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Outlook of SAT
  1. SAT Profile
  2. SAT organizes the activities of research exchange and science and technology enlightenment to promote interchange of researchers of various fields, and to increase social interest in science and technology.

  3. The Activities
    1. Award of Prizes
    2. Every year SAT gives out three prestigious awards: the Tsukuba Prize, established in 1989, honors researchers who have received international acclaim for remarkable results in science and technology; the Tsukuba Encouragement Prize, established in 1990, is awarded to researches whose results have been great potential for producing remarkable results in science and technology ; and the Leo Esaki Prize, established in 2003, honors researchers who has received international acclaim for outstanding achievements in nanotechnology. SAT also conducts an award ceremony and organizes lecture meetings with the recipients as speakers.

    3. Technology Showcase
    4. SAT runs an annual event called the Technology Showcase, attended by researchers from Tsukuba. High-school students and postdoctoral fellows also participate. The participants give a one-minute presentation on their research, and the best presentation selected by a poll among the audience.

    5. SAT Forum
    6. SAT holds forums to contribute to the development of science and technology.
      SAT invites well-known researchers as a lecturer. Recent years, many Nobel laureates had given a lecture so far.

    7. SAT Tsukuba Style Exchange Meeting
    8. Under the theme of science and art, SAT holds the exchange meeting that put a lecture and a piano recital, Irish dance, rakugo together to let participants have interest and friendly feeling for science.

    9. Social Gatherings between Supporting Members
    10. SAT promotes exchanges between members, particularly supporting members, in order to help them spread knowledge and wisdom.

    11. Research Information Exchange Meeting
    12. SAT picks up the theme beforehand and holds small exchange meeting.
      Two or three researchers present their research along the theme and participants exchange multidisciplinary opinions.

    13. Science Café
    14. Targeting at researchers and citizens, SAT holds the science cafe where participants exchange opinions on a specific theme casually.

    15. Tsukuba Science and Technology Industry Initiative
    16. SAT and Tsukuba Science and Technology Industry Initiative promote exchange information and opinions between research institutes, experts, and business managers, and support to make up and develop of global innovation hub of Tsukuba.

    17. Public Relations
      • Publication of the SAT Journals
      • A website (https://www.science-academy.jp/)