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The first Nippon Foundation Marine Challenge Program selected teams!
2017.05.30
Thank you very much for the many applications.The teams selected for the Nippon Foundation Marine Challenge Program have been selected.The selected teams will proceed with their research with the aim of presenting their results at the regional block conference in August.
What is the Marine Challenge Program?
The Nippon Foundation and LIVANES have launched the Marine Challenge Program to find challenges in the marine field and to make friends who will create the future between people and the sea. 60 teams of junior and senior high school student researchers from all over Japan are invited to challenge any kind of research related to the sea, fisheries field, and aquatic environment in fiscal 2017, and will receive research funding grants and The program provides research funding grants and support from research advisors.
List of adopted teams and themes (in no particular order)
A total of 60 teams were selected: 12 teams from Hokkaido and Tohoku, 13 teams from Kanto, 14 teams from Kansai, 10 teams from Chugoku and Shikoku, and 11 teams from Kyushu and Okinawa.
| block (lump of something) | Application Theme | Principal Investigator Affiliation |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Seasonal changes in Jyuhachinohama | Kesennuma High School, Miyagi Prefecture |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | The relationship between salmon runs and water quality | Kesennuma High School, Miyagi Prefecture |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Basic research on utilizing algae to recover useful metal ions from seawater | Fukushima Seikei High School |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Fundamental research on the use of ishikurage to recover cesium ions in lakes and seawater | Fukushima Seikei High School |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Survey of tidal flats in Shizugawa Bay | Miyagi Shizugawa High School |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Basic research on inshore aquaculture of the charr. | Yamagata Kamo Fisheries High School |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Research on the Purifying Power of the Miya River: The Purifying Power of Nature as Seen in Local Rivers | Fukushima Prefectural Aizu Gakuho Junior High School |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | New Possibilities for the Red Cod Mussel | Iwate Prefectural Miyako Fisheries High School |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Overcoming salt-affected soils with plants | Fukushima Municipal Watari Junior High School |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Genetic Disturbance as Seen in Aizu Medaka: Protect Local Medaka | Fukushima Prefectural Aizu Technical High School |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Persistence of moisturizing effect of gel with alginic acid | Kushiro Koryo High School, Hokkaido |
| Hokkaido, Tohoku | Exploring the Potential of Closed Land Aquaculture | Fukushima Prefectural Fukushima High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | How Algal Spores Adhere in Turbid Currents - Toward the Invention of Instant Adhesives for Underwater Use | Urawa Jitsugyo Gakuen High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Kawamozuku culture | Urawa Jitsugyo Gakuen High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Changes in growth rate of fish as affected by green light irradiation | Urawa Jitsugyo Gakuen Junior High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Are there any rules for the direction in which the flying goby rolls? | Kaetsu Ariake Junior & Senior High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Research on corals and symbiotic algae | Tamagawa Gakuen |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | The Challenge of "Seawater Desalination" Using Membranes: Investigation of Membrane Properties by Ion Analysis | Junior High School Attached to Chiba University, Faculty of Education |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Changes in marine species in Miura | Miura City Hatsue Junior High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Survey of Kawaguchi Lake Population | Yamanashi Prefectural Yoshida High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Fisheries Kingdom Yamanashi ~Saving Yamanashi's Economy~ (Japanese only) | Yamanashi Prefectural Kofu Daiichi High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Building a robot for underwater exploration | Waseda University Honjo Senior High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Preferences of Carnivorous Fishes as Considered by Popular Pseudo-baits | Tochigi Prefectural Matou High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | About Small ROVs | Toyama Namekawa High School |
| Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) | Water Wheel Study | Oiso Junior High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Behavior of chitin-degrading microorganisms on molting shells of aquatic insects in seawater. | Renaissance Osaka High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Research and development of efficient power generation methods for solar panels in the ocean | Aichi Institute of Technology Meiden High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Symbiosis between zooxanthellae and anemones | Senri International High School of Kwansei Gakuin |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Aquaculture in freshwater and saltwater fish | Kori Nouvelle Institute |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Differences in Harem Structure and Ecology in Two Species of Female Preemergent Fish with Harem Morphology | Takatsuki High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Survey of crab habitat in the estuary of Yokkaichi City | Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Yogo High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Can sludge really be used as fertilizer? -Trying to make MAP (magnesium ammonium phosphate) | Seifu High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Reproduction of Brynicle Phenomenon and Elucidation of its Mechanism | Osaka Municipal Higashi High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Morphological and taxonomic studies on the gill parasites of the genus Microcotyle of marine fishes from the coast of Hyogo Prefecture and an attempt to establish a phylogenetic systematics. | Hakuryo Senior High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Exploring the stimuli that trigger luminescent behavior in sea fireflies (Vargula hilgendorfii). | Hakuryo Senior High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Research on conservation activities using robots | Suzuka Junior High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Self-recognition system in starfish arm regeneration | Kobe Municipal Rokko Island High School |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Development of biosementation technology for marine environment conservation | Wakayama National College of Technology |
| Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) | Adsorption Efficiency by Plant-Based Oil Adsorbents and Development of Oil Adsorbents | Hyogo Prefectural Akashi-Kita High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | Effects of CO₂ on water jellyfish - Focusing on predatory behavior | Matsuyama Minami Senior High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | Seaweed and Fish Farms | Okayama Gakugeikan High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | The Marine Environment from the Chili Monster 2017 | Okayama Prefectural Tamano High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | Determination of solid constituents in seawater | Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | Survey research to understand the habitat of clams in the coastal area of Mukaishima, Onomichi City. | Onomichi Gakuen Onomichi High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | Assessment of the continuity between the sea and the river as an upstream migration route for the downstream migratory species, Mokusugani. | Kinko Gakuen Junior & Senior High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | Creatures and environmental conditions of the seashore in Etajima City | Etajima Municipal Okaki Junior High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | Survey of Oyster Cultivation Pipe Contamination in the Seto Inland Sea | Sanyo Jogakuen High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | Voltage Recovery of Lake Shinji Sludge Battery | Matsue Minami High School |
| Chugoku/Shikoku | "Studies of halophilic and halotolerant microorganisms that can be cultured from sun-dried salt." | Ehime Prefectural Imabari-Nishi High School |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Observational study of the Udonagakure octopus | Okinawa Prefectural Hokubu Agriculture and Forestry High School |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Development of shark age assessment method and elucidation of fish life history | Kumamoto Prefectural Uto High School |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Hydrogen generation by cattle manure and tideland soil - Research on hydrogen generation from weeds. | Kumamoto Prefectural Second High School |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Reducing Drifting Litter Using GPS | Kumamoto College of Technology Yatsushiro Campus |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Toward the Conservation of the Ariake Striped Loach | Saga Nishi Senior High School |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Energizing Agriculture with Discarded Sea Urchin and Bacteria | Kagoshima Prefectural Tsurusho High School |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Kitakyushu Hiraodai Karst Revival of Hirotani Marsh (area survey and groundwater) + Ramsar Convention | Higashi Chikushi Gakuen High School |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Development of a system to collect coral eggs | Okinawa National College of Technology, Independent Administrative Institution National Institute of Colleges of Technology |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Preference analysis of food for sea fireflies | Joto High School attached to Fukuoka Institute of Technology |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | A Close Look at Underwater Photovoltaic Power Generation | Okinawa Prefectural Yaeyama High School |
| Kyushu/Okinawa | Stresses and influences felt by fish and their escape behaviors. | Fukuoka Prefectural Shingu High School |
District Block Conventions
(1) Hokkaido and Tohoku Bloc
Date: 8/7/2017 (Monday)
Place: Sendai International Center (Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture)
(2) Kanto Block
Date: Wednesday, 8/9/2017
Place: TEPIA Advanced Technology Pavilion (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Kansai Block
Date: 8/24/2017 (Thursday)
Place: ATC Hall (Osaka, Osaka)
Chugoku/Shikoku Block
Date: Tuesday, 8/22/2017
Location: Hiroshima Aster Plaza (Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
(5) Kyushu/Okinawa block
Date: 8/27/2017 (Sun.)
Location: JR Hakata City Amu Plaza (Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
Anyone is welcome to observe and participate in the district block conventions (free of charge, advance registration required).
Applications will be available on June 1 at the following website (adopted teams do not need to apply).
https://marine.s-castle.com/2017/06/01/marinechallengetikutaikai/
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