Guidelines for Collaborative Research Project Application (EXTENSIVE):
Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation (IMCR)
Joint/Usage Research Program for Endocrine/Metabolism

OVERVIEW

Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University has accumulated various results and bioresources as well as establishing new analysis techniques through the implementation of the research projects of the 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) program, Global COE program, and the Joint Usage/Research Center for Endocrine/Metabolism.
With the 3rd term approval as a Joint Usage/Research Center in FY 2016, our institute widely accepts collaborative researches using our analysis techniques and bioresources, in order to play the central role of this field and promote further development of the researches.
IMCR, therefore, calls for collaborative research projects that are carried out by researchers from other institutes with investigators in IMCR using the most advanced equipment and resources.
Separately from the collaborative research program that is annually screened and classified into 4
priority projects and 1 general project, we accept applications for wider scope of collaborative
research with our faculty members in order to enhance our research projects.

１. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPLICANTS

The applicant must be a researcher at a university or a public research institute and must hold an academic degree comparable to a doctorate (Ph.D. or equivalent), or must have attained an equivalent academic qualification via research and academic publications.
*Graduate students are NOT eligible to apply, but are eligible to participate as collaborators to their supervisors.
The students involved in this collaborative research activity are required to be covered by insurance
such as “Personal accident insurance for student pursuing education and researching’’.
Undergraduate students, in particular, must carry out experiments under the supervision of the
faculty members including the assistant professors or higher in rank of the institutions that the
students belong to, or under the supervision of the IMCR’s researchers that the students collaborate with.

２．PERIOD OF THE PROGRAM

The program starts from the start date of the research period in the application form to the end of the relevant fiscal year.
If you want to continue, please submit the application form for the next fiscal year.
Since there is no screening or selection for the application, you can start the joint research after the application procedure is completed.

３．APPLICATION PROCEDURE

(1) Each principal applicant may submit 1 research project per 1 fiscal year.

(2) The applicant must submit “Application Form (Form 1)” to IMCR General Affairs Section by the deadline given below. Before submission of the required forms, the applicant must obtain consent from the prospective collaborative researcher of IMCR.
The required forms can be downloaded from the website of the Joint Usage/Research Center.
If the applicant belongs to multiple affiliations, the written consents issued by each affiliation are
Required.
Please write down “Application Forms of the Joint Usage/Research Center enclosed” on the envelope.
For more information about our laboratories, researchers, and research outlines, please visit IMCR’s website.
(https://www.imcr.gunma-u.ac.jp/?page_id=8001&lan=en)

(3)Application Deadline
There is NO DEADLINE for submission. Applications are accepted at any time.

(4)Where to Apply
Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University
3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8512, Japan
＊You may submit it by mail or e-mail to the researcher of this institute that you collaborate with.

４． RESEARCH FUND

The research expenses for this joint research activity (travel expenses and expandable supplies) are to be borne by the applicants.

５．USE OF FACILITIES

Successful applicants are allowed to use our resources including experimental devices, antibodies, cell-lines, and genetically modified biological models including mouse, fish, nematode, and yeast generally freely but under the instruction of the collaborative researchers of IMCR.
（Reference）
Research resources of IMCR ：https://www.imcr.gunma-u.ac.jp/?page_id=331&lan=en

６．SUBMISSION OF RESEARCH RESULTS REPORT 

Submission of this joint research report is NOT REQUIRED.

７．ATTENTION WHEN SUBMITTING A SCIENTIFIC PAPER

When a scientific paper is to be published by the support of this project, it should contain the research number stated on the notification of acceptance issued by IMCR and an acknowledgment of the project’s support:” This work was carried out by the joint research program of the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University.”
And also please submit one paper reprints of each publication to IMCR. (refer to 3. (4)).

８． INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT

In principle, the attribution of intellectual property rights should be determined by consultation between the applicant and his/her collaborator of IMCR.

９．CONTACT

For further information related to the IMCR program, please contact:
Mr. Hitoshi ONAI or Mr. Hitomi TOMIZAWA
General Affairs Division, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University
Phone: +81-27-220-8822
Fax: +81-27-220-8899
E-mail: kk-msomu4@ml.gunma-u.ac.jp