OKAMOTO　Kazuhisa
Date of appointment: April 1, 2024

Brief career history
November 1988, Accounting Division, Accounting Department, University of Tsukuba

May 1990, Research Cooperation Division, Research Cooperation Department, University of Tsukuba

October 1991, Survey and Statistics Planning Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
April 1994, Academic Affairs Division, Academic International Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
April 1996, Research Institutions Division, Academic International Bureau, Ministry of Education

November 1997, Chief of the Special Grants Section, Research Grants Division, Academic International Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
April 1999, Chief of Research Grants Section 1, Research Grants Division, Research Projects Department, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

April 2000, Chief of Planning Section, Research Grants Planning Office, Research Grants Division, Academic International Bureau, Ministry of Education

January 2001, Chief of Planning Section, Planning Office, Academic Research Grants Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 2001 Concurrently held the posts of Director of the Research and Dissemination Section, Planning Office, Academic Research Grant Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 2002: Director of Research Funds General Affairs Section, Academic Research Grant Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

October 2003: Specialist, Academic Research Grant Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 2004: Specialist, Academic Research Grant Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

October 2004: London Research Liaison Office, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

April 2006: Director, Research Grant Division, Research Programs Department, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

April 2007: Director, Research Grant Division 1, Research Programs Department, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

April 2010: Assistant Director, Academic Research Grant Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 2011: Assistant Director, Planning Office, Academic Research Grant Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Concurrently held the posts of Evaluation Specialist, Academic Research Grant Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 2014 Assistant Director, Academic Institutions Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 2016 Director, Research Promotion Division, Tokyo Institute of Technology

April 2018 Director, Planning Office, Academic Research Grant Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 2021 Director, Research Promotion Division, University of Tokyo

April 2022 Director, Vice President and Secretary General, Hirosaki University

April 2024 Director and Secretary General, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (to present)