INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the home page of the "Toshiko Yuasa" France Japan Particle Physics Laboratory (TYL-FJPPL). Information on on-going collaborative projects involving French and Japanese research teams pursuing particle and astroparticle physics, instrumentation R&D, accelerator physics and technology and several other related topics can be found here. Support for staff exchanges and joint training initiatives for students and junior staff can be applied for on a yearly basis. A general workshop is also organised annually to bring together the teams involved. Topical workshop, schools and other special events are also sponsored both in France and Japan. Please see the details below.

WHAT IS TYL-FJPPL ?

• Presentation
  
• Directors and steering committee members
  
• French-Japanese collaborative projects
  
• Annual call to fund staff exchanges between France and Japan
  
• Support and promotion of students and junior researchers

2019 TYL-FJPPL / FKPPL JOINT ANNUAL WORKSHOP

The 2019 edition will take place May 8-10 in Seogwipo KAL hotel, Jeju island, South Korea.

2018 TYL-FJPPL YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD WINNERS

The winners of the 2018 TYL-FJPPL Young Investigator Award are Dr. Dima El Khechen (CERN, Genève, Switzerland) and Dr. Kengo Shimada (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland), for their outstanding contributions to the development of the fast luminosity monitoring scheme for the SuperKEKB collider at KEK (TYL-FJPPL project A_RD_08) and to Cosmological tests of fundamental physics (TYL-FJPPL project HEP_04), respectively. The award was given during the TYL-FJPPL annual workshop, in Nara, that took place in May 9-11, 2018. The ceremony included a short talk by each awardee.

Next call for submission of applications to the Young Investigator Award will be published in December 2018 with a submission deadline in February 2019.

2019 TYL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO FUND STAFF EXCHANGES

The call for submission of applications and activity reports is now on-going.
The submission deadline is: February 15th, 2019.
The details on the 2019 call can be consulted here.

2019 SUPPORT FROM FRENCH EMBASSY

Programme Exploration Japon:
The French Embassy in Tokyo has a program providing financial support to French scientists who want to build / explore new collaborations with Japanese partners. The funding is a grant covering the cost of one round trip from France to Japan (travel and local expenses). Please see the detailed description here (in French).
Deadline for submission of applications : 12 October 2018 at 10:00 am (CET).
An equivalent program is proposed to support secondment of Japanese partners in France, please see the detailed description here (in French).

Support for Japanese students:
The French Embassy in Tokyo calls for applications of Japanese students (grants for all levels) wishing to pursue parts of their studies in France, please check information here:
In Japanese
In French
Deadline for submission of applications : 30 September 2018.

2019 SAKURA FUNDING PROGRAM PROMOTING FRENCH-JAPANESE COLLABORATION

The SAKURA program is funded by the JSPS in Japan and by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Education and Research in France. It provides funding for bilateral exchanges between French and Japanese teams of researchers, for up to two years. Exceptionnaly, a third year can be granted. New collaborations involving junior researchers and doctoral students have priority in the selection. The maximum amount of funding is 6000 euros/year for the French teams, and 1000000 Yen for the Japanese teams, covering exclusively travel expenses for mutual visits. Please see the detailed description here (in French). Information on the cooperation programs supported by the JSPS can be found here (in English and Japanese).
Deadline for submission of applications : CLOSED (was 5 September 2018)

RECENT EVENTS

• The TYL Science Camp for Female High School Students is a joint program of the TYL and KEK Gender Equality Office, organised at KEK with the aim of encouraging young Japanese female students to pursue scientific studies and careers. It involves several activities, including introductory lectures on advanced science results, casual talks by graduate students majoring in science and engineering, visits of research facilities at KEK.The last session was organised at KEK, April 3-4, 2018, in the presence of two of the TYL Directors, Prof. Junji Haba of KEK and Dr. Marc Besançon of CEA, and included a French speaker, Dr. Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille of CEA. Please read the information on the 2018 session here, in English and in Japanese.
  

• On the 11th of October 2017, the Ambassador of France to Japan, His Excellency Laurent Pic and his party visited KEK Tsukuba campus to attend a ceremony of raising the French national flag at the KEKB Tsukuba Laboratory, commemorating the 24th nation participating in the Belle II experiment. Please see the details.
  

TYL-FJPPL ANNUAL WORKSHOPS

• The 2018 edition took place May 9-11 in the city of Nara, Japan. See the web site for the details.
  

• Previous TYL-FJPPL workshops

TYL-FJPPL INTRANET & MAILING LIST

• FJPPL Intranet for FJPPL members The Twiki FJPPL web for members only
• FJPPL Intranet for SC members The Twiki FJPPL web for Steering Committee members only

• Register to the TYL-FJPPL Twiki here: TWikiRegistration
• Register to the TYL-FJPPL mailing list: Here