education and Research to Integrate Evolution, Developmental Biology, and the Fossil Record | Asst. Prof. HIRASAWA Tatsuya (Graduate School of Science) /Asst. Prof. Christopher Griffin (Department of Geosciences) |
| 3 | Seamless Human-AI Co-Creation in Spatial Learning Environments: A UTokyo-Princeton Seed Initiative | Project Asst. Prof. ZHANG Qing (Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies / Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies) /Asst. Prof. Parastoo Abtahi (Department of Computer Science) |
| 4 | The Care Migration Industry | Asst. Prof. TAKAYA Sachi (Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology) /Prof. Rhacel Parreñas (Sociology and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Department of Sociology) |
