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The University operates a variety of researcher support systems.
Among them is the intramural research support system, which provides research support programs to meet a wide range of research needs and supports free and vigorous research.

	Title	Support contents
Life Event Support	Support for Returning from Maternity and Parental Leave	Support for researchers who have interrupted their research due to maternity or childcare leave to provide financial support to restart their research activities toward them to return to their research smoothly.
Life Event Support	Support for the Employment of Research Assistants	Support for researchers who are recognized as having difficulty securing their research time due to personal circumstances such as childbirth, childcare, or nursing care to provides financial support towards hiring research assistants. The goal of this initiative is to prevent any interruptions to their research activities.
International Research Exchange Support	World-leading Researchers Training Program	Support for talented young researchers to provide the opportunity to conduct research at outstanding research institutions abroad, helping them to advance their research, form international networks and become part of prominent academic communities in their respective fields that will benefit them in their future careers. *This program is being implemented as a project for fostering young researchers at the Institute for Advanced Study.
	Researcher Network Formation Promotion Program with Candidate Universities for Strategic Partnership	Support mainly for young researchers to exchange and form new research and educational networks with researchers at Seoul National University or National Taiwan University.
	Support for Dispatch to International Academic Conference	Support for young researchers, female researchers, and foreign researchers for the cost of presenting their research results at international conferences, etc.
Academic Papers Support	Manuscript Writing Workshop（国際的研究リーダー育成基礎プログラム）	Support for researchers and graduate students with workshops writing and publication strategies, a question-and-answer session and hands-on exercises by experienced, dedicated instructors from Nature. *This workshop will be held jointly with KOOU (Kyushu-Okinawa Open University)
	Support for Proofreading Expenses for Foreign Language Papers (Top 10% Support / Basic Support)	Support for young researchers, female researchers, and foreign researchers for the cost of reviewing papers in foreign languages.
	Support for Article Processing Charge of International Academic Papers	Support for publication fees and other expenses for Top 10% journal articles for young researchers. For journals with which we have transformative agreements, you will also need to apply for the Article Processing Charge (APC) Support implemented by the Kyushu University Library. For details of the APC Support, click here.
Research Fund Obtaining Support	Research Start Program	Support for young researchers who were not rewarded for KAKENHI in the previous year and who have no experience as a principal investigator, it provides integrated support in the form of financial support and a “Support Programs for Research Funding and Grants” to help them build up their research track record. * The “KAKENHI” referred to in this program excludes the following: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Encouragement of Scientists, Publication of Scientific Research Results, and JSPS Fellows.
Interdisciplinary Research Support	Interdisciplinary Program of the Humanities and Social Sciences	Support for research groups led by researchers in the humanities and social sciences with financial support to create new value through "integrated knowledge" and to promote transdisciplinary research.

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