Adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for its FY2020 Project for Promoting Public Utilization of Advanced Research Infrastructure (the Core Facility Construction Support Program), the Hokkaido University Core Facility Initiative is now under way. Under this initiative, CoSMOS plays a central role in promoting the project. In addition to overseeing the University’s technological infrastructure and research support personnel development system, it supports sustainable achievements and their application in society. Professor Hiroshi Amitsuka, director of CoSMOS, says, “A major development was the establishment of a cooperative framework between the Global Facility Center
of the Creative Research Institution and the Office for Technical Support, both of which already existed within the University.” Since the incorporation of the University, the current Global Facility Center has taken the initiative in promoting measures for equipment sharing, such as enhancement of open facilities and upgrading of contract analysis functions. At the same time, a university-wide organization and human resource development system for technical staff has been established. However, after about 15 years of incorporation, more substantial collaboration was required. “The two pillars supporting the foundation of education and research are facilities and technical support personnel.
Core Station for the Management of Open Facility & Skills (CoSMOS)
A Driving Force for Sustainable Achievements CoSMOS promotes the shared use of facilities and equipment and integrally manages the development of research support personnel. It aims to improve the qualit y of research and education and strengthen innovation creation.
Professor Hiroshi Amitsuka, director of CoSMOS (second from left), Professor Toshifumi Igarashi, who oversees human resource development operations as a vice director (second from right), Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Ryuta Sasaki as a project manager (far left), and Senior Research Manager Masaki Kato as a coordinator.
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