In the 2013 academic year, our efforts to obtain external funding have continued in the same way so far. Even though the number of externally-funded research case was decreased, the amount of funding increased more than that of the previous year. Joint research cases decreased from 73 (16,128,000 yen) in the previous year to 63 (22,533,000 yen) in 2013, and funded research, etc., went from 37 cases (113,946,000 yen) to 31 cases (116,378,000 yen).

　Scientific Research funding is also proceeded by adjusting appropriate selection. 12 faculty members received the fund in 2013. Other various efforts had been made to create the local vitality by promoting the joint research between industry and academia and the education for the technicians by utilizing the national project so called "Center for the Next Generation Mobility Technology Development that is Friendly to Human and Environment" program selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (from the year of 2012 to 2016 : delivered fund is about 50 million yen).

　Furthermore, in the 2013 academic year we conducted 37 extension lectures at the Takizawa campus , Miyako campus and the Aiina campus (located at the west entrance of Morioka Station), as well as in three regions contained Ofunato, in order to share research results with the citizens of Iwate. A total of 2,567 people attended the lectures.

　i-MOS was established on April 1, 2011 with the aim of integrating the manufacturing industries’ base of software and hardware technology. We perform the joint research between the industry and academia, the nourishment of technicians with sophisticated skills and supporting the development of trial manufactures to release the equipments.

In the joint research between the industry and academia, based on [the Next-Generation Intelligent Information Technology], we collected the research topics within the campus to improve the productivity and added values of the manufacturing industry, and adopted 33 cases of researches so far. In the year of 2014, 10 cases were adopted listed below;

No.	Research Representatives	Research Topics	Faculty
1	SAI Dai	Development of the research of the wearable terminals of visitor guide with wireless charging and integrated management system	Faculty of Software and Information Science
2	KAMEDA Masashi	Development of the high-resolution and high-quality display customizable by the users	Faculty of Software and Information Science
3	SHIBATA Yoshitaka	Intelligent Information Gathering System with Road Conditions by Various Automotive Sensors	Faculty of Software and Information Science
4	FUJITA Hamido	Construction of protective system of traffic accidents in an aging society based on the risk estimation	Faculty of Software and Information Science
5	SAITO Yoshia	Development of Hiyari-Hatto map system by sharing the emotion to support of safety driving	Faculty of Software and Information Science
6	DOI Akio	Development and application to the clinical practice of Manufacturing system of Customizable fit plate for bone fracture	Faculty of Software and Information Science
7	SAWAMOTO Jun	Construction of measurement of automobile outfit coating and the inspection system	Faculty of Software and Information Science
8	ARAI Yoshikazu	An estimate of relative positional relation of the interval distance to the next vehicle for the system of Visibility support of the environment in front a vehicle	Faculty of Software and Information Science
9	BASABI Chakraborty	Analysis of an Influence of a load of recognition by the Non-invasive sensor with an aim of detection of Distracted Behavior of drivers	Faculty of Software and Information Science
10	TAKAGI Masanori	Research and Development of the Learning Supporting System from Agricultural Experience by the use of Monitoring Image of Farm	Faculty of Software and Information Science

　“Takizawa-IPU Secondary Innovation Center” was newly opened in May, 2014. This center was prepared by Takizawa-city to realize “the Concept of IPU innovation park at Takizawa-city” which was designed as a base of accumulation of IT industry in Iwate. Owing to the appropriate environment besides university, it is expected that activation of the local industry and new job creation by the joint of industry (Moved-in companies), academia (IPU) and the local government (Takizawa-city).

　Including with “Takizawa-IPU Innovation Center” established in 2009, the total number of rooms are 21, and 17 companies are moved in 15 rooms on September, 2014.

　It is advantage for our University to do the joint research with the close relationship to the companies that have various needs with supports from Takizawa-city. Moreover, it is also expected the environment near the university causes the students to improve their employability like as educating the human resource through internship.

　With the maximum scale of the Faculty of Software and Information Science in Japan, we are going to set a goal as the improvement of the quality of education and research and the ability of students with the collaboration of moved-in companies and Takizawa-city.

　At Iwate Prefectural University, where one of our fundamental aims is “practical science and practice-oriented education and research”, we have set up the Center for Regional Policy Studies in order to further reinforce think-tank functionality for citizens. Confronting the needs and challenges of the people of Iwate from regional point of view, researchers from a variety of disciplines have been conducting researches to resolve local issues in collaboration with local governments as well as NPOs and business.

●Progressive Reconstruction and Recovery Project from the Great East Japan Earthquake

No.	Research Topic Name	Research Representative	Department
1	Prevention from isolation by the use of ICT and formation of the life support community in Kamaishi – Aiming at the evolution in all areas of Iwate –	OGAWA Akiko	Faculty of Social Welfare
2	Enhancement of competitive power and enlargement of employment of Fishery Processing and distribution in the coast area of Iwate	NITTA Yoshinobu	Faculty of Policy Studies

●Local Community Proposition Type (First Term)

　Iwate Prefectural University, having researchers in a variety of disciplines, receives proposals on the challenges from local groups (public bodies such as prefectural and municipal governments, community organizations, NPOs, business and so on) regarding regional issues in the prefecture, and then carries out joint research through matching process with our researchers. Exploiting the results obtained through this research, proposers can expect programs (investigations and research) that are more directly connected to the local area by linking activities and efforts that are aimed at solving specific problems.

　In the first term of the 2014 academic year, 14 cases were selected.

No.	Field of Research	Joint Researchers (Name of Proposer's Organization)	Research Representative	Research Topic Name (Topic name after the research planning decision)	Department
1	All cities affected by the earthquake (Kuji, Miyako, Yamada, Otsuchi, Kamaishi, Ofunato, Rikuzentakata)	Iwate Prefecture Health and Welfare Section Community Welfare	KANO Toru	Research for setting up and the activity of the welfare team of a disaster.	Faculty of Social Welfare
2	All areas within the prefecture	Iwate Prefecture Policy and Community Section Policy Promotion Office	HORIGOME Yoshihiro	Research and analysis for the regional subjects based on the future population estimates by small regions and its counterplan.	Faculty of Policy Studies
3	Kitakami	Kitakami	WENJING Liu-Würz	Establishment of an agricultural intermediate supporting system at Kitakami	Center for the Advancement of Higher Education
4	Kuji etc.	Iwate Prefecture Kenpoku Area Bureau Health, Welfare and Environment	TSUJI Morio	The Project for water quality conservation by the comprehensive management of the forest, river and ocean at Kuji bay -as the main topic of clarification of the loading resource	Faculty of Policy Studies
5	Oshu, Ichinoseki	Iwate Prefecture Policy and Community Section Scientific ILC Promotion Office	ISHIBASHI Keitaro	Research for the project of the acceptance of foreign researchers accompanied by the ILC foundation	Morioka Junior College
6	Oshu	Oshu	KUDO Tomoko	Policy inquest on the joint of home medical and nursing care at Oshu	Faculty of Nursing
7	Morioka, Ninohe	Alzheimer’s Association Japan Iwate Branch	FUJINO Yoshimi	Real Opinions and needed supports for family caretakers ~For the better relationship with the service providers	Faculty of Social Welfare
8	Tono (Sarugaishi River basin)	Prospect Promotion Conference for the Water Resource area of Tase dam	SUZUKI Masaki	The activity of the river environmental conservation by residents – As an example of renewal project of Sarugaishi River	Faculty of Policy Studies
9	Hachimantai	Hachimantai	YOSHINO Hideki	Promotion of development of regions by Autonomy of citizens and the research for the designing the regional plans	Faculty of Policy Studies
10	Within the prefecture (Iwate Prefectural Library, coastal area)	Iwate Prefectural Library	ABE Akihiro	Basic research for digitalization and utilization of the documents about the earthquake owned by Iwate Prefectural Library	Faculty of Software and Information Science
11	Ofunato	Ofunato	UEBAYASHI Mihoko	Research for the health enhancement planning used the regional resources	Faculty of Nursing
12	Kitakami (Tachibana, Kuchinai, Inese region)	Dai-ichi Shoji Co., Ltd	MIYAGI Yoshiro	A practice of the community-based service considering the evacuation support of the senior citizens living at inland by disaster	Faculty of Social Welfare
13	Takizawa	Takizawa Environmental Partners' session	SHIBUYA Kotaro	Research of the distribution of exotic golden glow cutleaf coneflower with citizens	Faculty of Policy Studies
14	Wide area of Morioka	Morioka Morioka Zoological Park Incorporated Foundation	KURAHARA Munetaka	Effective usage of external resources for the business of renewal and promotion of Morioka Zoological Park	Faculty of Policy Studies

●Faculty Proposition Type (First Term)

　Targeting joint research carried out with local organizations, (public bodies such as prefectural and municipal governments, community organizations, NPOs, businesses and so on), our faculty members (researchers) carry out research they propose themselves in response to local needs. Having integrated “earthquake disaster reconstruction research” into “regional cooperative research (Faculty Proposition Type)” in the 2011 and 2012 academic years, from the 2013 academic year we will focus on recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.

　In the first term of the 2014 academic year, we selected nine research issues on earthquake disaster recovery and five general issues.

No.	Issue of Research	Field of Research	Research Representative	Research Topic Name	Department
1	Earthquake Disaster Issues	Community and Local Infrastructure Field	NAKAYA Takaharu	The Study of mental health for the regional victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake – Reality Check for the citizens’ mental health after disaster according to the analysis of health research at Kamaishi	Faculty of Social Welfare
2	Earthquake Disaster Issues	Industrial Economy Field	KONDO Shinichi	Consideration for conclusion requirement of the sustainable collaboration for reconstruction of Fishery at the damaged coast area in Iwate	Faculty of Social Studies
3	Earthquake Disaster Issues	Lifestyle Field	MATSUMOTO Hiroaki	Investigation of the damaged religious rockwork in Yamada and the basic research of its visualization and outcome usage	Morioka Junior College
4	Earthquake Disaster Issues	Community and Local Infrastructure Field	SHIMADA Naoaki	Recovery of the declined coastal forest of Okiraitomari in Ofunato	Faculty of Social Studies
5	Earthquake Disaster Issues	Community and Local Infrastructure Field	FUJIMURA Shihoko	Consideration of the way of awareness of disaster defense for incurable patients in Iwate	Faculty of Nursing
6	General Issues	Industry, Economy and Employment	ABE Akihiro	Consideration of the cultivation curriculum of tourism ICT human resource based on the regional specificity in Iwate	Faculty of Software and Information Science
7	Earthquake Disaster Issues	Community and Local Infrastructure Field	SHIBUYA Kotaro	Research for the promotion of Michinoku Shiokaze Trail	Faculty of Social Studies
8	General Issues	Medicine, Nursing and Social welfare	CHIDA Mutsumi	Clarification of needs and seeds in medical care of community based service	Faculty of Nursing
9	General Issues	Medicine, Nursing and Social welfare	INOUE Satoshi	The studies for enhancement of usage of model-patients in the education at Iwate and cultivation for model-patients	Faculty of Nursing
10	Earthquake Disaster Issues	Community and Local Infrastructure Field	SEGAWA Norihisa	Investigation and development of prototype of Needs and Seeds matching system supported by IT in the damaged area	Faculty of Software and Information Science
11	Earthquake Disaster Issues	Community and Local Infrastructure Field	ITO Hideyuki	Research for the marketing strategy of activation for the Sanriku geopark	Faculty of Social Studies
12	General Issues	Medicine, Nursing and Social welfare	Prima Oky Dicky	Research for the communication support for disabled person by using the blinking switch and iPad	Faculty of Software and Information Science
13	Earthquake Disaster Issues	Community and Local Infrastructure Field	MURAYAMA Yuko	Research of social implementation of Tsunami Museum with the adaptation of information storage and time capsule	Faculty of Software and Information Science
14	General Issues	Environment, Resource and Life Science	KANEKO Yoshio	Educational activity for specification of component factors of biological diversity and its importance in Kitakami	Faculty of Social Studies

　Right after the Great East Japan Earthquake happened, the researches based on “the study of recovery” have been performed in Center for Regional Policy Studies established in April 2011. However, it has passed for three years after disaster and there is a variety of demands and new problems appeared, so that the existing research with small scale in short period cannot resolve the problems any more. To overcome this situation, since the year of 2014, we have started “the study to contribute to recovery more directly” with larger scale in longer periods of year, which is called “Progressive Reconstruction and Recovery Project form the Great East Japan Earthquake”.

　Ogawa Project makes it possible to centralize the regional security system to contribute to prevent an unattended death and suicide. To do that, the project performs 1) Having the study session periodically to proceed the research in industryacademia basis. 2) Having the actual condition survey about the framework, human resource and system of the security in the areas. 3) Based on the survey results, establishing the comprehensive inspection system available for the security provider who takes care of elderly citizens. Nitta Project promotes to enhance the competitive strength and in order to contribute to enlarge the employment of Fishery Processing and Distribution, the following approaches are planned, 1) Seeking the way of rebuilding the inter-business relation with employers and the government. 2) Making an inter-industry table to estimate the degree of spreading effect to the regional economy. 3) Designing the strategy to promote sales with employers and the government. 4) Going through how the relation between the fishery association and the employment of Fishery Processing should be.

　We are going to focus on these two themes until March, 2016.