Annual Fellowship Programme, giving up to two outstanding scientists the chance to join R&D team in Japan.

Toshiba fellowship programme

closing date for applications 7 December 2007

Toshiba Fellowship Programme seeks leading lights in science

 ~ 25th anniversary of the Toshiba Fellowship Programme ~

Toshiba Corporation, a global leader in technology innovation, has launched its search for cutting-edge PhD-level researchers, to join its Toshiba Fellowship Programme, which is now in its 25th year.

The Toshiba Fellowship Programme offers up to two outstanding scientists of EU nationality, who are currently working in a UK academic institution, the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of research and development activities with one of Toshiba’s R&D teams in Japan, — knowledge and skills which can be invested back into UK science development on their return. The successful candidate(s) will be funded for up to two years with a highly competitive salary.

Toshiba’s Fellowship Programme, which is run in association with the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), was founded in 1983 with the aim of strengthening UK-Japanese understanding through R&D activities in an industrial context and was the first scheme of its kind to be run by a private company. Several Toshiba Fellows have gone on to become professors and leaders of research groups.

Commenting on the scheme Nobuhiro Yoshida, Corporate Vice President of Toshiba Corporation, said, “Over the last quarter of a century the Toshiba Fellowship Programme has actively promoted innovation, providing European academics the opportunity to collaborate with Toshiba researchers and to experience R&D in the environment of an industrial laboratory in Japan. It has also stimulated and challenged researchers in Japan through the introduction of fresh viewpoints and approaches to R&D. I believe that through their immersion in a new culture and having lived in one of Japan’s major research centres, Toshiba Fellows are invaluable as ambassadors between different societies.” 

Toshiba has a long history of world-firsts, including the first laptop PC, the HDD and DVD video recorder, the smallest hard disk drive and the first commercially available HD DVD player. These are the visible results of Toshiba’s continuing commitment to R&D with an investment of $3.37 billion globally in the financial year ending on 31st March, 2007, alone.

Toshiba has outlined nine priority research areas for the 2008 Toshiba Fellowship Programme. These cover a wide spectrum of technologies including information security, the use of technology for behavioural therapy, software development, nanotechnology and sustainability. In addition, new advanced research topics relevant to Toshiba’s Fellowship Programme are also welcome. For further details and to register for an application form, visit the Toshiba Fellowship website at www.toshiba-europe.com/eur/fellowship. 

The closing date for applications is 7 December 2007.

*Rules for Applications

Applicants must be:

·         A citizen of an EU member state

·         In possession of a PhD or reliably expected to obtain one by 1 March 2009

·         In possession of less than 10 years maximum post-doctoral research experience

·         Currently working in a UK government or UK academic institution

About Toshiba:
Toshiba is a world leader and innovator in pioneering high technology, a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products spanning information & communications equipment and systems; digital consumer products; electronic devices and components; power systems; industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home appliances. In the social infrastructure systems business, Toshiba contributes to society with cutting-edge infrastructure management systems and solutions, including radio application systems and broadcasting and network systems.

Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 670 companies with over 191,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing US$60 billion. Visit Toshiba's web site at www.toshiba.co.jp.

For further information, please contact Katherine Luke at Nelson Bostock Communications on 020 7792 7427 or email katherine.luke@nelsonbostock.com.