NIMS

Organization name	National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Objective	Carrying out fundamental research and generic/infrastructural technology research and development in the field of materials science, and with improving the level of materials science and technology.
Established	July, 1956 Established the National Research Institute for Metals (NRIM) April, 1966 Established the National Institute in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM) April, 2001 Merged to National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) April, 2015 The Independent Administrative Institution(IAI) system reestablished as the system of the National Research and Development Agency. See details in "History"
Location (Sites)	[Tsukuba] Sengen-site: 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, JAPAN Namiki-site: 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, JAPAN Sakura-site: 3-13 Sakura, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0003, JAPAN [Hyogo] Nishiharima-site: 1-1-1, Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5198, JAPAN See details in "Location (sites)"
Executive	President Kazuhito HASHIMOTO Executive Vice President: Yuko NAGANO Kazuhiro HONO Yasuo KOIDE Auditor: Takahiro FUJITA (Full-time) Chihiro KANAI (Part-time) Senior Vice President: Seishi SHIOBARA Eiji MUROMACHI Naoki KISHIMOTO Executive Advisor to the President: Kohei UOSAKI Kenjiro MIYANO See details in "Executive"
Major operations	Fundamental research and generic / infrastructural technology research and development. See details in "Activities"
Annual Budget	About 21.6 billion yen (Year ended 31 March 2017) See details in "Settlement & Workforce Report"
Workforce	1,538 (As of April 1st, 2017) See details in "Settlement & Workforce Report"
Research	Research fields Materials for Energy and Environment Nanoscale Materials Advanced Key Technologies
Reseach Center	Research Center for Functional Materials Center for Green Research on Energy and Environmental Materials Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials Research Center for Structural Materials(RCSM) International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics(MANA) Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization Research and Services Division of Materials Data and Integrated System Research Network and Facility Services Division

1. NIMS Internship Program for Graduate Students

Provide undergraduate and graduate students with technical experience of cutting-edge research activities in the field of materials and science
The objective of this program is to provide undergraduate and graduate students attending courses at domestic or overseas universities and graduate schools with technical experience in the field of materials and science in NIMS and also to publicize NIMS itself and NIMS Joint/Cooperative Graduate Programs.
NIMS is the world-top-level research institute in the fields of materials and science and you have an opportunity to experience the cutting-edge research activities. NIMS is widely open to the world with many international researchers and students and provides a great personal network. NIMS accepts about one hundred (100) students from over the world every year. There are financial supports for daily allowance and accommodation fee for the excellent students. The internship period is up to 90 consecutive calendar days.
Link for application:
http://www.nims.go.jp/eng/hr-development/internship.html

2- Ph.D. sabbatical leave opportunities in NIMS (International Cooperative Graduate Program)

In this program, overseas doctorial students from globally renowned graduate schools are accepted as NIMS visiting scientist (trainee) and undergo training by NIMS researchers on research. The president of NIMS signs the documents concerned.
Link for more information:
http://www.nims.go.jp/eng/collaboration/institution/joint-graduate.html