{"id":873,"date":"2026-05-01T16:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/?p=873"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:45:43","slug":"%e3%80%90%e5%85%ac%e5%8b%9f%e9%96%8b%e5%a7%8b%e3%80%91kosen-open-innovation-challenges-from-africa-koi-2026%e3%81%ae%e5%85%ac%e5%8b%9f%e3%81%8c%e9%96%8b%e5%a7%8b%e3%81%97%e3%81%be%e3%81%97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/%e9%95%b7%e5%b2%a1%e6%8a%80%e8%a1%93%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6-2\/873\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications: KOSEN Open Innovation \u2014 Challenges from Africa (KOI) 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u3000\u9577\u5ca1\u6280\u8853\u79d1\u5b66\u5927\u5b66\u306f\u3001\u72ec\u7acb\u884c\u653f\u6cd5\u4eba\u56fd\u969b\u5354\u529b\u6a5f\u69cb\uff08JICA\uff09\u306e\u5354\u529b\u306e\u4e0b\u3001\u9ad8\u5c02\u751f\u304c\u30a2\u30d5\u30ea\u30ab\u306e\u793e\u4f1a\u8ab2\u984c\u89e3\u6c7a\u306b\u6311\u3080\u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\u300cKOSEN Open Innovation &#8211; Challenges from Africa (KOI) 2026\u300d\u3092\u5b9f\u65bd\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3053\u308c\u306b\u4f34\u3044\u3001\u5168\u56fd\u306e\u9ad8\u5c02\u751f\u306b\u5411\u3051\u3066\u53c2\u52a0\u30c1\u30fc\u30e0\u306e\u516c\u52df\u3092\u958b\u59cb\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of this initiative is to provide KOSEN students with firsthand experience of global social challenges, deepening their understanding of international society. This highly ambitious project brings together the flexible ideas and advanced technical skills unique to KOSEN students to seek innovative solutions for the various issues facing Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this program, we aim to nurture the global aspirations of young engineers and promote a new model for problem-solving through international industry-academia-government collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to receiving enthusiastic applications from students who are ready to test their potential on the global stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0Application Details<br>For information regarding eligibility, schedules, and the application process, please visit the official website below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KOSEN Open Innovation - Challenges from Africa (KOI)2026: Official Website<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kosen-oi.com\/s-projects-basic\">https:\/\/www.kosen-oi.com\/s-projects-basic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Flyer]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.png 529w, https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-8x12.png 8w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026_KOI_A4.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 2026_KOI_A4.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-206e67c4-3403-446d-b362-b392774e3fdc\" href=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026_KOI_A4.pdf\">2026_KOI_A4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026_KOI_A4.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-206e67c4-3403-446d-b362-b392774e3fdc\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issued by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head Office for Research Strategy, Nagaoka University of Technology (Saito, Takei)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u3000Nagaoka University of Technology, in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is implementing a project in which technical college students are working to solve social problems in Africa. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/%e9%95%b7%e5%b2%a1%e6%8a%80%e8%a1%93%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6-2\/873\/\">Read more \u2192.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[16,17],"class_list":["post-873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-32","tag-16","tag-17"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":969,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions\/969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}