Support

This is a course offering a number of career skill programs as well as research funding support for UTokyo young researchers who wish to advance their academic career while maintaining work-life balance

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The program is aimed at allocating the expenses to support researchers returning from childcare leave or family care leave to restart their research as well as those balancing childcare or caregiving with education or research work.

*For detailed information on the recipients of support and the details of support, please click here.

For faculty members who have difficulty setting aside time for research due to child or family care, pregnancy, or childbirth, the university offers financial support covering costs to employ fixed-term, part-time faculty or staff members, as well as teaching, research or other assistants.

The university issues a certain discount coupon for babysitting services which provides a discount of up to 4,400 yen per child (two coupons’ worth) from the regular daily fee. (Applicable to both female and male faculty and staff members)

The university organizes events as a space for information sharing and interchange to help UTokyo female researchers build their careers, continue with their research and create networks.

The university provides opportunities for female faculty members to consult with experienced and capable faculty members so that they may be free of their anxieties and worries after taking up a new position and focus on education and research activities.