Associate Professor Patrick Savage of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Receives the 2022 Young Scientists' Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

April 28, 2022

Associate Professor Patrick Savage of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies has received the 2022 Young Scientists' Award, as part of the Commendations for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) presents the "Commendations for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" to honor individuals who have made outstanding achievements in areas such as research and development and the promotion of understanding in science and technology. With the aim of motivating individuals engaged in science and technology and contributing to the advancement of Japan's scientific and technological standards, the MEXT Minister presents four awards.

The Young Scientists' Award, which Associate Professor Savage received, is for young researchers under the age of 40 who have produced outstanding research achievements that demonstrate advanced R&D capabilities, such as in pioneering research or studies from original perspectives. This year, there were 371 applicants, and 98 individuals, including Associate Professor Savage, were selected as awardees.

Associate Professor Savage specializes in a wide range of fields, including music, psychology, and computer science. He received this award in recognition of his achievements in "the scientific study of the diversity of world music."

I am very honoured to receive this award for my lab's research on cross-cultural musical diversity. I'm particularly pleased to be recognized as one of the few non-Japanese researchers among this year's group of awardees, and that my research has been done through multidisciplinary collaborations with a diverse group of students and colleagues. I hope this award may inspire other researchers to pursue interdisciplinary research on cross-cultural diversity and help to build a more diverse and inclusive society.

MEXT Website (Regarding the Decision on the Recipients of the FY2022 Commendations for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

Faculty Profile of Associate Professor Patrick Savage, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies

Posted by: General Affairs Section, Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Office