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Contents
Message from JSPS President, Dr. Yuichiro Anzai Organization, JSPSs Institutional Transition Budget
Support for Research Initiatives

1 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)................................................................................................................... 4 2 Leading-Edge Research Initiatives........................................................................................................................................ 12 3 Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research. ............................................ 18 4 Social Scientific Survey of Great East Japan Earthquake.................................................................................................... 21
Fostering Next Generation of Researchers

1 Research Fellowships for Young Scientists.......................................................................................................................... 22 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad.................................................................................................................... 24
International Collaborations
1 2 3 4 5 6 International Collaborations.................................................................................................................................................. 26 Advancing International Joint Research via Cooperation with Science-Promotion Organizations in Other Countries . .... 28 Supporting the Establishment of Research and Education Hubs........................................................................................ 32 Carrying Out Exchange with Asian and African Countries................................................................................................... 35 Supporting International Exchange for Training Young Researchers. .................................................................................... 38 Inviting Overseas Researchers to Japan.............................................................................................................................. 42
Support for University ReformEnhancing the Quality of University Research and Education
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . Global COE Program............................................................................................................................................................. 47 Program for Leading Graduate Schools................................................................................................................................ 48 Grants for Excellent Graduate Schools................................................................................................................................. 50 Program for Enhancing Systematic Education in Graduate Schools. ................................................................................... 51 Program for Promoting University Education Reform . ....................................................................................................... 52 Project for Establishing University Network for Internationalization (Global 30) ............................................................ 53 Project for Promotion of Global Human Resource Development . ..................................................................................... 55 Re-inventing Japan Project................................................................................................................................................... 56 World Premier International Research Center Initiative....................................................................................................... 57
Scientific Outreach
1 2 3 4 5 University-Industry Research Cooperation........................................................................................................................... 59 Information Services . .......................................................................................................................................................... 60 Donations.............................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Program for Publishing Noteworthy Contributions to Science and Technology. .................................................................. 61 Student Outreach Activities.................................................................................................................................................. 61
Awards of Recognition
1 International Prize for Biology............................................................................................................................................... 63 2 JSPS Prize............................................................................................................................................................................. 64 3 Ikushi Prize............................................................................................................................................................................ 66
Research Center for Science Systems

. Research Center for Science Systems................................................................................................................................ 68
Appendix
List of Programs. ........................................................................................................................................................................ 71 List of JSPSs Overseas Counterpart Institutions..................................................................................................................... 74 Map of JSPS Overseas Offices and Counterpart Institutions..................................................................................................76 Researchers Exchanged from 2009-2011..................................................................................................................................78
JSPS 2012-2013
Message from JSPS President Dr. Yuichiro Anzai

Scientific research may best be defined as knowledge-generating endeavor freely undertaken by curiosity-driven researchers in a bold effort to challenge dimensions and realms yet-unexplored by humankind. Carried out over the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, such research can promote wholesome development while building an infrastructure for peace within human society. In October, Dr. Shinya Yamanaka (director of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Kyoto University) received the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. This award testifies to the importance of sustained support for basic research driven by creative ideas in paving a path for human happiness and well-being. Over the near future, Japan will continue to be confronted with many serious issues, not the least of which are an aging society exasperated by a low birth rate and a prolonged period of economic stagnation. From a wider perspective, international competition is becoming increasingly more intense as Asian and other nations become newly emerging forces within the global community. Concurrently, heightened expectation is being placed on Japan to help solve, with a long-term vision, the myriad of problems that affect large swaths of the human race. Amidst this milieu, it becomes all the more important for Japan to carry out scientific research and foster the next generations of researchers who will advance it by creating new genres of knowledge that can enrich the Japanese peoples lives while laying the foundations for achieving greater global development and stability. As Japans core funding agency supporting scientific advancement, JSPS administers the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research and other funding programs to underwrite scientific research initiatives. While working to cultivate budding researchers through the Research Fellowships for Young Scientists and other fellowship programs, JSPS places a high value on both researcher autonomy and research diversity. As a key member of the globe-spanning network of science organizations, JSPS also concentrates its effort on promoting international collaboration. Over recent years, JSPS has spearheaded initiatives to advance university reform in Japan, the latest being the Project for Promotion of Global Human Resource Development launched this fiscal year, while carrying out a broad-ranging program to engage young researchers in the frontiers of scientific progress. JSPS was originally established in 1932 with an imperial endowment. This year marks our 80th anniversary. Recently, the governments Cabinet Office reviewed its framework for independent administrative agencies, of which JSPS is one, and on 20 January enacted a new policy governing them. Under it, JSPS is now classified as a university-aligned institution, in which capacity it will initiate and implement programs in support of university operations. As in the past, JSPS will continue to fund and support innovative research based on researchers own free ideas. Concurrently, it will work proactively with universities to create academic environments that yield new results in fostering young research with world-leading abilities, while advancing the reform and globalization of the universities education and research programs. In sum, under its new classification, JSPS will strengthen its linkage and collaboration with Japanese universities. We will strive to carry forward JSPSs program in an even-more efficient and effective manner so as to meet the needs of researchers and students aspiring to careers in science across the spectrum of fields and also societys multifaceted expectations for scientific advancement, while enhancing Japans contribution to global society. In these pursuits, we will employ a strength of knowledge needed to address the challenges of coming periods. As we move this agenda forward, I ask for your greatly appreciated guidance, support and cooperation.
Organization
President Advisory Council
Academic Advisory Board

Hiroyuki Yoshikawa
Yuichiro Anzai
Research Center for Science Systems Director
Chairman
Inspector Generals
Executive Directors
Academic Advisors
Motonori Hoshi Hiromitsu Ishi Makoto Nagao Tsuneo Nakahara Ryoji Noyori Kumao Toyoshima Makoto Kobayashi Katsumi Aida Michihisa Kyoto Makoto Asashima Hayashi Towatari
Deputy Director
Deputy Director
Michio Muramatsu
Motoya Katsuki
Administration Department
International Program Department
Research Program Department
Senior Adviser
Special Adviser
Director: Yoshihiko Kakuta
Director: Hisashi Kato
Director: Kenji Sakuma
Toshio Kuroki
Shiro Ishii
General Affairs Division

Head: Kenichi Uegaki
Deputy Director:
Kiyoshi Saito
Managing Director:
Masashi Kajiyama
Policy Planning, Information and Systems Division

Head: Hiroyuki Kono
Research Cooperation Division

Head: Kiyoshi Saito
University-industry Cooperation and Research Program Division

Head: Akira Yoshino
9 Program Groups Senior Program Officers Program Officers

Managing Director: Masashi Kajiyama Head: Kazunori Higuchi
Head: Toyohiko Fujinami
Budget Division

Head: Hiroko Takuma
Accounting Division
Head: Hironori Kawazu
Overseas Fellowship Division

Head: Akihiko Satomi
Research Funds Management Division

Head: Toyohiko Fujinami
Research Aid Division Asian Program Division

Head: Maki Tsuchida Head: Masami Matsumoto
Research Fellowship Division

Head: Isao Oshiro
JSPS Overseas Offices Research Aid Division

Head: Kazuhiko Nishiyama Washington, DC San Francisco Bonn London Stockholm Strasbourg Bangkok Beijing Cairo Nairobi
Yasushi Mitsukuri
Coordinator
Overseas Training Program Division

Head: Kiyoshi Saito
JSPS Fellow Plaza

Director: Hisashi Kato
Leading-edge Research Promotion Division

Head: Minoru Takahashi
As of October 2012
Yasushi Okuda
Coordinator
Osami Kurosawa
Coordinator
JSPSs Institutional Transition

December 1932: JSPS established as a foundation through an endowment of 1.5 million by the late Emperor Showa. September 1967: JSPS converted into a quasi-government organization. October 2003: JSPS converted into an independent administrative institution. 2
JSPS 2012-2013
Budget
JSPSs budget for the 2012 fiscal year totals 323.4 billion. This amount is divided into direct funding of 271.8 billion and indirect funding of 51.6 billion. The indirect funds are provided in MEXTs budget for program selection and assessment functions performed by JSPS. The chart below gives a breakdown of the main items of the budget, which is 99.8% subsidized by the Japanese government.
Budget Transition FY 2008-2012

(Unit: billion yen) 350 322.2 43.0 300 282.1 77 .1 42.9 250 240.6 90.9 45.1 200 83.5 2.5 30.1 150 1.5 1.6 40.0 1.1 17 .5 36.0 1.0 55.5 1.1 1.8 78.8 0.8 2.0
Indirect funding Researcher Overseas Visit Fund Leading-edge Research Promotion Fund
334.7 323.4 51.6 1.6
2.6
10.1
Multi-year Fund for Grants-in-Aid From Commissioned Programs, etc
100 126.7
127 .8
129.8
141.1 113.3
Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program Grants for Strategically Advancing Cutting-edge R&D Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Government subsidies for JSPS as an Independent Administrative Institution
50
28.9 0 2008
29.2 2009
28.1 2010
29.3 2011
29.3 2012 (FY)
FY 2012 Budget by Program

Direct funding Government subsidies for JSPS as an Independent Administrative Institution Research fellowships for young scientists International scientific cooperation programs Research application programs Research Center for Science Systems General administration Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grants for Strategically Advancing Cutting-edge R&D Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program From Commissioned Program, etc Multi-year Fund for Grants-in-Aid Leading-edge Research Promotion Fund Researcher Overseas Visit Fund Total 29.3 20.8 6.4 0.4 0.6 1.0 113.3 10.1 2.0 0.8 78.8 36.0 1.6 271.8 Indirect funding Program for Establishing COEs Program for Promoting University Reform WPI Program Global 30 Total 21.0 11.6 10.2 8.8 51.6
Grand Total
323.4
A "Multi-year Fund for Grants-in-Aid" was established in FY 2011. Its FY 2012 budget is 105.2 billion. "Leading-edge Research Promotion Fund" of 150 billion and "Researcher Overseas Visit Fund" of 7.6 billion were established using the Japanese government's FY 2009 supplemental budget.

1 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)
Purpose
Over 60 percent of Japans competitive funding is provided by way of this program. To contribute to scientific advancement in Japan, this program provides grants to support a high caliber of research across the entire spectrum of academic fields. These grants are awarded to researchers at Japanese universities and research institutions who are conducting basic research and have submitted highly creative, leading-edge research plans.
Features
Grants support research plans crafted upon the free ideas of the researchers. Application screening conducted through a peerreview process. As little restriction as possible is placed on the use of grant funds. KAKENHI Logo
The Position of Grants-in-Aid within the Framework of Japans S&T-research Policy

Research Components
Scientific research based on researchers creative ideas curiosity-driven research Competitive Funding (Openly recruited/ peer reviewed) R&D on policy imperatives mission-oriented research
Funding Components
Research advanced with Grants-in-Aid
Openly recruited research for purposes set by ministries
Government subsidies for independent administrative institutions
Government-led national projects Research advanced by universities and inter-university research institutes Strategically advanced R&D by research organizations
JSPS 2012-2013
Transition in Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

billion 300 250 220.4 200 150 100 50 0 191.3 193.2 197.0 200.0
FY 2011 budget: 263.3 billion (FY 2011 disbursed budget: 220.4 billion)
FY 2012 budget: 256.6 billion (FY 2012 disbursed budget: 230.7 billion)
263.3 256.6 230.7
Fostering Next Generation of Researchers International Collaborations Support for University Reform
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 (FY)
In 2011, a multi-year Fund was established within the Grants-in-Aid program. Therefore, the FY 2011 and subsequent budgets include funds that will be disbursed in out years. Looking at the program budget in terms of annual funds disbursed, the FY 2011 budget was 220.4 billion while the FY 2012 budget is 230.7 billion, for a 10.3 billion increase year on year.
Scientific Outreach
System Reformed by Creating a Multi-year Grant Fund

In FY 2011, the Grants-in-Aid system was reformed by creating a Fund for some grant categories. Established within JSPS with funding from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), the Fund allows multi-year grant usage. The program now provides two types of grants: multi-year grants via the Fund and singleyear grants issued over a series of years. From FY 2012, newly selected projects in the grant categories Scientific Research(B) and Grant-in Aid for Young Scientists(A) are given coverage of up to 5 million under the multi-year Fund. The multi-year Fund offers several advantages, including (1) ability to move grant funding forward from the next fiscal year in line with advances in the research, (2) ability to carry over funding into the next fiscal year without advanced processing, and (3) ability to order and purchase equipment and supplies across fiscal years. These advantages give researchers greater flexibility in using their grants and allow them to concentrate on their research, contributing significantly to the invigoration of research activities.
Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition Appendix
Image of Grants-in-Aid System

FY 2010
Series of singleyear grants
FY 2012
Series of singleyear grants
Multi-year Fund
Scientific Research (C) Challenging Exploratory Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Fund established in FY 2011
Newly selected projects from FY 2011
Ongoing from FY 2010 or before
Projects selected in or before FY 2010
Fund established in FY 2012 Scientific Research (B) Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) Ongoing from FY 2011 or before
Up to 5 million covered by Fund
Over 5 million covered by single-year grants
Newly selected projects in FY 2012
Projects selected in or before FY 2011
Other grant categories: Specially Promoted Research, Scientific Research (A), etc. Newly selected and continuing projects
JSPS 2012-2013
Grant Categories
Various grant categories are provided based on the objective and nature of the research. Under these categories, grant administration, including
Categories Objective
application calls, screening and grant disbursement, is currently divided between MEXT and JSPS.
Status FY2011 Applied Selected Issuer
M: MEXT J: JSPS
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Internationally appraised reseach expected to produce outstanding results Specially Promoted 3-5 years Research About 500 million is used as a yardstick for the upper grant limit of one project; however, no specific lower or upper limit is set. Highly responsive research on issues of urgent societal needs that require global Scientific Research collaboration on Priority Areas 3-6 years 20-600 million yen yearly per area (Research in a proposed research area) Joint research in new disciplines that contributes to elevating Japans scientific standard and fostering young researchers 5 years Scientific Research 10-300 million yen yearly per area on Innovative Areas (Research under a proposed research project) Innovative topical research with potential for scientific breakthroughs, without a guarantee of good results. 3 years 10 million yen yearly Leading-edge research by a researcher or a small group of researchers (S) As a rule 5 years 50-200 million yen per project Scientific Creative and pioneering research by a researcher or a group of researchers Research (A) 3-5 years (B) [A] 20-50 million yen per project (C) [B] 5-20 million yen per project [C] Up to 5 million yen per project Challenging Research at an early stage with highly challenging goals based on unique concepts Exploratory 1-3 years Research Up to 5 million yen per project Research carried out by an individual researcher of up to age 42 (S) 5 years 30-100 million yen per project Grant-in-Aid for Young Research carried out by an individual researcher of up to age 39 Scientists (A) 2-4 years (B) [A] 5-30 million yen per project [B] Up to 5 million yen per project Start-up research mainly conducted by newly tenured researchers and restart research Research Activity for researchers returning to the lab after taking maternity and/or infant-care leave Start-up Up to 2 years Up to 1.5 million yen per year Research carried out by an employee of an educational or reserch institution or a corporation Encouragement of or any other individual Scientists 1 year Up to 1 million yen Grant-in-Aid for Special Urgent and critical research subjects Purposes Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results Publication of Publishing scientific research results Research Results Scientific Periodicals Publication of international academic journals Scientific Literature Books on research results Databases Compiling and networking databases Research by JSPS pre- and postdoctoral fellows Grant-in-Aid for JSPS (Japanese and overseas researchers) Fellows Up to 3 years
106
15
177
80
5,908
1,334
Support for University Reform
44,997
12,867
Scientific Outreach
12,734
3,809
24,595
7 ,246
3,220
819
3,738
700
101 122 652 170 2,781
55 94 303 69 2,781
M J J J J
Appendix
Newly selected grants under the categories Scientific Research (C), Challenging Exploratory Research, and Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) are covered under the multi-year Fund from FY 2011 (printed in blue). New projects selected in or after FY 2012 under the grant categories Scientific Research (B) and Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) with total funding of 5 million or less are now covered under the multi-year Fund (printed in red).

Note: Research categories under which new application calls are issued in FY 2012.
Configuration of Grant Categories
Promotion of internationally appraised research
Scale of research funding / Advancement of research
Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research

3 5 years 500 million or more per project Internationally appraised research
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas

(Research in a proposed research area) 5 years 10 million to 300 million yearly per area Creating new domains by interlinking research fields Creating new domains or markedly advancing existing domains through joint research
Multi-year Fund is partly introduced in FY 2012. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
As a rule 5 years 50 million to 200 million per project Marked advancement of creative and cutting-edge research
Only newly selected projects from FY 2011 are placed under the multi-year Fund.
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists

Up to age 392 4 years (A) 5 million to 30 million per project (B) Up to 5 million per project
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), (B) or (C)

3 5 years (A) 20 million to 50 million per project (B) 5 million to 20 million per project (C) Up to 5 million per project
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

1 3 years Up to 5 million per project Research at an early stage with highly challenging goals
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Up to 2 years Up to 1.5 million per year
Creative and pioneering research by a researcher(s)
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Up to 3 years Up to 1.5 million per year
Self-reliance support for young researchers
Forming new research areas, challenging research
Securing diversity of research based on researchers free ideas

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Screening and Evaluation Process

JSPSs screening process begins with a document review of the applications, followed by a panel review based on the document review results. If requested, unsuccessful applicants are provided their approximate ranking vis--vis the screening results. Document reviews are carried out by 5,000 researchers and panel reviews by 1,000. They are chosen from a JSPS database through a process conducted fairly and impartially by the program officers of JSPSs Research Center for Science Systems. The names of the examiners are released after the screening process is completed. A list of selected projects is posted on the homepage of the National Institute of Informatics (NII). Annual research-progress reports are databased and posted on NIIs homepage for public access. Research-results reports are also posted on NIIs database, starting with projects ending in FY 2008. Increasing in number year by year, 99,000 new applications were received for FY 2011 grants. JSPS generally processes these applications under the following schedule: Call for applications: September Application deadline: mid-November Screening: December of the previous year to March Notification of selection results: April This efficient system of screening a total of about 141,000 new and ongoing applications takes only four months from the submission deadline to selection. An electronic system has been installed to streamline the process even further.
Number of Proposals
Proposals submitted Proposals selected New proposals submitted New proposals selected 150,000 138,000 138,000 141,000
Scientific Outreach
120,000 104,000 97 ,000 90,000 99,000
Budget
FY 2012: 256.6 billion
Website
72,000
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-grants/index.html
60,000
65,000 59,000
30,000
26,000
30,000 24,000
Selection Ratios of New Proposals

Appendix
2009
0 2009 2010 2011 (FY)
2010 24.7%
2011 30.4%
24.9%
Procedural Flows from Application Screening through Project Evaluation

Example of moderately funded programs Example of largely funded programs Specially Promoted Research About 500 million is the yardstick, but no upper or lower limits are set 3-5 years
Scientific Research (B) 5-20 million 3-5 years
Call for Applications
Screening (JSPSs Committee on Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
l Document review (first stage) l Panel review by organized committee
l Document review l Hearing candidates selected l Hearing l Panel review
(second stage)
Start Research
Self-evaluation (Researcher)
Carried out to assess the degree to which the project objectives have been achieved to date and issue a progress report
Evaluation of Research Progress (JSPSs Committee on Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
Carried out the year prior to project completion, with results used in the following screening processes: l Document reviews l Hearings l On-site inspections
Release of Scientific Research Results
l Summary report of achievements (annual)
Evaluation (Academic Societies)
l Post-project report of results Disseminated by National Institute of Informatics l Researcher presentations at domestic and overseas academic societies l Application for intellectual property rights
Follow-up Evaluation (JSPSs Committee on Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
Carried out 5 years after projects end to assess the outcomes and ripple effects generated by the research results l Document reviews
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System Enhancements
Purchasing Joint-use with a Mixture of Grant-inAid Funds From FY 2012, the Grants-in-Aid program has greatly relaxed its restriction on jointly purchased equipment usage so as to increase the efficiency of its research funding. By allowing researchers to pool their funds in purchasing expensive equipment that would hitherto have been difficult for one of them to afford, this system reform gives researchers a greater degree of freedom in the use of research funds by allowing them to purchase joint-use equipment, thus increasing prospects for further research advances. Expending Grant Period for Researchers on Infant-nurturing Leave Up till now, the grant period allowed to be suspended for infant nurturing (i.e., pre- and postdelivery leave) was limited to the next fiscal year. It is now possible to extend the period of grant support for the time taken in infant-nurturing leave. Measures to Prevent the Misuse of Grants-inAid Measures are taken to prevent the misuse of grant funds, including (1) obligating host institutions to administer awarded Grants-in-Aid, (2) limiting application eligibility, and (3) providing and widely circulating clearly articulated rules. In addition, institutions applying for a Grant-in-Aid are to submit a Self-Assessment Checklist on the Improvement of the System and other Matters to MEXT. Other measures are taken to preclude grantees from placing prepayment deposits with vendors. In addition to conducting thorough inspections of incoming deliveries, each research institution is instructed to circulate rules to vendors, obtain their understanding and cooperation in preventing the practice of prepayment deposits, and make them aware of the severe penalties, including the stoppage of orders, which may be levied if they accept such unauthorized deposits.
Fostering Next Generation of Researchers International Collaborations Support for University Reform Scientific Outreach
Image of Purchasing Joint-use with a Mixture of Grant-in-Aid Funds

Research institution, research department. Research institution, research department.
Lab A
Grant-in-Aid
Difficult for researchers in other labs to use
Grant-in-Aid
Lab A
Lab B
Grant-in-Aid
Joint cost sharing
R1000 Separate usage Duplicate equipment. Lab B
Lab C
Joint-use facility
Research-support personnel
R3000DX
Grant-in-Aid
Use
Anyone may use
Appendix
R1000
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2 Leading-Edge Research Initiatives
(1) Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology (FIRST Program)
Purpose
The Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology, or First Program for short, was established with funding allocated from the Japanese governments FY2009 supplemental budget. Its objective is to advance cutting-edge research that will strengthen Japans international competitiveness while feeding the fruits of the programs research activities into society for the benefit of its people. JSPS manages and operates the Fund that finances research under this program and administers the programs implementation once the projects have been selected.
Features
(1) As the source of project financing is this ongoing Fund, research funding is made continuously available for projects over several years, giving researchers a much higher degree of freedom in its utilization. (2) Researchers are themselves able to designate the institution they want to provide operational support for their projects. This system is expected to create an environment that allows researchers to concentrate on their work while making optimum use of their skills and abilities in advancing research and development. (3) Rules governing the expenditure of research funds are minimized to the lowest necessary level so as to allow projects to proceed smoothly while adjusting to various conditions.
Contents
Targeted research: Cutting-edge projects carried out in various fields at various stages across a spectrum from basic research aimed at generating new knowledge to R&D on topics of near-future application. Number of projects: 30 (recruited and selected by the Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office) Project duration: 3-5 years
Budget
Total: 100 billion (from FY2009 supplemental budget) In addition, to bolster and quicken the pace of R&D on critical issues conducted by core researchers, two auxiliary programs were launched in FY 2010. One was the FIRST Acceleration Program, which provided supplemental program funding in FY 2010, and the other is the FIRST Outreach Program, which provides supplemental funding for FIRST-related symposiums. (FY2012 budget for FIRST Outreach Program: 200 million)
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-first/index.html
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Selected Projects
Core-Researchers Name Kazuyuki AIHARA Core-Researchers Affiliation The University of Tokyo Operational support institutions Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Research Subject Mathematical Theory for Modelling Complex Systems and its Transdisciplinary Applications in Science and Technology Comprehensive Understanding of Immune Dynamism: Toward Manipulation of Immune Responses Challenges for Super Organic Electroluminescence Devices through Innovation of Organic Semiconducting Materials Technology Development for Photonic-Electronic Integration System Research and Development of Integrated Microsystems Research and Development of Ultra-low Power Spintronics-based Logic VLSIs System Integration for Industrialization of Regenerative Medicine: Creation of Organ Factory Strategic Exploitation of Neuro-Genetics for Emergence of the Mind Development of Innovative Diagnostic and Therapeutic Systems Based on Nanobiotechnology Research and Development of Innovative Nanobiodevices Based on Single-Molecule Analysis Ultra-fast Single-Molecule-DNA Sequencing, UltraLow-Concentration Virus Detection, and Ultra-Sensitive Biomolecule Monitoring Development of the Fastest Database Engine for the Era of Very Large Database and Experiment and Evaluation of Strategic Social Services Enabled by the Database Engine
Shizuo AKIRA
Osaka University
Osaka University
Chihaya ADACHI
Kyushu University
Kyushu University Photonics Electronics Technology Research AssociationPETRA Tohoku University Tohoku University Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) RIKEN Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Yasuhiko ARAKAWA
The University of Tokyo
Masayoshi ESASHI Hideo OHNO Teruo OKANO Hideyuki OKANO Kazunori KATAOKA
Tohoku University Tohoku University Tokyo Womens Medical University Keio University The University of Tokyo
Support for University Reform Scientific Outreach
Tomoji KAWAI
Osaka University
Osaka University
Masaru KITSUREGAWA The University of Tokyo
Tsunenobu KIMOTO
Kyoto University
National Institute of Advanced Innovative SiC Power Electronics Technology Toward Industrial Science and Low-Carbon Society Technology (AIST) New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Keio University Mega-ton Water System Creation of Face-to-Face Communication Industry by Ultra High-Speed Plastic Optical Fiber and Photonics Polymers for High-Resolution and Large-Size Display
Masaru KURIHARA
Toray Industries, Inc.
Yasuhiro KOIKE
Keio University
Tatsuhiko KODAMA
Molecular Dynamics for Antibody Drug Development Molecular Dynamics Initiative for Antibody Drug Alliance Cooperation Development (MDADD) (MDADD AC)
Appendix
Yoshiyuki SANKAI Hiroki SHIRATO
University of Tsukuba Hokkaido University
University of Tsukuba Hokkaido University
World Leading Human-assistive Technology Supporting a Long-lived and Healthy Society Sustainable Development of Molecular-Tracking Radiotherapy System
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Core-Researchers Name Core-Researchers Affiliation Operational support institutions New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) RIKEN Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Research Subject Development of Organic Photovoltaics toward a Low-Carbon Society: Pioneering Next Generation Solar Cell Technologies and Industries via Multimanufacturer Cooperation Contribution toward Drug Discovery and Diagnosis by Next Generation of Advanced Mass Spectrometry System Quantum Science of Strongly Correlated Systems Development and Application of Atomic-Resolution Holography Electron Microscope Development of Optimized Therapeutic Strategies against Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Using Large-scale Computing and Clinical Information Establishment of New Paradigm of Space Development and Utilization with NanoSatellites Introducing Japanese-Original Reasonably Reliable Systems Engineering
Hiroshi SEGAWA
Koichi TANAKA Yoshinori TOKURA Akira TONOMURA (An agent Nobuyuki OSAKABE) Ryozo NAGAI
Shimadzu Corporation The University of Tokyo Hitachi, Ltd.
The University of Tokyo Jichi Medical University
Shinichi NAKASUKA
Hideo HOSONO
Tokyo Institute of Technology The University of Tokyo
Exploration of New Superconductors and Tokyo Institute of Technology Related Functional Materials and Application of Superconducting Wires for Industry The University of Tokyo Innovative Basic Research Toward Creation of Highperformance Battery Uncovering the Origin and Future of the Universe Ultra-wide-field Imaging and Spectroscopy Reveal the Nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy Molecular Mechanism and Control of Complex Behaviors iPS Cell Project for Regenerative Medicine
Noritaka MIZUNO
Hitoshi MURAYAMA
The University of Tokyo University of Tsukuba The University of Texas Kyoto University
Masashi YANAGISAWA Shinya YAMANAKA
University of Tsukuba Kyoto University
Yoshihisa YAMAMOTO
National Institute of Informatics, Research Research Organization of Organization of Information and Systems Information and Systems National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Quantum Information Processing Project
Naoki YOKOYAMA
Development of Core Technologies for Green Nanoelectronics
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(2) Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading Researchers (NEXT Program)
Purpose
The Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading Researchers (NEXT Program) is implemented under the Leading-edge Research Promotion Fund established within JSPS using the Japanese governments FY2009 supplemental budget. Aimed at advancing cutting-edge R&D of high policy and societal significance, the program provides a system of research support for young researchers with expected potential to become world leaders in their respective fields of science and technology. In carrying out that mandate, this program works to spur mid- to long-term S&T advancement, while contributing to the sustained growth of Japan as a nation and to the solution of policy-relevant and societal issues. Based on an operational policy set by the Council for Science and Technology Policy and guidelines prescribed by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, JSPS has through FY2010 recruited and screened applications while continuing to disburse grants and manage the progress of R&D carried out by researchers.
Features
(1) Support for Young, Female, and Local Researchers Grants are awarded to young and female researchers (25% of all grants) who are capable of being self-responsible and independent in advancing their research, and to local researchers. (2) Advancing Green Innovation and Life Innovation To secure Japans sustained growth by optimizing her strengths and capabilities, this program supports a wide range of projects that advance green and life innovation. Grants are awarded for both basic research that creates new genres of science and technology and challenging R&D that promises near-future application, including projects with humanities and social science components. (3) Allowing Flexible Use of Grants As grants are issued from the Fund, they can be carried over into the next fiscal year, allowing flexible, multi-year use over the duration of a project.
Budget
Total: 50 billion (36.8 billion disbursed since FY 2010)
Scientific Outreach
Contents
Grants issued: 325 Project period: Within 4 years (10 February 2011 [date of preliminary grant disbursement notice] through 31 March 2014) Project funding: 50 million number of fiscal years, up to a total of 200 million (including 30% to cover indirect costs)
Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-jisedai/index.html
Number of Selections
Male Female Total Green Innovation 110 <1,893> 31 <505> 141 <2,398> Life Innovation 137 <2,167> 51 <1,053> 188 <3,220> 247 82 (25%) 329 Total <4,060> <1,558> (28%) <5,618>
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(3) Leading-edge Research Infrastructure Program

Purpose
The Leading-edge Research Infrastructure Program is implemented under the Strategic Fund for Strengthening Leading-edge Research and Development, appropriated within the Japanese governments FY2010 budget. With emphasis on green innovation and life innovation, the program supports the equipping and operation of state-of-the-art infrastructures needed to advance a wide spectrum of research from basic research to application-oriented R&D. Ultimately, the program aims to strengthen Japans capacity to conduct and advance leading-edge research and development. JSPS disburses grants to the selected projects.
Content
Toward promoting the international mobility and circulation of talented people, this program supports the building, equipping and operating of research facilities that can be expected to create leading-edge results within highly capable research hubs, which it does with an eye to strengthening and accelerating the establishment of research infrastructures capable of attracting young researchers to these hubs from both in and outside Japan. Project Selection Projects that meet the following criteria are eligible to receive grants. (1) Have an important policy orientation, such as contributing to Japans S&T diplomacy or contributing to Japans mid- to long-term growth strategy. (2) By advancing research mainly in the areas of green and/or life innovation, the funded research facilities are expected to accelerate the establishment of global-level research hubs or to build international research hubs. (3) Facilities should be able to attract young researchers from both in and outside Japan and enable them to work together in an environment of friendly rivalry. Projects should be designed in such a way as to allow facility use by outside researchers. (4) Provision is to be made within the screening protocol for research themes that amplify regional characteristics. Project Duration: 1-3 years (FY 2010 through FY 2012) Grant Expenditures Funding is provided for establishing and operating research facilities. This operational funding may also be used to support research by young and female researchers using facilities established or equipped under this program.
Budget
FY2012: 9.8 billion
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-sentankiban/index. html
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Funded Projects
Project title Promotion of the State-of-the-art Study of Life and Earth Sciences with Facilities of Subseafloor-Simulation Laboratory and Chikyu Implementing organization Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Build International Research and Development Infrastructure with Advanced Utilization of the Leading-edge Research Japan Atomic Energy Agency and Test ReactorBirth of the Nuclear Techno-park with the JMTR Foundation for Coherent Photon Science Research Development of the Highest Pulse Magnetic Field for the Next Generation The Dynamics of Living Systems Establishment of Frontline Research Environment for the Control of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases WISH: Web for the Integrated Studies of the Human Mind Development of Infrastructure for Functional Genomic Medicine The University of Tokyo, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) The University of Tokyo Osaka University, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) Hokkaido University, The University of Tokyo, Osaka University, Nagasaki University Kyoto University Kumamoto University
International Collaborations Support for University Reform Scientific Outreach
Establishing a Cutting-edge Research and Education Base for Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Kyoto University, Drug Discovery Utilizing a Chemical Compound Library Osaka University, Kyushu University, Nagasaki University Research Environment Maintenance of Neutron Science in J-PARC Japan Atomic Energy Agency Nara Institute of Science and Technology, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Tohoku University, University of Tsukuba, The University of Tokyo, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Okayama University, and National Institutes of Natural Sciences National Institute for Basic Biology University of Tsukuba, The University of Tokyo, and Kyoto University The University of Tokyo
Plant Science Infrastructure for Realizing a Low-Carbon Society
Accelerating Advanced Usage of Software for System Integration and Collaboration to Realize the E-Science Environment Construction of Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope
Formation of the most Advanced Research Facility in Particle PhysicsEstablishing International Research Center with High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Upgraded KEKB
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Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research
Purpose
While working to sustainably implement projects that set topics for research in the humanities and social sciences (HSS), this program seeks to dramatically advance the development of the HSS domain in Japan by merging MEXTs Program for Promoting Social Science Research Aimed at Solutions of Near-Future Problems and JSPSs Program for Promoting Methodological Innovation in the Humanities and Social Sciences by CrossDisciplinary Fusing.
(1) Program for Promoting Methodological Innovation in Humanities and Social Sciences by Cross-Disciplinary Fusing
Features
A report titled Promoting Humanities and Social Sciences, issued by the Council for Science and Technology in January 2009, mandates the promotion of interdisciplinary joint research of a kind that overcomes the minute sub-partitioning of research fields, a problem that impacts Japanese research in the humanities and social sciences, while exponentially advancing research in these domains. Not bound by conventional fields of the humanities and social sciences (HSS), this program seeks to contribute to the development of new HSS disciplines by advancing joint research that fuses diverse fields, synergizing their various wellsprings of knowledge and methodology. To advance HSS projects effectively, two types of research categories are established under this program. Under the first, titled topic-setting research, JSPS establishes research domains aligned with this programs purposes and objectives, which it does by taking into account the views and advice of experts and specialists. Projects under the other openly recruited research category are selected based on proposals made by the implementing researchers. Duration: FY 2009 through FY 2013 Annual amount of grants: 10 million per project for the topic-setting research and 5 million per project for the openly recruited research.
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List of Ongoing Projects (Thirteen in Total)

Topic-setting research Neurocognitive Approaches to Study Social and Political Behavior (Neuropolitics) Japanese Traditional View on Nature and Global Environmental Problem: A Proposal from Humanics for the Future Openly recruited research Behavioral and Neural Underpinnings of Justice: Collaborative Research in Decision Science, Jurisprudence and Brain Science Visualization of Public CommunicationStructure of Political and Legal Judgments in Complex Societies Reconstructing Macroeconomics Based on the Methods of Theoretical Physics Constructing System of Disaster Mitigation and Sustainable Recovery in Urban AreaA Study of Integrating Social/ Human Sciences with Natural Sciences toward New Frontier of Disaster Research Substantiating Humanities and Social Sciences by the Methodology of Digital Humanities and Technology Archaeological Proteomics Research Project on Glue A Study on the Vulnerable People Suffered from Natural Disasters and Post-disaster Crisis as Double Jeopardy for Minimizing the Disaster Victims Research on Noh Katatsuke, Rules for the Notation of Dance Movements: Utilizing Insights Provided by Engineering Technology
Empirical and Interdisciplinary Research on Social Rehabilitation Support for Persons with Depression A Research Project Proposing Some Disputes Resolving Models for the Modern Types of the Family Disputes on the Co-operative Approach of the Legal and Clinical Psychological Methods A Suggestion of Telecommunication Environment for Sign Language Communities
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(2) Program for Promoting Social Science Research Aimed at Solutions of Near-Future Problems
Purpose
This program is aimed at devising solutions to socioeconomic issues that Japan is likely to face in the near future. Practical research methods are employed to produce results that offer society a selection of options in addressing them. The research will contribute to striking a balance between socioeconomic vitalization and societal Amount of grants: 24.57 million per project Project period: 3-5 years (FY 2008 through FY 2012) well-being and security, while working to enhance peoples lives and social welfare. At the same time, this results-oriented program works to advance research in the social sciences at universities and to develop new fields of investigation within in that discipline in Japan.
(3) Japan Studies Based on International Collaboration

Purpose
Making use of various materials on Japan that exist overseas, this program seeks to advance Japan studies by unearthing and investigating sources of new information and knowledge. In so doing, it works to vitalize Japan studies while sustaining their .6 million per project Amount of grants: 7 Project period: 3 years (FY 2010 through FY 2012) development by building and utilizing international research networks. Concomitantly, the program has as its objective the further internationalization of Japanese research in the humanities and social sciences.
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4 Social Scientific Survey of Great East Japan Earthquake

Purpose
Expectation mounts for a study to be conducted on the Great East Japan Earthquake in a way that analyzes it from a wide spectrum of scientific perspectives and creates a record of the cataclysmic event, while disseminating the results both in and outside Japan and conveying lessons learned to ensuing generations. (Seven Principles for the Reconstruction Framework-Principle One) Establishing an organic linkage among the collaborating organizations, the project implements a scientific study centered on the humanities and social sciencesone designed to endure the test of time. Where appropriate, it will also incorporate viewpoints from the natural sciences. When completed, the study will be compiled into a report.
Fostering Next Generation of Researchers International Collaborations
Content
An executive committee is established within JSPS to oversee the implementation of the study. It sets the research policy and selects the items to be covered. Its members are each assigned overall responsibility for specific survey items. They assemble research teams, advance the study, and draft their respective parts of the report. The final report will be compiled and published by the executive committee. Project period: FY 2012-FY 2014
Budget
Scientific Outreach
FY 2012: 7 .3 million
List of Study Topics

Study Topics Overall Coordination Government/Policy Adminstration: National/Local S&T and Government/Administration Macro-economics Envioronmental Economics/Disasters Local Community and Bonding International Relations Media/Network Principal Investigators Michio Muramatsu (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University/Deputy Director, Reseach Center for Science Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Yutaka Tsujinaka (Vice President, University of Tsukuba) Hiroaki Inatsugu (Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)
Hideaki Shiroyama (Professor, Graduate Schools of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo) Makoto Saito (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University) Kazuhiro Ueta (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University) Eiichi Miyakoshi (Professor, Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University) Keiichi Tsunekawa (Vice President, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) Ken'ichi Ikeda (Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo)
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1 Research Fellowships for Young Scientists
Purpose Framework
(1) Screening A fair and transparent screening process is carried out by JSPSs Screening Committee for Young Researcher Fellowships, comprising frontline Japanese researchers. (2) Target fields Young researchers in all fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are eligible to apply. When recognized as necessary to advancing their research, they may spend part of their tenure at another research institution, including one overseas. (3) Fellowship categories This program offers four categories of fellowships: Doctoral Course Students (DC) Postdoctoral Fellow (PD) Restart Postdoctoral Fellow (RPD) Superlative Postdoctoral Fellow (SPD) Especially gifted researchers are selected from PD candidates to receive SPD fellowships. Outstanding young researchers may be given a Restart Postdoc (RPD) Fellowship after suspending their research activities for the purpose of childbirth and/or infant nursing.
Awarded to excellent young researchers, these fellowships offer the fellows an opportunity to focus on a freely chosen research topic based on their own innovative ideas. Ultimately, the program works to foster and secure excellent researchers.
Features
(1) Core program for fostering Japanese researchers This fellowship program is Japans core program for cultivating young Japanese researchers, with 6,108 awardees selected in FY 2012. (2) Values the independence of young researchers Excellent young researchers are allowed to focus on a freely selected research topic and at an independently chosen research institution. (3) Supplying Research-Encouragement Funding and Disbursing Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Funding is provided to encourage and support doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers under JSPSs Research Fellowships for Young Scientists. These researchers may also apply for a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows. (4) Leave for child birth and infant nursing Fellows who have to suspend their research for child birth and infant nursing are offered a path back into the laboratory. It is possible for them to work short hours while on such leave.
Mr. Yuki Kondo (DC1, Tokyo University)
Dr. Hiroyuki Kakui (PD, Nagoya University)
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Fellowship Categories
Categories Eligibility - Under age 34 - Enrolled in doctoral course - DC1: Enrolled in first year of doctoral course - DC2: Enrolled in second year or higher of doctoral course - Have completed a doctoral course - Under age 34 - Within 5 years after receiving doctoral degree - Transfer to another lab within or outside enrolled university - Hold a doctoral degree - Within the past 5 years, suspended research for a period of 3 months or longer for purpose of child birth and infant nursing - Excellent researchers chosen from PD candidates - Transfer to another university graduate school Tenure Monthly stipend Research grant (Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows)
DC
DC1: 3 years DC2: 2 years
200,000
PD
3 years
362,000
Up to 1.5 million/ year
RPD
3 years
362,000
SPD
3 years
446,000
Up to 3 million/year
Budget
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-pd/index.html
Scientific Outreach
Total Number of Fellowships

(persons) 7 ,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0
DC 4,260 DC 4,470 DC 4,606 DC 4,512 DC 4,512 SPD 5,428 36 RPD 80 PD 1,052
5,648 SPD
5,814 SPD
6,063 SPD
6,108 SPD
36 RPD 90 PD 1,052
36 RPD 120 PD 1,052
36 RPD 130 PD 1,385
36 RPD 140 PD 1,420
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2009
2010
2011
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Selection Ratios (%)

FY2008 DC1 DC2 PDSPD RPD 28.7 28.0 8.8 18.9 FY2009 29.3 29.0 9.6 24.6 FY2010 30.1 30.1 12.8 19.9 FY2011 22.9 22.9 18.6 20.2 FY2012 25.6 24.9 17.2 19.5
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Restart Postdoc (RPD) Fellowship To support the raising of children and create an environment of equal gender participation within Japans research community, the Restart Postdoc (RPD) Fellowship was established. It provides an avenue, including financial support, for excellent young researchers to transition smoothly back into the laboratory after suspending their research for childbearing and/or infant nursing. Target fields: All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences Number of new awardees per year: About 50 Eligibility -Postdoctoral researchers who have within the past 5 years suspended their research for a period of 3 months or longer for the purpose of child birth and infant nursing - No restriction on age or gender. Tenure: 3 years Monthly stipend: 362,000
Dr. Mayumi Nakagawa (RPD, International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
2 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad

Purpose
To foster highly capable researchers with wide international perspectives, this fellowship gives excellent young Japanese researchers an opportunity to carry out long-term research at an overseas university or research institution.
Features
(1) Long-term overseas research by young researchers Opportunities are provided for excellent young Japanese researchers to collaborate with colleagues at top level overseas research institutions. (2) Leave for child birth and infant nursing Fellows are allowed to take leave for child birth and infant nursing and then return to their fellowships.
Dr. Kotaro Maeno (The Mauritanian Desert Locust Centre)
Dr. Yoko Mochizuki (Carnegie Institution of Washington)
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Framework
(1) Stipend/research grant and airfare Fellows are provided roundtrip international airfare to their country of destination, a stipend/ research grant. (Yearly amount of stipend/ research grant is about 3.8~5.2 million, but varies by country of destination.) (2) Tenure: 2 years (3) Screening A fair and transparent screening process is carried out by JSPSs Screening Committee for Young Researcher Fellowships, comprising frontline Japanese researchers. (4) Target fields All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences (5) Eligibility 1) Postdoctoral researchers employed as fulltime researchers in Japanese universities, research institutions or national laboratories 2) Postdoctoral researchers who aspire to the above full-time research positions.
Budget
FY2012: 2.2 billion
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/e-ab/index.html
International Collaborations Support for University Reform Scientific Outreach
Selection Ratios (%)

FY2008 17 .6 FY2009 17 .1 FY2010 18.7 FY2011 21.4 FY2012 20.7
Transition in Number of Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad

(persons) 600
Including selections scheduled for FY 2012.

500
Destinations (FY 2011)

Asia 1.1% Oceania 2.7% Russia & NIS 0.3% Africa 0.3%
400
300
486
Europe 32.7%
200
501
378
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North America 62.9%
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1 International Collaborations
Purpose
Through its international programs with 83 sciencepromotion agencies in 45 countries and two international organizations, JSPS works to maintain and strengthen its partnerships in countries around the world while carrying out frequent exchanges of views and information with people on both the executive and operational levels of these counterpart institutions. It is upon this vibrant matrix of inter-institutional relationships that JSPS carries out a wide-ranging international program across the spectrum of scientific fields from the humanities
Main components of JSPSs international program:
Advancing international joint research via cooperation with
and social sciences to the natural sciences. The program includes several fellowships for inviting overseas researchers to Japan and manifold biand multilateral activities.
* Regarding each programs details, please see the website http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/index.html.
science-promotion organizations in other countries

Supporting the establishment of research and education hubs Carrying out exchange with Asian and African countries Supporting international exchange for training young
researchers
Inviting overseas researchers to Japan
JSPS president Dr. Yuichiro Anzai and Dr. Dorothea Rueland, German Academic Exchange Service (Tokyo, February 2012)
Exchanges with Overseas Science Promotion Agencies

Heads of Research Councils of the G8 Countries (G8-HORCs) Meetings of the G8-HORCs are held once a year to bring together top leaders of principal science-promotion agencies in the G8-member countries (i.e., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, and the US) for the purpose of holding free discussions on topics of common interest. Based on views exchanged in these discussions, JSPS launched its joint research program called G8 Research Councils Initiative (page 30), and other cooperative initiatives.
The 31st meeting of G8-HORCs (Germany, July 2012)
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Global Research Council The Global Research Council is organized as a research forum mandated to pave mutually acceptable paths toward greater international research collaboration. It brings the heads of research funding agencies together from around the world, including those from emerging nations. The Council was launched in May 2012 at the Global Summit on Merit Review hosted by the National Science Foundation in the US. It was attended by the heads of 46 organizations from 44 countries. Heads of Research Councils in Asia (A-HORCs) To promote high-level research activities in Asia with Japan, China and Korea at their core, the heads of leading science-promotion agencies in the three countries meet annually to discuss face-to-face S&T policy trends and the state of international collaboration in their respective countries. Initially proposed by JSPS, these meetings have been held each year from 2003. Discussions in them have yielded various tangible outcomes including the establishment of the A3 Foresight Program and Northeastern Asian Symposiums, jointly implemented by JSPS and its partner agencies in China and Korea. Asian Heads of Research Councils (ASIAHORCs) To advance science aimed at solving problems shared commonly among Asian countries while fostering the regions young researchers, this annual meeting is held by the heads of sciencepromotion agencies from ten Asian countries: Japan, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. They engage in a broad exchange of views and information including science policy, research funding and international collaboration in their respective countries. Since 2009, the members have been implementing annual symposiums as a joint ASIAHORCs initiative.
The 1st meeting of Global Research Council (the US, May 2012)
The 10th meeting of A-HORCs (Sendai, September 2012) Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition
The 6th meeting of ASIAHORCs (China, October 2012) Appendix
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Advancing International Joint Research via Cooperation with Science-Promotion Organizations in Other Countries
Purpose
By jointly supporting, together with overseas science-promotion organizations, research projects, seminars and other activities between Japanese researchers and their overseas colleagues, JSPS works to develop and strengthen research collaboration based on equal partnerships with other countries. As a rule, these collaborative programs are carried out based on agreements between JSPS and its overseas counterpart organizations, which provide matching funds in supporting the participating researchers from their respective countries. Through these programs, diverse demands, from both in and outside Japan, for international research are accommodated, including bilateral exchanges between research teams that accrue to creating long-standing networks, consortiums of researchers from three or more countries that carry out multilateral research aimed at solving global issues, and worldleading joint research through collaboration among researchers in Japan, China and Korea. Advancing such international joint research, pursued through cooperation with JSPSs overseas counterpart organizations, is indispensable to internationalizing the research environment of Japanese universities. Another important component of JSPSs effort in this direction is providing support for holding international scientific meetings in Japan.
Features
(1) Implementing strategic and responsive programs Taking into consideration both the needs of Japan and its counterpart countries, programs of various scales and configurations are carried out. (2) Establishing equal partnerships An equivalent amount of support is provided for projects by JSPS and its counterpart organizations based on agreements or memorandums between them, allowing research collaborations in which researchers from each country participate on an equal footing. (3) Securing and fostering young researchers Opportunities are provided for talented young researchers to build working networks, while encouragement is given them to participate actively in research collaborations.
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Programs
(1) Bilateral Collaborations
JSPS supports international scientific exchanges between Japan and counterpart countries in accordance with agreements or memoranda of understanding concluded with academies, research councils and other science-promotion organizations in those countries. Programs with such partner agencies mainly take the form of small-group joint research projects and seminars and individual researcher exchanges. Joint Research Projects and Seminars Support is provided for forming sustainable networks by bilateral research teams created through exchange among individual researchers. In the past, this support was only extended for joint research projects and seminars between countries that have counterpart institution agreements with JSPS. From FY2013, support under this program will be expanded to all countries that have diplomatic relations with Japan, plus Taiwan and Palestine. Funding amount and period: Joint research projects: 1-5 million per year for 1-3 years Joint seminars: 1-2.5 million per seminar of up to one week in duration Researcher Exchanges (Sending and Receiving) Support is given for visits by researchers to each others countries and attendant activities/exchanges with an eye to building an infrastructure for the sustainable development of networking and joint research among researchers from Japan and other countries. Visit funding and period: International airfare and maintenance allowance from 14 days to 2 years * Support may differ by country and counterpart agency. * Japanese researchers wishing to go abroad apply to JSPS, while overseas researchers wishing to come to Japan apply to JSPS counterpart agencies in their countries. Asian Science Seminars This program works to raise the education/research level of young researchers in Asian countries and to build networks among them. Through cooperation between JSPS and the National Research Foundation of Korea, and Department of Science and Technology (India) and with universities and other scientific research institutions in these countries, seminars are implemented that lodge young researchers together in a school-like forum that engages them in lessons and discussions on leading-edge trends in academic research.
Fostering Next Generation of Researchers International Collaborations Support for University Reform Scientific Outreach Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition
Bilateral Cooperation Based on MoUs/Agreements

MoUs/Agreements
JSPS
Proposal Support
Joint Staff Meetings and/or routine communications Joint Research Projects Joint Seminars
Counterpart Agency
Proposal Support
Japanese Researchers
Researcher Exchanges
Overseas Researchers
Signing ceremony for JSPS-Inserm MoU (Kyoto, October 2012) Appendix
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G8 Research Councils Initiative This program is implemented through cooperation among science-promotion agencies in seven of G8member countries; namely, JSPS in Japan, NSERC in Canada, ANR in France, DFG in Germany, RFBR in Russia, RCUK in the UK, and NSF in the US. This initiative aims to support excellent research on topics of global relevance which can best be tackled by a multinational approach. Over the 5-year duration of the program, proposals are openly solicited and projects implemented under what will be three selected themes. The program funds consortiums of researchers from at least three of the participating countries, who carry out cross-disciplinary research on prevailing global issues. Project funding is aimed at four main objectives: (1)advancing knowledge and creating innovation, (2)supporting top-class research, (3)opening up the research experience for young researchers, and (4)increasing multilateral collaborations.
1st Call (FY 2011): Interdisciplinary Program on Application Software towards Exascale Computing for Global Scale Issues 2nd Call (FY 2012): Interdisciplinary Program on Material Efficiency A First Step toward Sustainable Manufacturing 3rd Call (FY 2013): Coastal Vulnerability Up to 15 million/year Research grant, international travel, maintenance allowance, etc. 2-3 years
(2) International Joint Research Program

JSPS-NSF International Collaborations in Chemistry (ICC Program) This is an international joint research program carried out in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF). It seeks to break new ground in yet-uncultivated domains of chemistry by achieving new levels and dimensions of research synergy.
Project funding Support Project period Up to 15 million/year Research grant, international travel, maintenance allowance, etc. 3 years
Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE Program) This is an international joint research program carried out in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to implement joint research projects on issues difficult to solve by one country alone related to sustainability in all fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. In carrying out the joint projects, a synergistic effect is sought by such means as sharing resources and research facilities.
Project funding Support Project period Up to 5 million/year Research grant, international travel, maintenance allowance, etc. 5 years
Theme
Project funding Support Project period
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(3) A3 Foresight Program

JSPS, the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) work as a consortium in supporting trilateral research projects that advance research on both a global level and on common regional issues while working to foster talented young researchers. Ultimately, the program aims to build worldstandard research and education hubs with Japan, China and Korea at their core in the Asian region. The research theme for each fiscal year is decided via consultation among the three agencies in the previous years A-HORCs meeting. (See page 19) In the following year, a Northeastern Asian Symposium is held on the same theme. Assembling researchers from the three countries, it provides a platform for them to share information on the latest advances in the subject field, while building networks over which to carry out new international research initiatives.
FY2012: Plasma Physics FY2011: ICT: Next-generation Network and Network Security FY2010: Renewable Energy FY2009: Cancer Epigenetics FY2008: Advanced Materials FY2007: Climate Change FY2006: Biotechnology FY2005: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 50 million/5 years Up to 5 years
(4) International Scientific Meetings in Japan

To defray the cost of holding international scientific meetings in Japan, JSPS makes grants to cover the meeting overhead and the travel expenses of invited overseas researchers in an amount of up to 2.0 million per meeting. Approximately 20 meetings are supported per year. These meetings not only need to have scientific value and be contributive to scientific advancement, but to receive JSPS funding they must also satisfy the following requirements: (1) At least 25% of the participants must be overseas researchers, (2) sufficient provision must be made for the participation of young researchers, and (3) an administrative system must be in place for convening the meeting.
Themes
Project funding Project period
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3 Supporting the Establishment of Research and Education Hubs
Purpose
With an aim of making Japanese universities and research institutes into world-leading research and education hubs in cutting-edge fields, these programs work to build and strengthen multilateral
networks for exchange with top-level scientific research institutions in other countries, while serving as incubators for cultivating talented young researchers.
Features
(1) Conducting top world-level scientific collaboration Support is provided to Japanese universities and research institutes for creating world-standard research-collaboration hubs, through which they engage in large-scale research collaborations with core research and education institutions in other countries. (2) Securing and fostering young researchers While providing talented young researchers opportunities to build international networks with peers, they are encouraged to participate substantively in research projects.
Content
(1) Core-to-Core Program
Aimed at issues considered in Japan to be cuttingedge and internationally important and at regional issues to whose solution Japan can contribute, this program supports collaborative research between core research and education institutes in Japan and other countries around the world, carried out in such formats as joint research projects, seminars, and researcher exchanges. The program merges the former Core-to-Core Program, Asian CORE Program, and Asia-Africa Science Platform Program into a newly formatted initiative. The newly revised Core-to-Core Program is implemented in two components: A. Advanced Research Networks and B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms.
Japan
Other Countries
Core Institution Partner Agency
JSPS
Core Institution Support
Cooperating Institution Cooperating Institution
Cooperating Institution
Cooperating Institution
-Carry out joint research -Build research collaboration hubs -Foster young researchers
Core Institution
Cooperating Institution Cooperating Institution
Partner Agency
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A. Advanced Research Networks Collaborative ties are established between top world-class research centers in Japan that partner over the long term with core research institutions around the world in advancing research that is considered leading-edge in Japan, while fostering the next generations of trailblazing young researchers. Projects under this program must be carried out with at least two other countries and require counterpart research organizations to secure matching funds equivalent to JSPSs grant.
Research topics considered to be cutting-edge and internationally important in Japan Two or more countries having diplomatic relations with Japan 20 million/year Up to 5 years
Target research
Target countries Project funding Project period
B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms With an aim of contributing to the solution of problems prevailing in the Asia and African regions, Japanese universities and research institutes take the lead in carrying out research collaborations with research and education institutions in counterpart countries. By establishing sustainable collaborative relationships with the counterpart institutions, medium-scale research-collaboration hubs are created in various targeted fields within Asia and Africa, which also foster the young researchers who will mainstay future S&T advances in their regions. In building scientific infrastructures in Asia and Africa, counterpart institutions in the regions are not necessarily required to secure matching funds when carrying out collaborative research with Japanese universities.
Target research Target countries Project funding Project period Research topics of special importance or significance to Asia and/or Africa and considered to be of high priority within Japan Asian and/or African countries having diplomatic relations with Japan 8 million/year Up to 3 years
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Fostering Next Generation of Researchers International Collaborations Support for University Reform Scientific Outreach Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition Appendix
(4) Asia-Africa Science Platform Program
With an eye to solving regionally specific issues in Asia and Africa, support is provided for joint research, seminars and other activities carried out on a sustainable basis between Japanese research institutions and counterpart institutions in those regions. Compared to the Asian CORE Program, this program supports the building of smaller scale, startup research hubs.
(2) JSPS Core-to-Core Program (old scheme)

Support is provided for building multinational networks in leading-edge fields that will become research hubs between core research institutions in Japan and those in the worlds scientifically advanced nations. Of particular emphasis is making Japanese research institution into world-leading research hubs in cutting-edge research fieldsones that proactively advance large-scale research projects in collaboration with top-level research organizations in the US, Europe, and other Western countries.
Excavation work in Gao, Mali (Photo by Prof. Shoichiro Takezawa, National Museum of Ethnology)
International Summer School held under JSPS Core-to-Core Program (Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
* In FY 2012, the JSPS Core-to-Core Program (old scheme), Asian CORE Program and Asia-Africa Science Platform Program have been merged into the newly established Core-to-Core Program, which takes a fresh look at the counterpart countries.
(3) Asian CORE Program

Based on a principle of equal partnership among the participating countries, this program works to build Asian research hubs that conduct world-class research while fostering upcoming generations of talented young scientists. Projects are supported with matching funds from science-promotion agencies in the counterpart countries.
(5) Japanese-German Graduate Externship

Based on an agreement between JSPS and the German Research Foundation (DFG), support is given for implementing reciprocal programs established between Japanese and German universities for the purpose of exchanging and cross-mentoring doctoral students and young researchers, including postdocs and junior faculty members, providing them guidance in their research and dissertation writing.
Meeting for joint study with Universiti Putra Malaysia on ecosystems of seagrass beds (Photo by Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo)
Japanese-German Graduate Externship at Nagoya University (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)
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4 Carrying Out Exchange with Asian and African Countries

Purpose
Japan is working to take the lead in building an Asian science and technology community of equal standing with those of North America and Europe. To this end, JSPS carries out a range of programs tailored to the differing economic conditions, S&T levels and other country-specific factors in the Asian region. Programs are also implemented to contribute to socioeconomic autonomy and development in African nations by supporting their efforts to build research hubs and advance scientific research of vital importance to the region.
Features
(1) Carrying out a diversified program menu To promote scientific collaboration in Asia and Africa, JSPS is carrying out a wide range of programs that include implementing large-scale collaborations aimed at making top world-level research advances, supporting joint research projects between small groups of researchers based on agreements with counterpart agencies, developing research hubs in countries of Asia and Africa, and fostering young researchers who will shoulder the future of S&T advancement in the two regions. The scale, configuration and other components of these programs are carefully designed to optimize the effectiveness of their respective implementations. (2) Implementing programs in the African region In the past, Japan has had relatively few scientific exchanges with Africa. JSPSs initiatives give the lead to universities and other Japanese research institutions in implementing programs that advance scientific research in such a way as to solve prevailing issues in African countries while fostering young researchers on the continent. JSPSs programs also serve to build working networks between Japan and the African region.
* Regarding bilateral collaborations and support for establishing research and education hubs in Asian and African countries, please see pages 29 and 32.
Programs
(1) RONPAKU (Dissertation PhD) Program
This program supports excellent researchers from Asian and African countries who wish to receive a PhD from a Japanese university by submitting a dissertation without matriculating a doctoral course. The program is appraised for allowing the fellows to earn a doctoral degree without having to be absent for long periods of time from their home research institutions. When this program started, its support was limited to researchers in countries of the Asian region that had JSPS-counterpart institutions. Subsequently, it was expanded to include Asian countries without such institutions and is now also open to researchers in African countries as well. Since the program launched in 1978, 639 RONPAKU fellows have obtained their PhDs under the program.
Support for University Reform Scientific Outreach Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition Appendix
Receiving a RONPAKU graduation certificate, Dr.Thein Zaw Linn with his advisor Prof. Shigetoshi Kadota at Toyama University
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(2) HOPE Meetings with Nobel Laureates

HOPE Meetings are held to foster the next generation of researchers upon whose shoulders the future of S&T advances in Asia-Pacific will rest, while working to build collegial networks among them. These periodically held meetings provide an opportunity for excellent graduate students and young researchers chosen from within the region to interact closely with Nobel laureates and other of the worlds most leading scientists throughout a 5-day program that includes lectures, group discussions, poster sessions, and research facility visits. The fifth HOPE Meeting, chaired by Dr. Makoto Kobayashi (2008 Nobel laureate in physics) will be convened on theme of Life Sciences. It is scheduled to be held in Tokyo in February 2013, with an anticipated attendance of over 110 doctoral students and young researchers from 18 countries/ areas of the Asia-Pacific region. In conjunction with HOPE Meetings, two side events are held: a HOPE Meeting Jr. is held to kindle the interest of elementary and secondary school students in science through an opportunity to meet and interact with Nobel laureates, and a similar HOPE Dialogue held specifically for high school students.
The 4th HOPE Meeting (Tsukuba, March 2012)
HOPE Meeting Jr.
HOPE Dialogue
Date Fourth (Tsukuba, March 2012) Fifth (Tokyo, February 2013)
Field Chemistry Life Sciences
Nobel laureates (*Chairperson)
Participants
*Prof. Makoto Kobayashi, Prof. Leo Esaki, Prof. Ryoji Noyori, 100 students Prof. Akira Suzuki, Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi, Prof. Sir John E Walker, (17 countries and regions) Prof. Roderick MacKinnon, Prof. Dan Shechtman *Prof. Makoto Kobayashi, Prof. Leo Esaki, Prof. Ryoji Noyori, Prof. Susumu Tonegawa, Prof. Mario Capecchi, Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, others to be determined. More than 110 students (18 countries and regions)
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(3) System for Supporting JICA Dispatch of S&T Researchers

To solve through the application of S&T research problems prevailing in developing countries while strengthening their research capacities, JSPS works to smoothly implement a JICA S&T researcher dispatch program under the Special Coordination Fund for Promoting Science and Technology, through which Japanese researchers are sent abroad upon requests from developing countries within an official development aid (ODA) framework. JSPS surveys and analyzes the joint research capabilities and needs of both Japan and the developing countries and matches to them researchers to be dispatched. To select candidates for these researcher dispatches, JSPS convenes a committee of experts.
Note: This program is implemented by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Researchers are dispatched as JICA experts. The program is not applied to China as it collaborates with Japan in equal partnership initiatives.
Fields Target countries/ regions
All fields of science and technology ODA-recipient countries/regions As a rule, up to 2 years Projects based on requests by developing countries for dispatch of JICA experts.
Project period
International Collaborations Support for University Reform
Workshop on Establishment of network in Malawi against arbovirus diseases (Dr.Yoshihide Maekawa, Malawi, June 2012)
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Implementation System
Japanese researchers
Japanese Government: MoFA, MEXT

-Review and select applications for S&T joint research
Cooperation
Apply for ODA (S&T joint research)
Developing countries
Responsible ministry for ODA Request for S&T joint research Researchers and institutions in developing countries
JSPS Call for applications - Call for applications and select

Apply
JICA
- Dispatch researchers as JICA experts
candidates - Hold working group comprising external authorities - Maintain database of S&T researchers in Japan and developing countries (Founded by Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology )
Arrange dispatches (with researchers and their institutions) Dispatch researchers as JICA experts
Start S&T joint research
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5 Supporting International Exchange for Training Young Researchers
Purpose
JSPS carries out a variety of programs to foster young researchers who will go on to play leading roles in the international scientific and academic communities. They provide opportunities for young Japanese researchers to meet with overseas
peers and engage in intensive discussions, to build networks through participation in joint research projects, and to study and gain research experience in overseas institutions.
Features
(1) Diversified System of Support Via support for individual young researchers by way of short-term, intensive seminars and for systematic education/research programs implemented by university or research institute, a variety of objective-focused training opportunities are provided for young researchers. (2) Wide, Multilevel Support In line with the programs policy, support is given to a wide spectrum of young researchers including graduate students, postdocs and assistant professors.
Programs
(1) Supporting Activities Carried out by University or Research Institute
Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation This program works to foster excellent young Japanese researchers who will become the nucleus of scientific networks that transcend conventional brain gain and drain in circulating talent internationally.
All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences (1) Researchers and (2) doctoral students affiliated with an eligible Japanese university or research institute (up to 45 years of age in principle)
It does this by supporting activities carried out by Japanese universities to dispatched, as part of a strategy to internationalize their research organizations, young researchers engaged in world-level international joint research, expanding their opportunities to challenge diverse issues. Selected universities cover the young researchers travel expenses over their long-term dispatches and provide them with funding needed to carry out their research while abroad.
Destination Asia Oceania Africa Europe Russia & NIS North America Central/SouthAmerica Total 2010 24 4 6 88 0 54 9 185 2011 63 9 6 193 2 123 18 414 Total 87 13 12 281 2 177 27 599
Fields
Eligibility
Duration of Projects 1-3 years Financial Supports Up to 30 million/year/project
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International Research Experience for Students and Young Researchers Using an allocation from the Japanese governments FY2009 supplement budget, a Researcher Overseas Visit Fund has been established in the amount of 7 .56 billion to implement this program,
2009 Institutional Excellent Programfor Young Young Researcher Researcher OverseasVisit Overseas Visits Program Asia 47 36 Oceania 5 15 Africa 1 6 Europe 69 216 Russia & 1 2 Destination NIS North 76 239 America Central/ South 5 2 America Total 204 516
which works to intensively send abroad young researchers who promise to become the trailblazers for advancing Japans socioeconomic development in future years. The program now sends young researchers abroad on an institutional basis, whereas it had had previously done so on an individual basis.
2010 Institutional Excellent Programfor Young Young Researcher Researcher OverseasVisit Overseas Visits Program 651 14 72 3 27 1 1,071 50 14 906 61 2,802 2 50 0 120 2011 Institutional Programfor Young Researcher Overseas Visits 803 105 48 1,320 20 978 48 3,322
Total
1,551 200 83 2,726 39 2,249 116 6,964
* Application recruitment has ended under the International Research Experience for Students and Young Researchers.
International Training Program (ITP) for Young Researchers Launched in 2007 , the International Training Program is provided for young scientists at the first step of their research careers. Aimed at masters and doctoral students, postdocs and research associates, it provides opportunities for them to gain work experience in overseas research institutions. Ultimately, the program seeks to
Destination Asia Oceania Africa Europe Russia & NIS North America Central/South America Total 2007 18 0 5 16 0 11 0 50 2008 43 1 15 70 0 39 0 168
foster talented researchers with keen international perspectives who will go on to play active roles in advancing science in Japan. To this end, the program supports initiatives taken by Japanese universities to create linkages with overseas universities, research institutes, corporations and other organizations to partner with in sending young researchers abroad for fixed-period internships.
2009 68 3 14 111 0 64 0 260 2010 66 2 14 131 0 73 0 286 2011 53 5 16 135 2 73 1 285 Total 248 11 64 463 2 260 1 1,049
* Application recruitment has ended under the ITP Program.
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(2) Holding and Supporting Symposiums

Frontiers of Science (FoS) Symposiums In these symposia, young researchers from Japan and the counterpart country lodge together so as to concentrate their time and effort on advancing cross-disciplinary discussions on leading-edge
Symposium Japanese-American Frontiers of Science (JAFoS) Symposium Partner Agency National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Japanese-German Frontiers Alexander von Humboldt of Science (JGFoS) Foundation (AvH) Symposium Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MAEE) Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Japanese-French Frontiers of Science (JFFoS) Symposium
scientific topics across a spectrum of research domains. Cosponsored by partner agencies, these symposia are carried out via collaborative frameworks with the US, Germany and France. While working to broaden the scientific perspectives of the participating young researchers, FoS symposia also attempt to spur free thinking and new ideas unencumbered by precepts of existing academic disciplines, thus contributing to the pioneering of new interdisciplinary domains.
The 8th Japanese-German Frontiers of Science (JGFoS) Symposium (Tokyo, October 2011)
The 6th Japanese-French Frontiers of Science (JFFoS) Symposium (France, January 2012)
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ESF-JSPS Frontier Science Conference Series for Young Researchers While imbuing the young Japanese and European researchers with future vista and horizons in their subject research fields, this program also functions to build enduring networks among the participants. Cosponsored by JSPS and the European Science Foundation (ESF), these seminar-style conferences bring together about 50 young researchers from Japan and Europe and give them the opportunity to receive lectures from and hold discussions with leading international experts. The participants lodge together for a period of about one week. The conference venue alternates between Japan and European countries.
Travel Grant for Attending Lindau Meetings Every year, the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings invites about 20 Nobel laureates to Lindau in the south of Germany to give lectures to and hold discussions with young researchers assembled from countries around the world. JSPS nominates candidates from Japan to the Council and pays their travel-related expenses to participate in these Lindau Meetings.
ESF-JSPS Frontier Science Conference for Young Researchers Mathematics for Innovation: Large and Complex Systems (Tokyo, March 2012)
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6 Inviting Overseas Researchers to Japan
Purpose
Under these programs, excellent researchers are invited from around the world to conduct joint research with Japanese colleagues, give lectures, and engage in exchanges of views and information. While offering the overseas fellows opportunities to advance their research, these fellowship programs also put
Japanese researchers in touch with novel concepts and methodologies that can aid in accelerating their work as well. In this light, the fellowship programs provide impetus for advancing scientific research and internationalization throughout Japan.
Features
- Fellows are selected based on the scientific value of their research plans, irrespective of their fields or nationalities. - Invitational programs are designed to coincide with researchers various career stages and
Career Stages of Researchers
(Enrollment in doctoral course) Acquisition of doctoral degree 6 years after obtaining doctoral degree Mid-career Professor Nobel laureate
purposes for coming to Japan. - Multiple application opportunities are provided over the course of each year. - Support for living in Japan is provided to longterm fellows.
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers Postdocs 1-2 years JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship JSPS Summer Program (Short-term) for North American Pre/Postdocs and European Researchers Pre/Postdocs 2 months 1-12 months
JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan (Long-term) Mid-career to professor level 2-10 months
JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan (Short-term) Professor, associate professor 14-60 days
JSPS Award for Eminent Scientists Nobel Prize level
Programs
(1) JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers This program allows researchers affiliated with Japanese universities or research institutes to invite promising young researchers from overseas to Japan to participate in collaborative research activities at their institutions for 1-2 years. In FY 2011, 985 researchers from 78 countries came to Japan under this program.
Dr. Daoai Wang, postdoc fellow at School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
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JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Short-term) for North American and European Researchers Young pre- and postdoctoral researchers come to Japan for relatively short tenures (for 1-12 months) to conduct joint research at a Japanese institution. Researchers from the following countries are eligible: the US, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, the UK, Italy, Finland, the other European Union countries, Switzerland, Norway and Russia. In FY 2011, a total of 149 researchers participated in this program (22 from the US, 23 from France, 30 from Germany, 22 from the UK, and 52 from other countries). JSPS Summer Program Young pre- and postdoctoral researchers from the US, the UK, France, Germany and Canada are invited to Japan for two months during the summer to participate in joint research at Japanese host institutions. The program begins with a oneweek orientation conducted by the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), in
which the participants study practical Japanese and experience Japanese culture before moving on to their respective host institutions. Prior to returning home, they reassemble to report on the results of their summer research activities. In FY 2011, 99 young researchers participated in this program (64 from the US, 9 from the UK, 11 from France, 9 from Germany, and 6 from Canada).
Japanese cultural experience in Summer Program
Scientific Outreach
Distribution by Region of FY2011 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers

North America 145 fellows 11% Russia & NIS 20 fellows 1% Central/South America 14 fellows 1% Asia 574 fellows 45%
Distribution by Research Field of FY2011 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers

Medical, dental and pharmaceutical sciences 132 fellows 10% Agricultural sciences 148 fellows 12% Humanities 87 fellows 7% Social sciences 112 fellows 9%
Europe 431 fellows 34%
Biological sciences 111 fellows 9% Oceania 46 fellows 4% Engineering sciences 338 fellows 26%
Mathematical, physical sciences 183 fellows 14% Chemistry 167 fellows 13%
Appendix
Africa 48 fellows 4%
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(3) JSPS Fellows Plaza
A variety of services are provided to support the stays of JSPS fellows during their research tenures in Japan. These include the following: - Holding an orientation for newly arriving fellows - Publication and free-distribution of the book Life in Japan for Foreign Researchers and the JSPS newsletter JSPS Quarterly - Providing fellows with an allowance to study and learn basic Japanese needed for everyday life in Japan - Dissemination of information over the portal site JSPS Fellows Plaza.
(2) JSPS Invitation Fellowships for Research in Japan

Long-term fellowships Overseas researchers of a mid-career to professor level are invited to Japan for relatively longer periods of time to conduct joint research with Japanese colleagues on specific research themes. In FY 2011, 100 researchers from 29 countries were invited to Japan under this program. Short-term fellowships Overseas researchers of a mid-career or higher level (professor level) are invited to Japan for relatively short periods of time to hold discussions and engage in opinion exchanges with Japanese researchers and to deliver lectures. In FY 2011, 264 researchers from 53 countries were invited to Japan under this program. JSPS Award for Eminent Scientists Researchers with highly distinguished records of pioneering achievement are invited to make multiple trips to Japan during a given period of tenure. They use these visits to offer guidance and advice on a full spectrum of research activities at Japanese institutions. To date, 51 eminent researchers, including 30 Nobel laureates, have been invited to Japan under this program.
Japanese language training at orientation for nearly arriving fellows in Japan
Dr. Linda Brown Buck of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center delivering a lecture (Photo from International Institute of Advanced Studies)
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(4) Building Networks

Forming a Researcher Community To form and maintain a network between itself and former JSPS fellows and among the fellows themselves, JSPS supports the creation of an alumni community through such means as issuing a newsletter and conducting follow-up activities. At present, alumni associations of former JSPS fellows have been established in thirteen countries and regions. These associations hold seminars, symposiums and other events to promote exchange between their members and Japanese colleagues and to stimulate interest in young researchers for doing research in Japan under JSPSs fellowship and other programs. BRIDGE Fellowship Program Directed to the members of JSPSs alumni community, this program provides opportunities for former JSPS fellows to revisit Japan for the purpose of creating, sustaining or strengthening collaborative relations with Japanese colleagues. While in Japan, the BRIDGE fellows conduct joint research or seminars, carry out training activities for young researchers, give lectures, or build networks with Japanese and overseas researchers by participating in conferences and other meetings held in Japan.
Alumni Associations by Country and Year of Establishment

Germany (1995) France (2003) UK (2004) USA (2004) Sweden (2005) India (2006) Egypt (2008) East Africa (Kenya) (2008) Korea, Rep (2008) Bangladesh (2009) Finland (2009) Thailand (2010) China (2010)
Japan-Affiliated Research Community Network (JARC-Net) JSPS has created and placed into operation a database that compiles and provides access to information on researchers and specialists who have come from overseas and experienced study or research in Japan and on Japanese researchers who are interested in conducting collaborations with foreign colleagues. This Japan-Affiliated Research Community Network (JARC-Net) strengthens and expands the interpersonal networks already cultivated over long years of research exchange between Japan and other countries/areas. Registered JARC-Net members may freely use in their research activities information given open access within the systems database.
Scientific Outreach Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition Appendix
3rd annual symposium of Indian JSPS Alumni Association, held to commemorate the 60th year of diplomatize relations between India and Japan (India, August 2012)
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Support for University Internationalization by JSPS Overseas Offices
JSPS operates ten liaison offices in nine countries, whose functions include proactive implementation of the following: (1) Liaising with overseas counterpart research-promotion organizations; (2) holding symposiums; (3) supporting the overseas outreach activities of Japanese universities; (4) coordinating with alumni networks formed among former JSPS program participants; (5) disseminating information on scientific trends in Japan and gathering similar information from host countries; and (6) supporting researchers doing fieldwork. Joint Use of JSPS Overseas Offices The offices provide an overseas foothold in support of efforts by Japanese universities to expand their international bases and activities by allowing their researchers and staffs to use the office facilities during their stays in the host countries. Providing these services are JSPSs offices in Washington DC, San Francisco, Bonn, London, Stockholm, Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo and Nairobi. Support offered to universities by them include the following activities: (1) Holding symposiums in the host country, (2) conducting international collaborations, such as joint research or researcher
exchanges, with local universities, (3) doing follow-up activities to maintain or further develop relationships with local universities, and (4) carrying out PR or information-gathering activities. Overseas Internships for University Administrative Staffs Yet another function of JSPSs overseas offices is to train international exchange specialists among the staffs of Japanese universities by providing them with internships for acquiring experience in carrying out international programs. During their internships, they are required to make a study and compile a report on a selected theme regarding international academic exchange.
JSPS-INSA Lyon Water and Urban Environment (France, June 2012 Franco-Japan Workshop held jointly by the JSPS Strasbourg Office and INSA de Lyon on the theme Water and Urban Environment
Directors of Overseas Offices
Osamu Shimomura
Washington Office
Seishi Takeda
San Francisco Office
Keiichi Kodaira
Bonn Office
Kozo Hiramatsu
London Office
Yoshiaki Fujii
Stockholm Office
Yoichi Nakatani
Strasbourg Office
Kuniaki Yamashita
Bangkok Office
Mamoru Sasaki
Beijing Office
So Hasegawa
Cairo Research Station
Soichiro Shiraishi
Nairobi Research Station
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Enhancing the Quality of University Research and Education
1 Global COE Program

Purpose
The Global COE Program was established to improve upon and succeed the 21st Century COE Program, initiated by MEXT in FY 2002. While maintaining the basic concept of the former program, the Global COE Program works to further enhance and strengthen the education and research functions of graduate schools in Japan. Priority support is given to universities that are endeavoring to establish internationally excellent education/ research centers that provide a world-class research infrastructure upon which to foster creative young people who can go on to become world leaders in their fields. Ultimately, the program works to strengthen the international competitiveness of Japanese universities. A Global COE Program Committee is established within JSPS, which screens grant applications and evaluates projects implemented under this program. JSPS carries out the selection of grantees and the evaluation of projects.
Features
As part of an effort to advance structural reform in Japanese universities, the 21st Century COE Program was launched in FY 2002 to give priority support for establishing global-standard research and education centers. While maintaining that earlier programs basic concept, the Global COE Program takes a step forward in enhancing and strengthening its operation as it seeks to build internationally excellent research and education centers. It does this in the followings ways: (1) By prioritizing and increasing funding for COEs (2) By augmenting funding for doctoral students and other young researchers (3) By strengthening the programs screening and evaluation systems so as to appraise and improve of the international competitiveness of COEs (4) By adding a systematic effort to liaise COEs with other universities and research institutes in and outside Japan.
Framework
Number of Selections A total of 140 projects have been selected, 9-14 in each of the below listed fields.
Fields Life sciences Chemistry, material sciences Information sciences, electrical FY 2007 and electronic sciences Humanities Interdisciplinary, combined fields, new disciplines Medical sciences Mathematics, physics, earth sciences Mechanical, civil engineering, FY 2008 architectural, and other fields of engineering Social sciences Interdisciplinary, combined fields, new disciplines FY 2009 Interdisciplinary, combined fields, new disciplines Selections 13 13 13
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12 12 14 14
14 14 12
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Post-project Evaluation After funded projects are completed, a post-project evaluation is carried out by way of a document and panel review, and when deemed necessary a site inspection and/or hearing is held.
Project period: As a rule, 5 years Interim Evaluation An interim evaluation is carried out via a process of document and panel reviews at the 2-year point of projects to ascertain the degree of their progress toward achieving goals of international excellence and to give them advice on improving their operational effectiveness. The evaluation results are used to determine subsequent project funding.
Budget
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-globalcoe/
2 Program for Leading Graduate Schools

Purpose
Program for Leading Graduate Schools works to advance the establishment of university graduate schools of the highest caliber by supporting the dramatic reform of their education programs in such a way that they will institute degree programs recognized as top quality around the world. To foster excellent students who are both highly creative and internationally attuned and who will play leading roles in the academic, industrial and governmental sectors across the globe, the program brings topranking faculty and students together from both in and outside Japan and enlists participation from other sectors in its planning and execution, while creating continuity between masters and doctoral programs and implementing curricula that overarches fields of specialization. Within JSPS, a program steering committee is established which carries out grant application screening and project evaluation.
Features
The program works to foster leaders who can play active roles in the academia, industry and government and become a driving force for progress within the world. Support is provided to develop degree programs that integrate masters and doctoral programs and assure of level of quality that is recognized worldwideprograms underpinned by internationally excellent education and research resources and designed with participation of experts from not only academia but also the industrial and governmental sectors. In line with the programs purpose, grant-based funding is provided to excellent doctoral students selected to participate in the new degree programs.
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Framework
Recruitment framework Open recruitment is carried out in three categories defined by types of researcher to be fostered and issues to be addressed. The following are the number of proposals to be selected and the upper limit of grants to be awarded in FY 2012 under the three categories. (1) All around category Aimed at fostering top leaders who can play active roles in the governmental, nonprofit, industrial and academic sectors and can be a driving force within global society, degree programs are developed that integrate such fields as the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences and engineering. (About 1-3 projects with funding of up to 300 million yen in the first fiscal year) (2) Composite category Aimed at fostering leaders who can synthesize industrial, academic and governmental projects and drive innovation in addressing issues facing society, degree programs are developed that crosscut composite research domains. (About 1-3 projects in each category or a small number of projects with funding of up to 250 million yen in the first fiscal year) (3) Only-one category Aimed at fostering leaders who can pioneer a new field of research, degree programs are developed that are singularly unique worldwide and that raise the universitys international excellence to the highest global standard. (About 3-5 projects with funding of up to 150 million yen in the first fiscal year) Project period: As a rule, 7 years
Budget
FY2012: 11.6 billion
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3 Grants for Excellent Graduate Schools
Purpose
Financial support is supplied to university graduate programs that fuse, upon a solid research infrastructure, high-quality education and research into excellent hubsones that provide an environment conducive for doctoral students to concentrate on their studies and research, while attracting the
enrollment of superb students who will go on to play dynamic roles in the global community. An executive committee for this program is established within JSPS. It screens MEXT-selected education/research hubs to determine their degree of excellence.
Features
(1) MEXT surveys universities with doctoral programs and, from them, selects graduate departments as hub candidates. (2) JSPS screens the candidates based on an objective policy and criteria set by MEXT. (3) Taking into account the results of the screening conducted by JSPS, MEXT provides funds to selected hubs for hiring doctoral students as research assistants and for securing the education/research guidance required in their doctoral programs. It also provides funds for creating an environment in which doctoral students can concentrate on their studies and research.
Content
Eligible institutions National, public and private universities desiring to receive support under this program and which have doctoral programs or departments that meet the terms of excellence set by MEXT. Period of support: One year
Budget
FY2012: 8 billion
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4 Program for Enhancing Systematic Education in Graduate Schools

Purpose
Under this program, human resources are not limited to researchers but include talented young people who will go on to play active roles as leaders in the industrial and other sectors of society. Priority support is given to highly effective, systematic initiatives directed at improving education in masters and doctoral programs at Japanese university graduate schools. Such initiatives are expected to dramatically enhance course curriculum development while promoting internationalization, hence, improving graduate education quality. Program funding is carried by MEXT, with JSPS conducting application screening and grantee selection. JSPS carries out the selection of grantees and the evaluation of projects.
Features
Strengthening the function of graduate education This is accomplished by clearly defining the objectives of each graduate course, and organizing and implementing a systematic educational program that leads along the path of those objectives to acquiring a postgraduate degree. Concurrently, the program promotes university internationalization. Education programs are institutionally strengthened in such a way as to make the management of their operations more effective and transparent. Fostering talented people who will go on to play active roles in a wide cross-section of societal sectors Initiatives are taken to strengthen the graduate schools capacity to cultivate talented people who can understand, advance and widely apply highly specialized new fields of science and technological innovation. Disseminating information to society Lessons learned from the projects adopted are widely disseminated to society so that other universities may use them in enhancing their graduate programs.
Framework
Other Medical, Natural Humanities Dental and Sciences and Social Pharmaceutand Sciences ical Sciences Engineering FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 Total 53(124) 25(89) 11(55) 89(268) 20(62) 15(65) 7(40) 42(167) 53(169) 26(119) 11(68) 90(356)
Total
Scientific Outreach
126(355) 66(273) 29(163) 221(791)
*( ) Number of applications
Project period: 3 years Post-project Evaluation These post-evaluations access the implementation of projects toward improving graduate education in line with the programs objectives. Evaluation-driven advice is provided to grantees on ways to develop their graduate education and research activities and sustain their implementation after program funding ends.
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5 Program for Promoting University Education Reform
Purpose
Under this program, universities, junior colleges and national colleges of technology are eligible to apply for grants to sustain their educational capacity and improve their education quality. Priority financial support is given to adopted applications judged most effective for achieving these goals.
Through this targeted support and the widespread dissemination of emulative results, the program aims to contribute to strengthening the guarantee for quality higher education in Japan. JSPS carries out the selection of grantees and the evaluation of projects.
Features
Strengthened effort for ensuring educational quality A recommendation by the Central Council for Education, titled Toward the Formulation of Baccalaureate Degree Program, defines scholastic success for undergraduate studentsi.e., what skills and abilities they should acquire and to what extentand articulates three attendant policies: One for degree acquisition, another for creating and implementing educational curricula, and the other for enrolling new students. Interlinked with these policies, this program works to ensure a high quality of education by restructuring undergraduate programs, improving educational contents and methods, developing a comprehensive educational management system, and providing credit support for a diverse range of students. Setting clearly defined achievement goals Support is provided for initiatives that, drawing upon actions taken by universities and colleges to sustain their educational capacity and improve their educational quality, promise to be effective in meeting clearly established goals. Disseminating information to society Information on details of each adopted application is widely disseminated to society and applied to improve education in other universities and colleges.
Framework
Universities FY2009 FY2010 75 23 Junior colleges 11 4 Colleges of technology 10 3 Total 96 30
Project period: 2-3 years Status survey A survey is taken on the state of the results achieved by projects upon their completion, including demonstrating potential to make continued advancement, improving the standard of education, and contributing to a guarantee for higher educational quality in the future. In FY 2012, this survey was conducted on the 96 projects selected in the previous fiscal year. In addition to document and panel reviews, the survey included site visits to universities judged to have generated practices that can be emulated by other institutions.
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Project for Establishing University Network for Internationalization (Global 30)
Purpose
This program upgrades the former Project for Establishing Core Universities for Internationalization (Global 30) launched in FY 2009. Global 30 provided comprehensive support to national, public and private universities for establishing English education programs, creating environments conducive to overseas students, and carrying out strategic international exchange collaborations. With this support, selected universities were expected to develop themselves into Japans leading internationalization hubs by providing a high quality of tertiary education and an environment that makes it easy for students from other countries to study in Japan. In FY 2011, this program was converted into the Project for Establishing University Network for Internationalization for the purpose of creating networking among universities engaged in internationalization and strengthening linkage between them and industry while carrying forward the objectives of the prior Global 30 program. JSPS carries out the selection of grantees and the evaluation of projects.
Features
Establish courses that allow degrees to be earned in English Provide English instruction in internationally competitive education and research departments along with a system that allows degrees to be earned in only English. Provide a receptive environment for overseas students Employ specialized staffs (including tutors and counselors) to assist overseas students in their studies and daily living. Offer also Japanese language instruction, supplementary education, and job placement assistance. Arrange to enroll overseas students in each semester. Carry out strategic international exchange collaborations Establish overseas offices to provide exchange student support and enable local recruitment including entrance examinations. Expand educational exchanges with overseas universities and increase the number of Japanese students studying abroad. Establishing networks among core universities By establishing networks among the core universities, their resources and achievements can be shared and their effects spread to both students and other universities working proactively to internationalize their campuses. Linking universities and industry Linkage and cooperation is strengthened with the industrial sector by holding university-industry forums and various other means.
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Universities Tohoku University University of Tsukuba The University of Tokyo Nagoya University Kyoto University Osaka University Kyushu University Keio University Sophia University Meiji University Waseda University Doshisha University Ritsumeikan University Overseas offices Russia (Moscow) Tunisia (Tunis) India (Bangalore) Uzbekistan (Tashkent) Vietnam (Hanoi) Egypt (Cairo) Germany (Bonn) India (New Delhi)
Interim evaluation: This evaluation was carried out to promote effective implementation of the core universities internationalization programs. Advice is given to assist the universities in fully meeting the program objectives based on an assessment of the state of their efforts to (1) build internationalizationoriented networks with an aim to fostering students and researchers who will play substantial roles in global society and (2) enhance their operations as Japans leading centers for internationalizing higher education. Follow-up In FY 2012, hearings are held to verify the state of projects progress and of their response to mid-term evaluation results, and to request improvements when deemed required. Post-project evaluation: Another evaluation is carried out of the results achieved after each project ends. Project duration: 5 years Selection results: The following 13 universities were selected as global centers in FY2009.
Budget
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7 Project for Promotion of Global Human Resource Development

Purpose
This program works to provide an infrastructure for university students to overcome their inwardlooking inhibitions, while boosting the international competitiveness of industry and strengthening cooperative bonds among countries. Its financial support is focused on programs that advance the globalization of university education in an effort to foster people capable of assertively challenging global issues and playing an active role on the international stage. JSPS carries out application screening and project evaluation under this program.
Program content
Eligible institutions: National, public and private universities as stipulated under Japans School Education Act Application categories Type A: Advancing nation-wide globalization Goals for campus-wide globalization are set in such areas as improving students foreign language proficiency, reforming faculty systems, and enhancing programs for sending students abroad. Concomitant activities are implemented to achieve these goals. Universities selected under this category are expected to take the lead in advancing university globalization within Japan by taking initiatives and carrying out activities that can contribute to progress toward globalization in other universities. Type B: Advancing campus-wide globalization Goals are set and initiatives taken to globalize university education and research departments, which include improving students foreign language proficiency, reforming faculty systems, and enhancing programs for sending students abroad. Universities selected under this category are expected to take initiatives and carrying out activities that contribute to campus-wide globalization, including faculties and departments not selected under this program. Number of awards Type A: about 10; Type B: about 30 Selection: The programs executive committee conducts document reviews and hearings, and selects the universities to act as globalization hubs. Evaluation: Follow-up reviews of projects are carried out every fiscal year, except for the year in which a mid-term evaluation is conducted. The mid-term evaluation, carried out three years after funding began, assesses the performance of the project through FY 2013. Then, a postproject evaluation is carried out after funding ends (in FY 2017 , six years after it began). It assesses the overall performance and achievements of the project across its entire funding period. The results of the follow-up reviews and mid-term evaluation are taken into account when allocating subsequent funding and may be applied to revising or even terminating a project. Funding period: Up to 5 years Funding scale: Type A: Up to 140-260 million yen a year per project Type B: Up to 120 million yen a year per project
Support for University Reform Scientific Outreach Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition
Budget
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8 Re-inventing Japan Project
Purpose
This program provides financial support for reciprocal programs carried between Japanese universities and universities in other countries. By building networks with institutions of high education in countries of Asia and the US and other western countries, the supported Japanese universities extend their international reach; and by assuring a high quality of education provided within an international framework, they foster students and
researchers who will go on to play active roles within global society. Implementing strategic schemes for attracting and receiving overseas students, these universities carry out interactive educational programs with overseas counterparts that place Japanese students in educational matrices with students from Asian and western nations. JSPS carries out the selection of grantees and the evaluation of projects.
Features of FY2011 Program

The program is divided into two categories: Type A and Type B, each of which have two components. Type A: CAMPUS Asia Support for Forming a Core Center (1) Projects that form a consortium of universities among the three countries of Japan, China and Korea, which functions to carry out unified exchange programs for credit transfers, transcript administration, and degree conferrals. (Triangular exchange projects among Japan, China and Korea) (2) Projects carried out with universities in China, Korea and ASEANs not covered under the above trilateral framework, which also implement unified exchange programs for credit transfers, transcript administration, and degree conferrals. Type B: Support for Collaborative Education with Universities in the US and Other Western Nations (1) Projects that implement programs of collaborative education with universities in the US. (2) Projects that implement programs of collaborative education with universities in Europe, Austria and other countries.
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Content of FY2011 Program

Number of selection in FY 2012, with number of applications in parentheses.
Type A 10 (51) 3 (52) Total 13 (103) 7 (49) Type B 5 (31) Total 12 (80)
Total 25 (183)
Evaluation: An interim evaluation is conducted on the state of project implementation by FY 2012, in the projects third year. A post-project evaluation is conducted on the overall achievement of projects after program funding ends. It will be conducted in FY 2016, six years after the project grant was awarded. Based on the results of the interim evaluation, project plans may be modified or the disposition, including termination, of projects reconsidered. Project Duration: Five years in principle
JSPS 2012-2013
Features of FY2012 Program

This program works to establish Japanese university exchanges with and among universities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Category I Projects that establish a consortium among Japanese and ASEAN universities via which to carry out exchange programs that include the mutual recognition of earned credits and measures to ensure the quality of scholastic achievement. Category II (SEND (Student ExchangeNippon Discovery) Program Among projects that implement high-quality exchange programs between Japanese and ASEAN universities, this category is aimed at those which include training for Japanese students in the language and culture of their destination countries coupled with Japanese language instruction and introductory Japanese culture classes at schools in the counterpart countries. In so doing, the projects are to have as one of their overseas-study objectives the imbuing of students with interculture understandingdeveloping them as experts who will forge bridges between Japan and ASEAN countries in the future.
Content of FY2012 Program

Institutions Eligible for Grants: Japanese national, public and private universities Number of Grantees: Ten from each (I) and (II) Selection Process: In selecting the hub universities, the Program Committee carries out document reviews and hearing panels. Evaluation: Follow-up reviews of projects are carried out every fiscal year, except for the year in which a mid-term evaluation is conducted. The mid-term evaluation, carried out three years after funding began, assesses the performance of the project through FY 2013. Then, a postproject evaluation is carried out after funding ends (in FY 2017 , six years after it began). It assesses the overall performance and achievements of the project across its entire funding period. The results of the follow-up reviews and mid-term evaluation are taken into account when allocating subsequent funding and may be applied to revising or even terminating a project. Project Duration: Five years in principle Project Funding: Up to 60 million/year per project
Budget
FY2012: 2.7 billion
9 World Premier International Research Center Initiative

Purpose
Based on provisions in the governments third S&T Basic Plan, issued in March 2006, and the Comprehensive Strategy for Fostering Innovation issued by the Council for Science and Technology Policy in June of that year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) inaugurated this program in the 2007 fiscal year. MEXT has commissioned JSPS to carry out grant selection, using a procedure prescribed by the ministry, along with performing project evaluations and program administration.
The program provides both supplementary and concentrated support for research in scientific fields in which Japan has already reached a high global level. By introducing system reforms and measures to promote the taking of autonomous initiatives by universities, the program seeks to elevate even higher the level of research in these fields. At the same time, it supports the creation of globally visible centers of excellence that boast an excellent research environment, one of a high enough standard to readily attract frontline researchers from around the world.
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Features

Framework
Eligible institutions: Universities, inter-university research institutes, independent administrative institutions, and public interest corporations Selection results Five institutions were selected as WPI Centers in FY 2007 , and one more was selected in FY 2010. Project duration: Ten years, with a possible 5-year extension for projects producing outstanding results. (Interim evaluation performed every five years.) Amount of grants: From 500 million to 2 billion annually per project
Foster internationally conversant researchers by globalizing the research institutes of Japanese universities and Japans overall research environment The worlds top-level researchers are invited from both Japan and abroad to work in the centers. A robust management system, including a meritbased pay scheme, is introduced. A research environment in tune with international standards is created through such means as making English the working language at the centers and introducing flexible support systems. Cultivate novel seeds of innovation by forging scientific advances
Budget
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-toplevel/index.html
Outline of the centers

Tohoku University
Advanced Institute for Materials Research ( AIMR )
As of October 1, 2012 Director: Motoko Kotani
Establish a World-Leading Research Organization in Materials Science AIMR aims to establish a Premier Research Center for materials science, to reform the conventional Japanese system and to construct a visible center. To this end, the institute is assembling excellent researchers in the fields of physics, chemistry, materials science, bioengineering and electronic/mechanical engineering.
Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe ( Kavli IPMU )
Director: Hitoshi Murayama
Cross-Disciplinary Research Center for Addressing the Origin and Evolution of the Universe Establishing a top-level research center visible worldwide for the most urgent issues of basic science such as dark energy, dark matter, and unified theories with a close collaboration of mathematics, physics and astronomy.
Kyoto University
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences ( iCeMS )
Director: Norio Nakatsuji
Integrating the cell and material sciences to create a new cross-disciplinary field Investigating the control mechanisms of soft functional architectures (multimolecular structures within cells and artificial materials), the iCeMS contributes to the application of stem cells (ES/iPS cells) in medicine and drug discovery, and also to next-generation innovations in environmental technology and industry.
Osaka University
Immunology Frontier Research Center ( IFReC )
Director: Shizuo Akira
Observation of immune reaction - Unveiling dynamic networks of immunity IFReC presents innovative accomplishments in immunology through the interdisciplinary collaboration and participation of world-top immunology and imaging researchers.
National Institute for Materials Science
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics ( MANA )
Director: Masakazu Aono
Materials Nanoarchitectonics - New paradigm of materials development MANA aims to create a new paradigm for materials development called Materials Nanoarchitectonics and in the field of the managing system focuses on Melting pot environment, Fostering young scientists and Global Network.
Kyushu University
International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research ( I2CNER )
Director: Petros Sofronis
The Grand Highway for a Carbon-Neutral Energy Fueled World The mission of the Institute is to contribute to the creation of a sustainable and environmentally friendly society by advancing fundamental science to reduce CO2 emissions and establish a non-fossil based energy carrier system.
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Scientific Outreach
1 University-Industry Research Cooperation

Purpose
This program works to provide a platform between the academic and industrial sectors for collaboration in both basic and applied research. Established in 1933, the program is operated by an advisory committee of members from both sectors. It seeks to promote cooperation and linkage in areas of science that will exert a positive impact on society.
Projects under Special Committees

Committees for Research Promotion in Specialized Areas Design and Demonstration of New Materials with New Functions for Industrial Applications (Oct. 2011-Sep. 2014) Advancing Innovative Research on Chemical Biology in Japan (Apr. 2012-Mar. 2015) Security Initiative for Open Global Information Systems (Apr. 2012-Mar. 2015) Frontier Research and Development Committees Physicochemistry for Nonequilibrium Reaction Fields Induced with Electromagnetic Waves (Apr. 2010-Mar. 2013) Advancing Robotic Intelligence toward a Human-Robot Symbiotic Society (Apr. 2010-Mar. 2013) Highly Coalesced Beam Science and Technology (Apr. 2010-Mar. 2013) Flexible ICT Platform for Various Services for 10 Years Ahead and IndustryGovernment-University Collaboration Scheme (Oct. 2012-Sep. 2015) Construction of Resilient Social and Life Space (Oct. 2012-Sep. 2015)
Projects under University-Industry Cooperative Research Committees

19th Committee on Steelmaking 24th Committee on Foundry Technology 36th Committee on Industrial Instrumentation 54th Committee on Ironmaking 69th Committee on Materials Processing and Applications 76th Committee on Construction Materials 108th Committee on Business Administration 111th Committee on Development on the Utilization of Minerals 116th Committee on Chemistry Creating Organic Compounds with Novel Functions 117th Committee on Carbon Materials 118th Committee on Industrial Structure: Small and Medium Business 120th Committee on Functionalization of Textiles and Polymers 122nd Committee on Nuclear Metallurgy 123rd Committee on Heat Resisting Metals and Alloys 124th Committee on Advanced Ceramics 125th Committee on Conversion between Light and Electricity 129th Committee on Strength and Fracture of Advanced Materials 130th Committee on Optoelectronics 131st Committee on Thin Films 132nd Committee on Electron and Ion Beam Science and Technology 133rd Committee on Microstructures and Functions of Materials 134th Committee on Colour Fastness Tests 136th Committee on Future-Oriented Machining 139th Committee on Properties of Steam 141st Committee on Microbeam Analysis 142nd Committee on Organic Materials Used in Information Science and Industry 143rd Committee on Process Systems Engineering 145th Committee on Processing and Characterization of Crystals 146th Committee on Superconductive Electronics 147th Committee on Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline Materials 148th Committee on Coal and Carbonaceous Resources Utilization Technology 150th Committee on Acoustic Wave Device Technology 151st Committee on Advanced Nanodevice and Nanomaterial Technology 153rd Committee on Plasma Materials Science 154th Committee on Semiconductor Interfaces and Their Applications 155th Committee on Fluorine Chemistry 157th Committee on Structural Response Control 158th Committee on Vacuum Nanoelectronics 160th Committee on Plant Biotechnology for the Environment, Food and Resources 161st Committee on Science and Technology of Crystal Growth 162nd Committee on Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Photonic and Electronic Devices 163rd Committee on Internet Technology 164th Committee on Genome Technology 165th Committee on Ultra Integrated Silicon Systems 166th Committee on Photonic and Electronic Oxide Materials 167th Committee on Nano-Probe Technology 169th Committee on Structural Biology using Diffraction Techniques 170th Committee on Redox Life Innovation 171st Committee on Optical Network System Technology 172nd Committee on Alloy Phase Diagrams 173rd Committee on Switching Power Supply Systems for Coming Era 174th Committee on Molecular Nanotechnology 175th Committee on Innovative Photovoltaic Power Generating Systems 176th Committee on Process Created Materials Function 177th Committee on System Design and lntegration 178th Committee on Plant Molecular Design 179th Committee on Photonics Information Systems 180th Committee on Risk-Based Plant Management 181st Committee on Multifunctional Morecular Electronics 182nd Committee on Terahertz Science, Technology and Industrial Development 183rd Committee on Advanced Water Science and Engineering 184th Committee on Fungus-related Problems and New Control Technologies 185th Committee on Optical Imaging Technique Development 186th Committee on Radiation Science and Its Applications 187th Committee on Metamaterials
Website
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2 Information Services
We publish the newsletter JSPS Quarterly.
Website
JSPS Quarterly http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-quart/index.html JSPS homepage http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/index.html Please visit our homepage to learn more about JSPSs activities.
3 Donations
JSPS receives contributions for the purpose of supporting researchers and advancing scientific research. Established within JSPS is a special trust for receiving donations and funding activities. Donations made to JSPS enjoy a tax-exempt status. Contributions are received from corporations, groups and individuals, and are used to carry out various endowed programs. These include the following: Japan-China Medical Exchange (endowed by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma and Daiichi Sankyo Company) Fujita Memorial Fund for Medical Research JSPS lends its tax-exempt status to organizations holding international academic conferences. The following such conference is to be held in FY 2013: IAVCEI 2013 Scientific Assembly.
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Program for Publishing Noteworthy Contributions to Science and Technology
Purpose
Publishing the results of research whose investment effect is not readily visible is very important in raising public awareness in the value of scientific pursuit. To feed noteworthy research results widely to the general public, Japans five electric and informationrelated academic societies established a database to disseminate in an easily understood manner the fruits of researchers who receive their awards and tried releasing the information over the Internet. However, due to a lack of adequate funding, the scope of their initiative was limited and did not provide an effective outreach tool. Given that situation, in FY 2011 the current program was launched to advance the creation of tools to broadly disseminate outstanding results of research conducted over the spectrum of scientific fields to both specialists and the interested public. In the period ahead, effort will be made to gradually increase the number of participating academic societies while ascertaining excellent research results achieved in Japan and expanding their dissemination.
Features
The database is divided into three main categories: One for non-specialists (Japanese), another for specialists (Japanese), and the other also for specialists (English). Each contains descriptions of the posted research and their results, accompanied by tables and diagrams, photographs, and other related data. Participating Academic Societies in FY 2012
The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers Information Processing Society of Japan The Illuminating Engineeing Institute of Japan The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Japan Bioindustry Association
Content
Established within JSPS, a program committee comprising representatives of the participating academic societies, the National Institute of Informatics, JSPS and leading authorities, sets the programs policy and oversees its implementation. Regarding their division of labor, the academic societies compile the data to be posted, the National Institute of Informatics maintains and operates the database, and JSPS convenes the committee meetings, coordinates program activities, and performs public relations and administrative functions.
5 Student Outreach Activities

Purpose
Established in FY 2005, the program HIRAMEKI TOKIMEKI SCIENCE (Welcome to a University Research LabScience that Inspires and Inspirits) and the Science Dialogue Program offer opportunities for Japanese students to better understand the meaning of science and its role in their daily lives. The former program seeks to promote science study, ultimately advancing future research by cultivating intellectual curiosity and a rich sense of creativity in the young participants, along with a keen awareness of sciences cultural value and societal importance. The latter program works to stimulate high school students interest in science and international scientific pursuit and to deepen their understanding of international society by receiving lectures from JSPS fellows, who tell them about their research activities, home countries, and the paths that led them to becoming scientists.
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Scientific Outreach
Eligible participants Fifth and sixth grade elementary school, junior high school and high school students may participate in these visits along with their parents and teachers. In FY 2011, the total number of participants to this program reached 30,000.
(1) HIRAMEKITOKIMEKI SCIENCE (Welcome to a University Research LabScience that Inspires and inspirits)
Features
Enhancing understanding of kakenhi research The program spans all fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, and is implemented by national, public and private universities conducting kakenhi-funded research throughout Japan. Giving hands-on experience to students During their visits, students participate in experiments, fieldwork and other hands-on activities.
Visits to Date
HIRAMEKI TOKIMEKI Scientific Experiment Strengthening metal by tapping it with bubbles (August 2011, Tohoku University)
FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011
Universities inter-university Others Total research institutes National Public Private Institutions Visits Institutions Visits Institutions Visits Institutions Visits Institutions Visits Institutions Visits 17 28 2 2 3 5 22 35 37 62 5 6 12 26 54 94 35 54 7 11 36 47 78 112 41 78 9 14 42 70 92 162 45 90 14 18 63 99 1 1 123 208 42 94 14 15 61 93 3 3 120 205 44 102 10 12 55 87 1 2 1 1 111 204
(2) Science Dialogue
Features
This program gives JSPS fellows opportunities to visit Japanese high schools and give lectures in which they tell the students about their research activities, home countries, and the paths that led them to becoming scientists. While stimulating the students interest in science and international scientific pursuit, this program also gives the fellows an opportunity to interact with the community in the vicinity of their host institution. As increasingly more students and high school faculties experience and are motivated by this JSPS program, it is becoming a dynamic platform for enhancing their potential to contribute to future scientific advancement. In FY 2011, 101 fellows participated in this program at 51 high schools.
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http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-plaza/e-sdialogue/ index.html
JSPS fellow Dr. Petronella Helena Van Riet giving a lecture at Yamanashi Prefectural Yoshida Senior High School (August 2011)
JSPS 2012-2013
1 International Prize for Biology

Purpose
The International Prize for Biology was instituted in April of 1985. It aims to commemorate the sixty-year reign of Emperor Showa and his longtime devotion to biological research and also to offer tribute to the present Emperor His Majesty Emperor Akihito, who has strived over many years to advance the study taxonomy of gobioid fishes while contributing continuously to the developing of this Prize. The Prize is awarded to researchers who have attained records of world-class achievements in a selected field of biological research and have made landmark contributions to the advancement of science. Awarded each year is one prize consisting of a certificate of merit, a medal, and a purse of 10 million. Held at the Japan Academy in the fall of each year, the award ceremony is attended by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress.
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-biol/main.html
27th International Biology Prize Ceremony at Japan Academy (November 2011)
Recent Winners of the Prize

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(2002) Biology of Evolution (2003) Cell Biology (2004) Systematic Biology and Taxonomy (2005) Structural Biology in Fine Structure, Morphology and Morphogenesis
Masatoshi Nei (USA)

Shinya Inoue (USA) Thomas Cavalier-Smith (UK) Nam Hai Chua (Singapore) Serge Daan (Netherlands) David Swenson Hogness (USA) George David Tilman (USA)
20th 21
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22nd (2006) Chronobiology 23

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(2007) Genetics (2008) Ecology (2009) Biology of Sensing (2010) (2011) Biology of Symbiosis Developmental Biology
24th 25
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Winslow Russell Briggs (USA) Nancy Ann Moran (USA) Eric Harris Davidson (USA)
26th 27
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Purpose
This Prize was established in FY 2004 to identify young researchers conducting superlative work and recognize their efforts at an early stage in their careers. In doing so, it is meant to sustain the
awardees motivation and encourage them in their endeavors, thereby cultivating Japanese researchers capable of making scientific breakthroughs.
Programs
Each year, the Prize is awarded to researchers under age 45 in all fields of research including the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The Prize consists of a certificate of merit, a medal, and a purse of 1.1 million. Some of the recipients are also awarded the Japan Academy Medal. The ceremony is held at the Japan Academy in the presence of Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino.
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-jsps-prize/index.html
8th JSPS Prize Ceremony at Japan Academy
FY2011 JSPS Prize Awardees

Research Area Names Waka Aoyama
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hiroki Ichi Koji Kuwakino
Affiliation Associate Professor, Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University Associate Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
Satoshi Hirata
Kiyoshi Miyake Chiaki Moriguchi
Research Topics "An Ethnographic Study of Poverty in the Philippines: Socio-Economic Life of the Sama-Bajau in Davao City" "Wooden Tablets and the Transportation System in Ancient Japan" "Issues in Mnemonics and Visual Associate Professor, Graduate School of Representation of Architectural Space in Letters, Osaka University Modern Italy" "Quest for the Evolutionary Origins Program-Specific Associate Professor, of Social Intelligence through the Primate Research Institute, Kyoto Comparative Cognitive Studies in University Humans and Chimpanzees" Associate Professor, Institute for Research "A History of the Penal System in in Humanities, Kyoto University Ancient China" "Comparative Historical Analysis of Professor, Institute of Economic Institutional Developments in the USA Research, Hitotsubashi University and Japan"
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Research Area
Names Teruo Ono
Affiliation Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University Professor, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University Prime Senior Researcher, Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Program Director, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Research Topics "The Basic and Applied Research of Spin-Devices Based on Nano-Magnetic Materials" "Performance-Based Approach for Preservation and Remediation of GeoEnvironment" "Analysis and Theory of Stochastic Processes on Disordered Media" "Development of Novel Synthetic Methods of Functional Porphyrins" "Observation and Analysis of SingleMolecule and Single-Atom by ElectronMicroscope" "Study on the Extremobiosphere Driven by the Principal Biogeochemical Interactions, the Limits of Life and the Early Evolution of Life in the Earth"
Mathematics; Physical Sciences; Chemistry; Engineering Sciences
Takeshi Katsumi Takashi Kumagai Hiroshi Shinokubo
Kazutomo Suenaga
Ken Takai
Professor, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical "Gravity of Braneworld" Physics, Kyoto University Professor, Institute of Medical Science, "Dissection of Protein Interactions for Kouhei Tsumoto The University of Tokyo Innovations" "Novel Materials Scientific Study on Professor, Graduate School of Bone Microstructure and Biomaterials Takayoshi Nakano Engineering, Osaka University for Bone Replacement" "Development of New System for Associate Professor, Graduate School of Nitrogen Fixation Using Transition Metal Yoshiaki Nishibayashi Engineering, The University of Tokyo Complexes" "Construction of Artificial Nanostructures Associate Professor, Graduate School of through Self-Assembly of DNA or Kazunori Matsuura Engineering, Kyushu University Peptides" Project Assistant Professor, School of "Mechanisms of Heart Development Masaki Ieda Medicine, Keio University and Regeneration" "Clarification of Disulfide Linkage and Associate Professor, Medical Institute of Cleavage Systems Involved in Quality Kenji Inaba Bioregulation, Kyushu University Control of Cellular Proteins" "Development of Innovative Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Fluorescence Probes for Live Imaging Yasuteru Urano The University of Tokyo of Tumors and Cellular Responses" "Prediction of Functions for the Genes Professor, Graduate School of Information with Unknown Functions through Kengo Kinoshita Sciences, Tohoku University Bioinformatics" Professor, Faculty of Life and "Diversity of Electron-Transferring Naoki Takaya Environmental Sciences, University of Systems in Filamentous Fungi" Tsukuba Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular "Molecular Dissection and Application Yukihide Tomari and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Small RNA Mechanisms" of Tokyo "Identification of Melanocyte Stem Cells Professor, Medical Research Institute, and Mechanisms for Their Maintenance Emi Nishimura Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Aging" Takahiro Tanaka
Biological Sciences; Agricultural Sciences; Medical, Dental, Pharmaceutical Sciences
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3 Ikushi Prize
Purpose
In 2009, JSPS received an endowment from Emperor Akihito on the 20th year of his reign. Amidst a severe economic environment in Japanese society, His Majestys desire was to encourage and support young scientists who are working diligently to advance their studies and research. In deference to his wishes, JSPS has established the Ikushi Prize program, which was placed into operation in FY 2010. It functions to officially recognize outstanding doctoral students who can be expected to contribute to Japans future scientific advancement, while seeking to fan their enthusiasm for educational and research pursuits.
Content
(1) Selecting Recipients Candidates are nominated to JSPS by the heads of Japanese universities and academic institutions from among students in their graduate programs. Doctoral students majoring in any field of the humanities, social sciences or natural sciences are eligible. Awardees are chosen through a process of document and panel reviews, with the final decisions made by a selection committee established within JSPS. Sixteen awardees will be selected each year. (2) The Prize The awardees receive a certificate, a medal and a scholarship grant of 1.1 million. For those awardees who desire, they are also given a JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, to begin from the following fiscal year.
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-ikushi-prize/index. html
2nd Ikushi Prize Ceremony at Japan Academy
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FY2011 JSPS Ikushi Prize Awardees

Research Area
Humanities and Social Studies
Awardee Name KANO, Fumihiro SAKAMOTO, Hiroaki
Affiliation Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Research Subject of Doctoral Course

A Comparative Eye-Tracking Study in Four Genera of Hominid: Face and Scene Scanning Economic Analysis of Climate Change with Agent Heterogeneity and Impact Uncertainty
HAYASHI, Eiichi
The Social History of a Japanese Soldier Who Graduate School of Economics, Keio Stayed Behind Modern Japan of Southeast University Asian History Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Mathematical Science, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo Rules on International Trust Construction of Specific Catalytic Environment by Semihollow-Shaped Triethynylphosphine Ligand and Its Application to Transition Metal-Caltalyzed Reaction Minimal Models and Abundance Formation and Evolution of Alumina Dust around Evolved Stars: Toward the Next Stage of Astromineralogy
YATSUNAMI, Ren
Science, Mathematics and Engineering
ITO, Hideto
GONGYO, Yoshinori
TAKIGAWA, Aki
YAMAZAKI, Dai YAMAMOTO, Koji YOSHIDA, Yuichi
Graduate School of Engineering, The A Physically-Based Modeling of Large-Scale University of Tokyo Flooding in Continental Rivers of the World
Scientific Outreach
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Development of Novel Carbon-Carbon Bond Formations with Elimination of Dihydrogen Sublinear-Time Algorithms for Graphs and Constraint Satisfaction Problems Research of Regulatory Systems of Innate Immunity and Establishment of ImmuneRelated Disease Model in the Silkworm Bombyx mori
ISHII, Kenichi
Biological and Medical Sciences
KAMIOKI, Masayoshi
Nocturnal Song in Birds: The Costs and Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo Benefits of Acoustic Communication in the University Darkness Graduate School of Science, Nagoya Structural Basis for CRM1-Mediated Nuclear University Export Establishment of Optimal Statistical Models Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka for Assessing the Risk of Atherosclerotic University Disease Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University Assessment of Toxicological Effects of Environmental Pollutants on the Wildlife in Africa
KOYAMA, Masako TAKAHARA, Mitsuyoshi
NAKAYAMA, Shouta
NISHIE, Mami
Graduate School of Studies on Lantibiotic Biosynthesis and Mode Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu of Action for Novel Peptide Designing University Graduate School of Engineering, The The Regulatory Mechanisms of Xist RNA in University of Tokyo X-Chromosome Inactivation
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Purpose
Situated within JSPS, the Research Center for Science Systems serves as a think tank for advancing science by frontline researchers. Established in July 2003, the Center provides recommendations and advice for enhancing JSPSs various programs, while participating in administration and operation of the selection processes and evaluation procedures of the Grantsin-Aid for Scientific Research, Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, and other JSPS programs.
Based on a recommendation, titled System Reform in Competitive Research Funding, issued by the Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office in April 2003, the Center is staffed by program directors, with eminent research experience, and program officers, laboring on the frontiers of scientific advancement, who take responsibility for implementing a range of competitive research funding systems.
Features
Frontline researchers appointments Frontline researchers in cutting-edge fields at Japanese universities and research institutions participate in the Centers administrative and operational activities. Conveyed through them, updated research trends and requests from research community are utilized in Centers operation. Specialized perspectives of researchers reflected in JSPS programs Nine program groups are established within the Center so as to address the unique characteristics of each research field. Each group comprises two or four senior program officers and from eight to 21 program officers. Fair and impartial selection Program officer appointments are for three years. As a rule, reappointments are not made. This term is set to help ensure fairness in the grant selection process. So as to preclude imbalances in the program officer makeup, effort is made to choose their replacements from different disciplines and research institutions, while improving the ratio of female researchers.
Senior Program Officer Meeting, April 2012
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Functions
Provide recommendations and advice on JSPSs overall program For this purpose the Center holds periodic meetings. Twice a month, senior program officer meetings, attended by the Centers director, deputy directors, and the senior program officers of each research group, are convened to exchange and compile information and views and to formulate proposals and advice from scientific perspectives on the full spectrum of JSPSs programs. Once a month, the program officers meet to exchange updated information and news on research in their respective fields and to consider ways of applying them to JSPSs operations. Two program-improvement working groups are established within the Center, one for Grants-inAid for Scientific Research and the other for the JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists. Each group meets once a month to consider ways of enhancing the solicitation and selection systems of their respective programs and to draft related recommendations for JSPS. Oversee application screening and project assessment for JSPS programs (1) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Program officers prepare lists of examiner candidates and chair review meetings. They also examine to make improvements in the examiner selection processes and selection policies of its program. To ensure fairness and transparency, they do not participate in the screening or selection processes. (2) JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists Program officers prepare lists of examiner candidates and participate in review meetings. They evaluate the performance of superlative postdoctoral (SPD) fellows, and they select candidates for the JSPS Prize and Ikushi Prize. (3) JSPSs international exchange programs Program officers prepare lists of examiner candidates. (4) Carrying out verification and analysis of screening results The Centers program officers verify and analyze the screening results of JSPSs various programs and uses the findings to select suitable, impartial examiners for subsequent application rounds. Conduct surveys and studies of science policies and scientific research trends The Center conducts surveys and studies on science-promotion policies and scientific research trends, and uses its findings to provide recommendations and advice on JSPSs various programs and overall operation. The results of these surveys are posted on JSPSs webpage (in Japanese). Reporting activities To deepen understanding of the Centers activities within the researcher community, its staff conducts briefings in response to requests from universities and academies throughout Japan.
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Fostering Next Generation of Researchers International Collaborations Support for University Reform Scientific Outreach Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition Appendix
Briefing on recommendation/selection system for program officers
Center staff selecting examiner candidates
Website
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-center/index.html
Program Groups and Their Senior Program Officers

Program Groups Humanities Senior Program Ofcers Mahito Fukuda Tetsuaki Kotoh Kazuhiko Yamamoto Shogo Takegawa Hiroaki Terao Satoshi Yamamoto Hiroyuki Ohno Mitsuhiko Shionoya Shigehisa Arai Yuji Nagasaka Hideko Urushihara Eisuke Nishida Chieko Kai Minoru Yoshida Kyosuke Nagata Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Science Shigeo Koyasu Masayasu Matsumoto Noriaki Sakuragi Interdisciplinary and Frontier Sciences Koichi Fujie Toyoaki Nishida
Social Sciences
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Chemistry
Engineering Sciences
Biological Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
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List of Programs
Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology (FIRST Program) . Support for Research Initiatives Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading Researchers (NEXT Program) Leading-edge Research Infrastructure Program Program for Promoting Methodological Innovation in Humanities and Social Sciences by Cross-Disciplinary Fusing Program for Promoting Social Science Research Aimed at Solutions of NearFuture Problems Japan Studies Based on International Collaboration Social Scientific Survey of Great East Japan Earthquake . Fostering Next Generation of Researchers
Term
1-5 years (differs by category)
Support
Differs by category
Charge section
Research Aid Division ,
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4
3-5 years
1.8 -5 billion per project Leading-edge Research Promotion Division
12
Up to 4 years (From FY 2010-2013)
Up to 200 million per project
15
1-3 years
2 million -7 .5 billion per project
16
As a rule, 3 years
5 or 10 million per year University-Industry Cooperation and Research Program Division
18
3-5 years
Up to 27 .3 million per project
20
3 years
8.45 million per project
20
3 years Fellowship: 200,000 to 446,000 per month Research grant: 1.5 to 3 million per year Roundtrip international airfare, stipend/research grant 3.8-5.2 million per year Joint research: 1-5 million per year Seminars: 1-2.5 million Roundtrip international airfare, maintenance allowance (Differs by countries or agencies) Up to 10 million Up to 15 million per year Research Cooperation Division Asian Program Division Research Cooperation Division Asian Program Division Asian Program Division Research Cooperation Division Research Cooperation Division Research Cooperation Division Asian Program Division Overseas Fellowship Division
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Scientific Outreach
Research Fellowships for Young Scientists
2-3 years
22 Research Fellowship Division 24
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad
2 years
Bilateral Collaborations
Joint research: 1-3 years Seminars: within 1 week 14 days-2 years (differs by countries or agencies) 7-14 days 3 years
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. International Collaborations
Researcher Exchange Program (Sending and Receiving) Asian Science Seminars JSPS-NSF International Collaborations in Chemistry (ICC Program) Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE Program) G8 Research Councils Initiative for Multilateral Research Funding A3 Foresight Program International Scientific Meetings in Japan
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29 30
5 years
Up to 5 million per year
30
2-3 years Up to 5 years Within fiscal year
Up to 15 million per year 50 million per 5 years Up to 2 million
30 31 31
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Program Term
Up to 5 years Core-to-Core Program Up to 3 years Integrated Action Initiatives: 2 years Strategic Research Networks: 3 years Up to 5 years Up to 3 years Up to 5 years Up to 8 million per year Integrated Action Initiatives: 20 million per year Strategic Research Networks: 30 million per year Up to 12 million per year Up to 5 million per year Up to 15 million per year Roundtrip international airfare, maintenance allowance, hosts allowance Domestic travel, food/lodging, other participation costs Asian Program Division 33
Support
Charge section
Page
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JSPS Core-to-Core Program (Old)
34
Asian CORE Program Asia-Africa Science Platform Program Japanese-German Graduate Externship
Asian Program Division Asian Program Division Research Cooperation Division
34 34 34
RONPAKU (Dissertation PhD) Program
3-5 years
Asian Program Division
35
HOPE Meetings with Nobel Laureates Dispatch of Science and Technology Researchers . International Collaborations Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation Institutional Program for Young Researcher Overseas Visits International Training Program (ITP) for Young Researchers Frontiers of Science (FoS) Symposiums ESF-JSPS Frontier Science Conference Series for Young Researchers
About 5 days As a rule, up to 2 years
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37
1-3 years
30 million per project
Overseas Training Program Division
38
2-3 years
25-85 million per year Overseas Training Program Division
39
As a rule, 5 years
Up to 18 million per year Roundtrip international airfare, domestic travel, food/lodging Roundtrip international airfare, domestic travel, food/lodging Roundtrip international airfare, domestic travel, meeting participation costs including food/ lodging
39
3 days
40
About 1 week
41
Travel Grant for Attending Lindau Meetings
About 1 week
41
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers
Standard: 12 to 24 months North America/ Europe (short-term): 1 to 12 months Summer program: 2 months Long-term: 2-10 months Short-term: 14-60 days
Roundtrip airfare, maintenance allowance, settling-in allowance
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JSPS Invitation Fellowships for Research in Japan
Roundtrip International airfare, maintenance allowance, domestic research trip allowance Roundtrip international airfare, maintenance allowance, family allowance
Overseas Fellowship Division 44
JSPS Award for Eminent Scientists
As a rule, 1 year
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Program
. Support for University ReformEnhancing the Quality of University Research and Education Global COE Program
Term
As a rule, 5 years
Support
50-500 million per project Up to 300-600 million a year per project (Up to 150 million for the first fiscal year)
Charge section
Page
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Program for Leading Graduate Schools
As a rule, 7 years
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Grants for Excellent Graduate Schools Program for Enhancing Systematic Education in Graduate Schools Program for Promoting University Education Reform Project for Establishing University Network for InternationalizationGlobal 30 Project for Promotion of Global Human Resource Development Re-inventing Japan Project World Premier International Research Center Initiative Japan-China Medical Exchange
1 year 3 years Up to 40 million per year University-Industry Cooperation and Research Program Division
50 51
2-3 years
52
As a rule, 5 years
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Up to 5 years Up to 5 years As a rule, 10 years Joint research: Up to 2 years
Up to 120-260 million per project Up to 60 million per year 1.4 billion per project Joint research: Up to 2.5 million per year
55 56 57
Asian Program Division University-Industry Cooperation and Research Program Division
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Fujita Memorial Fund for Medical Research
Scientific Outreach
1 year
60
. Scientific Outreach
Proxy Collection of Funds to Support Holding International Scientific Meetings
Contributions collected under JSPSs status as special publicinterest promotion corporation: within 2 years Contributions collected as specified tax-exempt donations: within 1 year
Accounting Division
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Program for Publication of Noteworthy Contributions to Science and Technology
University-Industry Cooperation and Research Program Division During period from late July to late January each fiscal year Ongoing
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HIRAMEKI TOKIMEKI SCIENCE (Welcome to a University Research Lab Science that Inspires and Inspirits)
Up to 500,000 per program
Research Aid Division ,
62
Science Dialogue Program
Cost of teaching materials, domestic travel
Overseas Fellowship Division
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Appendix
List of JSPSs Overseas Counterpart Institutions (85 institutions in 45 countries and 2 international organizations)
Region
Fellowships Bilateral Programs Research Projects/ Seminars
Country Bangladesh
Counterpart Institution
Invitation Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship Fellowship Exchanges
Multilateral and Other Programs
University Grants Commission (UGC) China Scholarship Council (CSC) Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

China
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Ministry of Education (MOE) Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Department of Science and Technology (DST) Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture DGHE Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Vice-Chancellors Council of National Universities in Malaysia (VCC) Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (MECS) Department of Science and Technology (DOST) National University of Singapore (NUS) National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) Australian Academy of Science (AAS) Australian Research Council (ARC) Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) Ministry of Higher Education / Ministry of Scientific Research and Technology (MOHE/MOSRT) National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) National Research Foundation (NRF) Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR) Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD-GmbH)

India Asia Indonesia Korea, Rep. Malaysia Mongolia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Australia New Zealand Egypt Africa Kenya South Africa Tunisia
Oceania
Austria
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF)

Belgium Bulgaria Europe Czech Rep. Denmark Estonia Finland
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS (F .R.S.-FNRS) Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) Ministry of Education, Youth and Science of Bulgaria (MEYS) Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) Universities Denmark (DU) Estonian Science Foundation (ETF) Academy of Finland (AF) French National Research Agency (ANR) Institut des Hautes tudes Scientifiques (IHS)
France
Ministry of Foreign and European AffairsMAEE Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)

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Region
Fellowships
Bilateral Programs Research Projects/ Seminars
Country
Counterpart Institution
Invitation Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship Fellowship Exchanges
Multilateral and Other Programs
France
National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)

Germany
Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) German Research Foundation (DFG)
Hungary
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) Hungarian Scholarship Board (HSB) Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) National Research Council of Italy (CNR) Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) Research Council of Norway (RCN) Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) National Authority for Scientific Research (NASR) Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport (MIZKS) Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Europe Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain
Scientific Outreach
Sweden
The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA)
Switzerland
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) The British Academy British Council
UK
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Research Councils UK (RCUK) The Royal Society Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Canada North America
National Research Council Canada (NRC) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) National Academy of Sciences (NAS) National Cancer Institute (NCI)

U.S.A.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF) Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Central/South America
Argentina Brazil Chile Mexico
National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET) Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT) European Science Foundation (ESF) United Nations University (UNU)
Appendix
International Organizations
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Map of JSPS Overseas Offices and Counterpart Institutions
JSPS Stockholm Office JSPS Bonn Office JSPS Strasbourg Office JSPS London Office
Netherlands (NWO) Belgium (F.R.S.-FNRS, FWO) United Kingdom (British Academy, British Council, ESRC, EPSRC, RCUK, Royal Society, STFC) France (ANR, IHS, MAEE, MESR, CNRS, INRIA, INSERM) Switzerland (SNSF) ESF Spain (CSIC) Tunisia (MHESR) Italy (MIUR, CNR) Egypt (MOHE/MOSRT) Slovenia (MIZKS) Bulgaria (MEYS) Romania (NASR)
Denmark (DU) Norway (RCN) Sweden (RSAS, STINT, SSF, VINNOVA) Germany (AvH, Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, DAAD, DFG) Finland (AF) Estonia (ETF) Poland (PAN) Russia (RFBR) Czech Rep. (ASCR) Austria (OeAD-GmbH, FWF , BMWF) Slovakia (SAS) Hungary (HAS, HSB)
JSPS Cairo Research Station JSPS Nairobi Research Station

South Africa (NRF) Kenya (NCST)
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JSPS Beijing Office

India (INSA, DST) Mongolia (MECS) Bangladesh (UGC) China (CSC, CAMS, CAS, CASS, MOE, MOST, NSFC) Korea, Rep. (NRF)
JSPS San Francisco Office
Canada (CIHR, NRC, NSERC) U.S.A. (NAS, NCI, NIH, NSF , SSRC)
JSPS TOKYO
UN (UNU) Vietnam (MOST, VAST) Thailand (NRCT) Philippines (DOST) Malaysia (VCC) Singapore (NUS) Indonesia (DGHE, LIPI)
JSPS Washington Office Mexico (CONACYT)

JSPS Bangkok Office
Brazil (CAPES) Chile (CONICYT)

Australia (AAS, ARC) New Zealand (MBIE, RSNZ)
Argentina (CONICET)
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Researchers Exchanged from 2009-2011
Program FY Region/Country Total Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran Israel Jordan Korea, Rep Kuwait Laos Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates Vietnam Yemen Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Algeria Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Congo (Dem.) Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Kenya Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Itly Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Foreign Researchers Invited to Japan Invitation Fellowships Postdoctoral Fellowships Short-term Long-term 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 288 3 258 3 270 2 102 3 102 3 100 1 1,515 93 1,413 73 1,278 58 Bilateral/Multilateral and Other Programs 2009 2010 2011 2009 3,873 11 1 1 7 723 171 168 6 4 678 8 104 16 8 9 3 50 2 65 4 40 347 6 157 45 10 3,664 21 2 2 12 677 160 161 2 8 609 18 76 15 6 10 3 53 66 1 63 3 62 305 3 198 30 7 3,314 18 1 17 465 185 215 1 12 465 16 140 16 6 13 5,778 110 1 1 8 1,056 286 196 26 14 1 766 9 113 17 8 21 13 3 62 2 68 16 3 55 367 16 185 2 101 18 Total 2010 5,437 100 2 2 13 960 273 182 16 16 683 1 18 82 18 9 25 14 2 63 2011 4,962 79 1 17 728 300 230 13 15 532 18 149 21 10 27 1 7 79 1 68 11 1 81 324 13 225 1 81 1 22 1 1 Japanese Researchers Sent Abroad Fellowships for Bilateral/Multilateral and Research Abroad Other Programs 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 2009 313 318 364 6,322 7 8,131 17 6 19 940 115 172 4 7 1 808 17 1 77 33 9 24 11 1 96 1 105 18 11 196 293 9 1 141 174 31 8,697 1 37 4 32 849 161 189 3 9 16 820 1 30 6 145 20 14 22 11 1 5 89 4 95 17 2 151 399 19 8 169 147 3 43 1 1 2 3 4 8 3 35 4 3 3 25 1 2 7 1 3 2 3 2 1 5 8 6,635 7 Total 2010 8,449 17 6 19 940 115 172 4 7 1 808 17 1 77 33 9 24 11 1 96 1 105 18 11 196 293 9 1 141 181 31 2011 9,061 1 37 4 32 849 161 189 3 9 16 820 1 30 6 145 20 14 22 11 1 5 90 4 96 17 2 153 399 19 8 169 157 3 43 1 1 2 3 4 8 3 35 4 3 3 25 1 2 7 1 4 4 1 3 2 1 18 2 11 20 4 15 44 69 1 1 4 55 24 7 102 681 702 19 40 1 4 157 3 1
29 16 2 3 7 1 5
19 12 1 1 6 6 1
22 9 1 1 3 8
13 6
16 10 2 1 6
21 8
2 8
1 291 93 26 17 1 75 1
1 248 91 18 13 1 62
220 98 14 11
23 835 133 128 2
23 836 133 128 2 1,010 16 104 12 5 5
51 2
1,009 16 104 12 5 5
1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Asia
9 1 11 10 2 10
6 3 3 14 11 2 8
8 3 4 13 6 12
1 2
60 1 67 3 7 63 384 23 176
60 1 68 3 7 63 384 23 176 123 26 1
3 6 2
2 3 2 1
2 1 4 3 2 1 14 5 2 1
1 1 2
3 9 3 8 18 9 28 2 38 3
3 9 3 14 19 10 31 37 1 6 1
2 7 1 15 15 8 26 35 1 9 1
74 2 62 287 3 172 36 23
78 13 3 79 306 17 204 89 1 36 1
16 5
14 7
1 2 1
10
116 26 1
Oceania
10 1 3 2 3 2 1 5 8
4 4 3 4 32 2 8 3 22 2 1 1 4 5 2 3 1 1 23 5 10 30 5 7 1 5 2 2 2 1 49 41 5 2 1 19 2 16 16 4 9 54 59 4 7 1 49 39 1 66 515 546 18 53 5 141 3 3
4 4 3 4 32 2 8 3 22 2 1 4 5 2 3 1 1 23 5 10 30 5 7 50 46 5 2 1 19 2 16 16 4 9 56 61 4 7 1 49 41 1 68 526 567 18 53 6 142 3 3
1 1 2 1 1 2
2 2 4 1 5 1 4 28 2 3 2 1 1 5 2 2 1 1 2
1 1 23 1 1 2 2 2 1
2 2 5
4 3 36 1 4 3 16 2 2 1 1 1 3
4 3 35 2 1 11 2 12 2 1 3
19 2 1 1 1 1 1
13 1
37 3 1 9 9 1 1 1 1
9 2 9
8 7
Africa
1 1
6 1 1 1 3 2 1
6 1 2 3 3 1
7 1 29 10 12 3 4 1 6 9 2 1 9 1 9 3 2 1 21 14 1
11 1 25 2 7 5 2 1 29 20 20 2 41 16 1 34 430 290 4 40 3 86
13 2 29 12 15 6 5 1 14 19 1 12 2 1 33 10 3 43 437 241 7 32 6 104
10 1 9 3 13 1 5 1 2 1 25 26 1 7 1 1 36 10 2 28 340 279 8 38 1 5 77
2 4 1 2 1
24 1 4 3 1 1 22 12 5 1 29 11 28 286 170 26 1 26
4 4 1 3 2 1 18 2 11 20 4 15 42 68 1 1 4 55 23 7 100 666 674 19 40 1 4 157 3 1
1 2 1 1
2 3 2 2
2 3 1 1 2 1 14 19 3 5 2 10 1 6 2 2 1
6 6 11
6 7 1 7 1 11 3 3 3 120 90 4 7 4 49
4 10 1 6 1 7 2 2 2 108 66 5 9 3 45
1 1 18 22 1 1
1 2 22 22 2 3
8 4 1 1 3
5 1 1 2 1 4
12 4 1 5 118 94 3 12 1 46
22 6 38 290 128 20 1 44
28 6 24 212 192 22 1 18
2 2 11 21
1 2 15 28
42 12 47 413 382 19 31 2 6 69 1 1
42 14 47 422 400 19 31 2 7 71 1 1
Europe
9 18
11
1 2
1 1
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Program FY Region/Country Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland U.K. Russia Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Moldova Tajikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Canada USA Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Columbia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Rep. Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Venezuela
Foreign Researchers Invited to Japan Invitation Fellowships Postdoctoral Bilateral/Multilateral and Fellowships Other Programs Short-term Long-term 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 2009 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 3 1 1 4 7 6 25 14 26 36 1 3 1 2 1 1 5 2 8 3 1 1 1 1 22 15 15 31 31 24 54 1 4 4 6 3 2 1 8 1 1 2 5 3 2 1 2 3 7 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 9 9 8 8 6 4 20 1 1 1 1 13 17 22 15 5 2 5 1 1 21 16 14 17 16 18 43 5 6 22 21 18 21 31 13 48 4 5 3 11 12 12 20 52 7 35 19 12 21 5 4 5 61 65 72 76 61 82 161 15 10 10 5 3 1 15 13 13 79 62 48 114 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 11 41 1 2 1 16 50 1 1 2 1 7 9 2 1 7 14 2 7 11 4 1 44 120 3 3 1 5 1 47 113 4 2 4 2 30 115 3 2 4 1 1 5 20 204 6 9 1 1 1 4 7 179 5 5 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 4 2 1 9 8 82 374 10 14 1 1 2
Total 2010 2011 2 2 36 2 41 7 7 3 12 23 38 31 22 180 72
26 6 50 6 6 1 16 18 35 58 69 142 88
Russia & NIS
1 3 2 1 8 6 72 347 12 11
3 5
Japanese Researchers Sent Abroad Fellowships for Bilateral/Multilateral and Research Abroad Other Programs 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 2009 3 2 2 3 1 1 3 3 7 59 145 89 62 1 1 1 12 17 17 13 24 29 34 24 1 1 7 17 14 8 1 5 14 10 3 1 10 25 13 26 25 1 54 70 61 54 3 3 2 31 110 125 34 11 9 12 78 200 210 89 26 39 47 232 464 500 258 1 1 1 111 89 115 112 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 6 72 1,116 7 6 22 6 1 10 144 1,633 16 15 36 1 1 1 4 3 9 145 1,653 5 1 9 39 3 1 1 3 1 3 3 7 6 3 10 1 1 1 6 82 1,325 7 6 22
Total 2010 2 1 1 148 18 29 18 1 5 3 13 70 113 209 503 90 2 1 2 2 6 1 10 157 1,832 16 15 36 1 1 1 2011 2
Europe
96 18 34 14 14 1 26 62 127 222 547 116 3
2 4 3 9 160 1,867 5 1 9 39 3 1 1 3 1 3 3 7 6 3 10
11 41 3 3
7 11 124 2
8 10 64 300 6 3 2 4 1
North America
10 209
13 199
15 214
Central/South America
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1 1 2 1 4 3 10 3 1
1 14 8 4 4 3 2 13 1 3 5 1 4 3 2 13 1 3 5
1 1 2 2 1 1
1 3
2 1
Scientific Outreach
Foreign Researchers Japan (FY2011)

Russia & NIS 98 Russia (72) Uzbekistan (10) Others (16) North America 364 USA (300) Canada (64) Central/South America 22 Argentina (6) Colombia (4) Mexico (4) Others (8)
Japanese Researchers Abroad (FY2011)

North America 2,027 USA (1,867) Canada (160)
Central/South America 95 Chile (39) Peru (10) Brazil (9) Others (37)
Europe 1,295 France (340) Germany (279) UK (180) Italy (77) Poland (41) Spain (38) Hungary (38) Netherlands (36) Others (266) Africa 126 Egypt (37) Tanzania (13) Algeria (10) Nigeria (10) Others (56) Oceania 105 Australia (81) New Zealand (22) Others (2)
Total 4,962
Russia & NIS 137 Russia (116) Uzbekistan (9) Others (12)
Total 9,061
Asia 2,952 China (728) Korea, Rep. (532) Thailand (324) India (300) Indonesia (230) Vietnam (225) Malaysia (149) Taiwan (81) Others (383)
Europe 3,078 Germany (702) France (681) UK (547) Swizerland (222) Italy (157) Sweden (127) Finland (102) Netherlands (96) Others (444)
Africa 186 Egypt (35) Kenya (25) Tunisia (20) South Africa (18) Others (88) Oceania 205 Australia (157) New Zealand (43) Others (5)
Asia 3,333 China (849) Korea, Rep. (820) Thailand (399) Indonesia (189) Vietnam (169) India (161) Taiwan (153) Malaysia (145) Others (448)
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Support for Research Initiatives

Fostering Next Generation of Researchers

Research Center for Science Systems

Message from JSPS President Dr. Yuichiro Anzai

Academic Advisory Board

Research Center for Science Systems Director

International Program Department

Research Program Department

Director: Yoshihiko Kakuta

Director: Hisashi Kato

Director: Kenji Sakuma

General Affairs Division

Policy Planning, Information and Systems Division

Research Cooperation Division

University-industry Cooperation and Research Program Division

9 Program Groups Senior Program Officers Program Officers

Head: Toyohiko Fujinami

Research Cooperation Division

Overseas Fellowship Division

Research Funds Management Division

Research Aid Division Asian Program Division

Research Fellowship Division

JSPS Overseas Offices Research Aid Division

Overseas Training Program Division

JSPS Fellow Plaza

Leading-edge Research Promotion Division

JSPSs Institutional Transition

Budget Transition FY 2008-2012

334.7 323.4 51.6 1.6

Multi-year Fund for Grants-in-Aid From Commissioned Programs, etc

29.3 2012 (FY)

FY 2012 Budget by Program

Support for Research Initiatives

The Position of Grants-in-Aid within the Framework of Japans S&T-research Policy

Research advanced with Grants-in-Aid

Openly recruited research for purposes set by ministries

Government subsidies for independent administrative institutions

Transition in Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

System Reformed by Creating a Multi-year Grant Fund

Research Center for Science Systems Awards of Recognition Appendix

Support for Research Initiatives

Image of Grants-in-Aid System

Fund established in FY 2011

Newly selected projects from FY 2011

Ongoing from FY 2010 or before

Projects selected in or before FY 2010

Up to 5 million covered by Fund

Over 5 million covered by single-year grants

Newly selected projects in FY 2012

Projects selected in or before FY 2011

Fostering Next Generation of Researchers

Support for University Reform

Research Center for Science Systems

101 122 652 170 2,781

Support for Research Initiatives

Configuration of Grant Categories

Promotion of internationally appraised research

Scale of research funding / Advancement of research

Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), (B) or (C)