Approaches

Career Advancement Project for Women Researchers (CAPWR)

This program will foster the activities of women researchers by implementing the following four approaches:

1. Institutional Enhancement by Improved Existing Approaches

• Enabling organizations to implement unique initiatives in an ongoing manner and share associated information among themselves
• Researching successful examples of efforts to put in place diverse research environments in Japan and overseas
• Engaging in awareness-raising activities targeting management positions at organizations

2. Capacity Development in Women Researchers’ Research Activities

• Providing opportunities for women researchers to explore leading-edge research topics
• Promoting international research activities and presentations of findings by women researchers
• Holding training events such as leadership training seminars and seminars about how to obtain external funding

3. Positive Action in Recruitment and Promotion of Women Researchers

• Enhancing positive action
• Encouraging women to attend Hiroshima University and boost their career prospects by earning a degree
• Broadening the perspective of female university students who are seeking to become researchers

4. Model Development

• Developing and encouraging the adoption of models that accommodate industry and organizational characteristics through research targeting organizations that are members of the Industry-Academia-Government Council on Promoting Diversity and the verification of the benefits of approaches (1) through (3)