Make your research public!

Institute for the Advancement of Graduate Education encourages doctoral students take outreach activities to develop their Extension skill (skill to extend your own research to the society ). In this project, students will have opportunities of training in the "Extension" and to create connections with the real society through createing posters and videos to explain their research in an easy-to-understand manner and widely open to the general public.

Students who wish to make their research publicly available should apply according to the following procedures.

For EXEX Doctoral Fellowship students:

By submitting a poster and a video through this project, you will be awarded one point as the Co-Creation Education Program, which is one of the Compulsory Elective Programs required to take for the EXEX Doctoral Fellowship (Once you have  submitted the poster and video, please enter the point into the portfolio system by yourself and  submit an application for Recognition of Completion of the Compulsory Elective Program.).

For details about the curriculum related to the EXEX Doctoral Fellowship

1. Eligibility and application period

Application Period: Anytime *If participating in Science Festa, until October 31, 2025

2. How to make a poster

Please download the poster format template from the link below and make your own poster ( Use of Japanese language is recommended ).

*When your poster is displayed at the Science Festa, the bottom edge of your poster will be about 50 cm hight from the floor. Then, please bear in mind that your poster will be viewer-friendly in such display style.

3. How to make a video

The video should consist of the following details.

  • Self-introduction (profile photo, your title and name)
  • The theme you are currently working on (approx. 20 sec.)
  • What made you decide to work on this theme (approx. 20 sec.)
  • What you aim to achieve through this theme (approx. 20 sec.)
  • Uniqeness and attracrives of the research theme (approx. 10 sec.)

Using the following application, you can easily make a video of the above configuration.

iPhone

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6466738852

Android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ac.jp.hokudai.Rakulip

You can switch the language from the settings on the top page of the application.

*Please select "Simple mode" from the settings on the top page of the application to create the video.

4. Upload Form

*Before accessing the upload form on the ELMS Google, please log in to your ELMS Google account . By logging in to the ELMS and accessing one of the G-Suites (Mail, Calendar, Drive) displayed on the left side of the screen, you are logged into your ELMS Google account.