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Promotion of Science and Technology

Through foundation, Takeda has multiple initiatives to promote scientific technologies and the development of the community.

In Japan

In 1963, the Takeda Science Foundation was established with an endowment from Takeda. Since then, it has continued to expand with the spirit of "Intokuyouhou[*]," a Buddhist teaching. The current major operations of the foundation are as follows:

[*] Intokuyouhou: based on the concept "what is done by night appears by day."

  • 1. Providing financial incentives for research centers and researchers of scientific technology
  • 2. Providing scholarship grants to foreign students
  • 3. Providing an incentive award: the "Takeda Medicine Award," for a remarkable research achievement of scientific technology
  • 4. Publishing literature regarding the promotion of scientific technology
  • 5. Storing, maintaining and exhibiting Oriental books and other documents
  • 6. Necessary operations to accomplish promotional activities in terms of scientific technology

In the United States

Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. (TPNA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. annually awards five scholarships to students pursuing degrees in science-related fields at Chicago-area universities in collaboration with the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation. These scholarships support students who study science, engineering and medicine.

TPNA employees with ARCS scholarship recipients

TPNA employees with ARCS scholarship recipients

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