Awards/Presentation Ceremony

FY2017: 29th SGH Cancer Research Grants, 15th SGH Special Awards, SGH Special Nursing Awards Ceremony

Date	Saturday, December 9, 2017
Location	Shunju Banquet Room, 2F, Rihga Royal Hotel Kyoto

The 29th SGH Cancer Research Grants Presentation Ceremony, and the 15th SGH Special Award, SGH Special Nursing Award Ceremony were held in Kyoto on Saturday, December 9, 2017.
This fiscal year, following careful screening by the judges, 15 recipients were chosen from among 195 applicants, including universities, research institutions, and medical institutions from across Japan, for SGH Cancer Research Grants (1 million yen/grant, for a total of 15 million yen) .

In addition, as SGH Special Awards 5 million yen and the Kuriwada Eiichi a prize (a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “希望” [“Kibou”]) and the SGH Special Nursing Award of 1 million yen and the Kuriwada Eiichi prize (a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “悠” [“Yuu”]) were presented to winners who have made marked contributions to the progress of cancer research and nursing and were expected to continue to contribute in the future.

we held commemorative lectures by the 14th (previous year) SGH Special Award winners and SGH Nursing Special Award winners.

Message from the Chair

Eiichi Kuriwada

Chairperson and CEO of SG Holdings Co., Ltd.
Chairperson of Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.

29th SGH Cancer Research Grants Presentation Ceremony

29th SGH Cancer Research Grant (in Japanese order)

Mr. Shigeo Ishikawa
Mr. Atsushi Otsuka
Mr. Shinya Ohata
Mr. Masahiro Onozawa
Mr. Yutaro Kumagai
Mr. Takaaki Konuma
Mr. Ryoichi Sadahiro
Ms. Akiko Takahashi
Mr. Yosuke Tanaka
Mr. Koji Taniguchi
Mr. Yosuke Togashi
Mr. Takehiro Noda
Mr. Masashi Maekawa
Mr. Tomoya Yamaguchi
Mr. Kenichi Yamada

15th SGH Special Award/SGH Special Nursing Award Ceremony

Kuriwada Eiichi prize”希望” (“Kibou”)
Bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “希望” (“Kibou”), presented to the winner of the SGH Special Award as the Kuriwada Eiichi Prize

15th SGH Special Award Winners (in Japanese order)

Mr. Tatsushi Igaki

Mr. Hiroki Shirato

Kuriwada Eiichi prize”悠” (“Yuu”)
Bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “悠” (“Yuu”), presented to the winner of the SGH Special Nursing Award as the Kuriwada Eiichi Prize.