Niigata University of Health and Welfare (NSG Group) announced that two out of ten research proposals submitted from the university have been adopted for the "AI for Science Exploratory Research Creation Project (SPReAD)" launched by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) this fiscal year.

This project is one of the "AI for Science" initiatives aimed at accelerating and innovating scientific research using AI, and is a new competitive research funding system that began accepting applications this fiscal year.

While the national adoption rate is a narrow gate at 2.9%, the university achieved an adoption rate of 20% with two out of ten proposals accepted, a result that significantly exceeds the national average. Among universities that submitted more than 10 proposals, only two, including this university, achieved an adoption rate of 20% or higher, demonstrating the high research capabilities of the university.

Niigata University of Health and Welfare will continue to promote advanced research that fuses AI with various specialized fields and engage in research and development that contributes to solving social issues.

About the Research

[Adopted Projects]

1. Department of Health Data Science: Haruki Toda

Research Area: Clinical Science

Research Project Title: "Development of an individualized intervention design method by integrating AI and simulation for gait changes associated with aging"

2. Department of Radiological Technology: Naoki Kodama

Research Area: Life Science/Pharmacology

Research Project Title: "Reorganization of brain state transitions supporting functional maintenance of the aging brain solved by AI"

[About SPReAD]

MEXT's "AI for Science Exploratory Research Creation Project (SPReAD)" is a new initiative by MEXT to advance and accelerate scientific research using AI technology. It aims to demonstrate innovative research ideas in a short period and develop them into future large-scale research.

For details, please visit: https://www.mext.go.jp/aifors_spread/

[Niigata University of Health and Welfare] https://www.nuhw.ac.jp/

This is a comprehensive medical university with six faculties and sixteen departments offering studies in nursing, medicine, rehabilitation, nutrition, sports, welfare, and medical IT, making it one of the few such institutions in Japan. By fully leveraging the advantages of being a comprehensive medical university, students can gain practical experience in "team medical care" required in medical settings. Furthermore, the university has established a university-wide organizational system for supporting qualification acquisition and employment support, achieving top-class national examination pass rates and high employment rates. Additionally, by utilizing its unique environment with sports-related departments, the university offers interdisciplinary learning that integrates sports with "medicine," "rehabilitation," and "nutrition."

<About NSG Group>

NSG Group is a corporate group composed of 101 organizations that, with education and medical/welfare/nursing care as its core businesses, engages in a wide range of businesses including health and sports, construction and real estate, food and agriculture, trading, advertising, ICT, hotels, apparel, beauty, human resources, and entertainment. Aiming to make each region "the world's most prosperous and happy town," the group, from a private sector standpoint, strives to create businesses that revitalize communities with the keywords "people," "security," "work," and "attractiveness."

<NSG Group Homepage> https://www.nsg.gr.jp/

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