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2025 CiRA Research Internship Program

The CiRA Research Internship Program welcomes graduate students and undergraduates to conduct research at CiRA for a short period.

We introduce a few participants of this year's CiRA Research Internship Program in a series of short articles on CiRA Reporter.

Application Guidelines for
CiRA Research Internship Program in 2025
Eligibility

Undergraduate (mainly the 3rd and 4th year) and graduate students who wish to enroll in CiRA

※This program is primarily intended for students planning to enter graduate school within one or two years.

Period

1-6 consecutive weeks during summer 2025

  • Overseas university students: From June to October

  • Domestic university students: From July to October

  • Overseas university students:
    From June to October

  • Domestic university students:
    From July to October

※Depends on host labs

※Excluding summer holidays of CiRA (August 11 to 15)

Location Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University
Participation fee
  • Overseas university student: 29,700 yen per month

  • Domestic university student: Free

  • Overseas university student:
    29,700 yen per month

  • Domestic university student:
    Free


※Overseas university students will be accepted under the Kyoto University Short-Term International Student System.

※This fee is waived for students affiliated with overseas universities with an Academic Exchange Agreement with Kyoto University.
Please refer to the following website:

Transportation and accommodation expenses

Partially covered

  • Travel expenses: Expenses for a round trip to CiRA

  • Accommodation expenses: Maximum 5,500 yen per day

  • Travel expenses:
    Expenses for a round trip to CiRA

  • Accommodation expenses:
    Maximum 5,500 yen per day


※In principle, domestic university students will receive a bank transfer payment after the internship, and overseas university students will receive a cash payment (in Japanese yen) during their stay.

※Travel expenses are paid in accordance with the Kyoto University Regulations. Please note that travel and other related expenses will not be provided when you have any private matters unrelated to the internship before and/or after the program, such as traveling or going home for holidays.

Number of positions Each lab can host a maximum of two students, with up to one from an overseas university (depending on the labs).
Responsibilities
  • Engage in research activities in the lab

  • Observe and conduct basic experiments

  • May be required to give a presentation on research results on the final day

Application form
Application procedure

Please complete the online form and upload the Application and the Written Pledge by the deadline.

※If you have difficulty submitting the documents via the form, we also accept submissions by E-mail. Please submit all application materials by the deadline to the E-mail address provided in below.

Deadline for application
  • Overseas university students:
    February 6 (Thu.), 2025, 5:00PM JST
    Application for overseas university
    students has been closed.

  • Domestic university students:
    May 26 (Mon.), 2025, 5:00PM JST

Notification of Results
  • Overseas university students:
    Around the end of March 2025

  • Domestic university students:
    Around the end of June 2025

Contact information

CiRA Research Internship Committee
E-mail: cira-internship*cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp
(Please change * to @)

※Due to CiRA’s Year-end and New Year holidays from December 27, 2024, to January 5, 2025, inquiries received during this period will be handled sequentially from January 6 onward. Thank you for your understanding.



Application process

Application document submission form


※1 You are encouraged to check the research interests of the laboratories in which you wish to do your internship and contact the PIs by E-mail in advance. Please refer to the following research descriptions and lab websites.

※2 Fill out the required information on the application and submit it along with other documents after obtaining consent from your home university supervisor.

※3 If you have difficulty submitting the documents via the web form, we also accept submissions by E-mail. Please submit all application materials by the deadline to the CiRA General Affairs Section (cira-internship*cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp). (Please change * to @)

For E-mail submissions, you will be notified of receipt of your application within 5 working days of submission. If you do not receive the reply within 5 working days, please contact the address above, as your application may not have been received.

※4 Notification of decisions is expected by the end of March for overseas university students and by the end of June for domestic university students.

※5 After the decision of acceptance, participants will be required to have Personal Accident Insurance and Personal Liability Insurance valid during the program period.

Other:
As for 4th year students in the Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, please apply through
My Course Program.

Host PIs and group in 2025

Dept. of Life Science Frontiers
PI Research Overview
Hirohide Saito RNA Synthetic Biology
Yasuhiro Takashima Regulating stem cells and life
Knut Woltjen Gene and epigenome engineering tools to control
human genome functions
Shunsuke F. Shimobayashi Elucidating gene regulation in iPS cells
Risa K. Kawaguchi Multi-omics data analysis for
stem cell research

Dept. of Cell Growth and Differntiation
PI Research Overview
Haruhisa Inoue Dream driven approach
Shin Kaneko Research of immunotherapy using iPSC technology

Dept. of Clinical Application
PI Research Overview
Shimpei Gotoh Elucidating the mechanism of intractable
lung diseases using iPS cells
Makoto Ikeya Research using iPSC-derived neural crest cells
and their derivatives
Hidetoshi Sakurai Generation of novel therapy against muscular disease
using iPSC technology
Akitsu Hotta iPS cell and genome editing technologies to
combat intractable genetic disorders

Uehiro Research Div. for iPS Cell Ethics
PI Research Overview
Misao Fujita Considering the ethics of iPS cell research
and regenerative medicine
Jusaku Minari Social implications of emerging
biomedical research
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