Diversity
and Super Global Training Program
for Female and Young Faculty

"Diversity and Super Global Training Program for Female and Young Faculty (SENTAN-Q)” funded under MEXT’s support program "Initiative for Realizing Diversity in the Research Environment" in 2019. The six year’s subsidy project has come to an end in FY 2024. From 2025, SENTAN-Q is implemented with university’s own budget. 

This training program aims to cultivate truly capable, diversity-minded super global faculty members who can compete on an equal footing with the world’s best. It targets promising female and young researchers at Kyushu University with excellent research achievements, providing them with practical opportunities to acquire world-class research and educational capabilities.

The 1st through 5th term trainees have completed the program, and a total of 15 trainees from the 6th and 7th terms are currently undergoing training. 

We are now accepting departmental nominations by heads of departments for trainee candidates for FY2026 (the 8th term). Please download the application guidelines and required forms from the links below.

 

Changes from the Previous Call for Applications

1. Eligibility
An applicant must be a female faculty or a male faculty aged 37 years old or younger at the end of the fiscal year in which the training starts, hold the position of Associate Professor, Lecturer, or Assistant Professor, and fall under one of the following:
(1) Tenured faculty; or
(2) Untenured faculty but scheduled for a tenure review
Notwithstanding the age requirement stated above, in the case of an Associate Professor who is expected to be promoted to Professor, the applicant must be aged 40 years old or younger at the end of the fiscal year in which the program starts.

2.  Number of Positions
Approximately five candidates

 

3.  Duration of Point-Based Support Following Promotion to a Higher Position
(1) Female faculty: within three years from the date of promotion
(2) Male faculty: within two years from the date of promotion
(In case of (2) above, the point support only applies to male faculty, who is under 40 years old at the end of the fiscal year in which they are promoted.)
After the end of this support, the faculty points apply.

 

Application forms : Click Here

      

Deadline: June 30 (Tue), 2026

 

Section for submitting application documents
Employee Support Section, Human Resources Division, Human Resources Department
Email: syjdanjyo(at)jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp

 

Contact Information
・Training Program Inquiries 
    Senior Vice President Kaoru Tamada (SENTAN-Q Coordinator)
    tamada(at)ms.ifoc.kyushu-u.ac.jp


・Download-Related Inquiries
   Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality
   office(at)danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp

・Personnel Affairs Inquiries 
    Human Resources Division, Human Resources Department
    syjdanjyo(at)jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Release : April 06 0:00, 2026