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JSPS Quarterly No.6 No. No.6 2003 SPS JJapan Society for the Promotion of Science Quarterly T O P I C S Message by Motoyuki Ono, JSPS President ...................................................................................... 2 JSPS Sets Mid-term Plan ....................................................................................................................... 2 Staff Assigned to Research Center for Science Systems .................................................................... 3 2003 Recipient of International Prize for Biology ............................................................................... 4 Reception Held for Swedish Rectors’ Delegation .............................................................................. 6 Third Science Forum in Stockholm ..................................................................................................... 6 First ESF-JSPS Frontier Science Conference ..................................................................................... 7 Events Held in Asian Countries ............................................................................................................ 8 Recent Visitors to JSPS .......................................................................................................................... 10 JSPS Launches “Core-to-Core Program” ............................................................................................. 11 Updated Homepage ............................................................................................................................... 11 JSPS’s Divisions Move to New Location .............................................................................................. 12 Message by Motoyuki Ono, JSPS President On 1 October 2003, the Ja- and evaluations germane to science promotion. The Center, pan Society for the Promo- thus, enhances JSPS’s ability to exercise program tion of Science became an accountability from a scientific perspective. “independent administra- tive institution,” turning an Japan’s ability to play a leading role in this budding epochal leaf in its 72-year “knowledge century” will hinge on advancing science and history of transition from technology. Therefore, the government is placing top pol- first a private, nonprofit icy priority on making Japan a nation undergirded by foundation to a quasi- S&T creativity of the world’s highest caliber. government organization. Over this period, JSPS has, At such a time of heightened need for promotion of re- as a core agency promoting search that is highly diverse and rich in originality, the Japanese science, initiated role played by JSPS becomes all the more vital. and carried out a wide range of programs to advance Giving maximum expression to the merits of being an in- scientific research, including research grants, researcher dependent administrative institution, JSPS will carry cultivation, and international exchange and cooperation. out its programs with increased flexibility, efficiency and In addition, last year JSPS began performing the selection transparency. While working to contribute to the ad- and evaluation functions of the 21st Century COE vancement of science in Japan, it is the renewed desire of Program. all our staffs to further develop JSPS as an organization that wins and enjoys the trust of researchers and acad- As another milestone, this year JSPS established within emic communities throughout the world. its organization the “Research Center for Science Systems,” which enlists the participation of university- To this end, I ask all of you for your support and affiliated frontline researchers in carrying out studies cooperation. JSPS Sets Mid-term Plan On 1 October, JSPS was reorganized and newly estab- Aid program, while examining and devising other lished as an “independent administrative institution.” funding formats. This change in legal status gives JSPS and other newly formed independent institutions the latitude to more effi- JSPS’s thrust in the area of fostering researchers will ciently and effectively conduct their operations. Within center upon fellowship programs aimed at doctoral stu- this context, they are given 3-5 year objectives by their dents and postdoctoral researchers in Japan. They will competent ministries, in JSPS’s case the Ministry of support young researchers across a wide spectrum of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology fields in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sci- (MEXT). To meet these mid-term objectives, each institu- ences. At present, there are some 4,400 recipients of tion drafts a mid-term plan and implements it with the these fellowships; the mid-term plan calls for increasing approval of its competent ministry. the number, especially of doctoral students. Accordingly, JSPS has established a mid-term plan for a Through its international exchange activities, JSPS will period of 4.5 years. In it, JSPS’s main programs remain in cooperation with science-promotion agencies of other the same as in the past; namely, funding research, foster- countries support joint research projects, seminars and ing researchers, and furthering international scientific researcher exchanges in both bilateral and multilateral exchange. frameworks, while inviting foreign researchers to Japan. Among JSPS’s fellowship programs, the goal is to invite In the area of research funding, JSPS will carry out the 2,050 researchers a year under JSPS Postdoctoral Fel- application screening, grant distribution and project lowships for Foreign Researchers. JSPS’s overseas offices evaluation functions of the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific will organize local forums and symposiums. JSPS will Research, Japan’s premier research-support program. work to enhance the openly solicited grant and fellow- The Research Center for Science Systems, newly estab- ship application procedures for its various programs. It lished within JSPS, will work to enhance the quality of will also survey the satisfaction level of program partici- the selection and evaluation processes of the Grants-in- pants and reflect the findings in future program design. 2 2003 No. 6 JSPS Quarterly http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/index.html Program Officers Assigned to Research Center for Science Systems On 1 July, the Research Center for Science Systems was JSPS programs, including those to support research established for the purpose of using outstanding re- costs, foster young researchers, and promote internation- searchers to enhance JSPS’s program selection and eval- al exchange. The senior program officers also coordinate uation functions and to strengthen the planning and exe- activities within their groups, and they participate in the cution capacity of its overall operation. On 1 September, Center’s program planning deliberations. the Center installed a total of 48 staffs: One senior pro- gram officer in each of its eight program groups and one In addition to the eight groups, another integrated program officer in each of the 40 research fields. group, staffed on a collateral duty basis by program offi- cers of related fields, is being established. It will endeav- A dedicated group, comprising a senior program officer or to create interdisciplinary fields and brand new fields. and program officers, has been established for each pro- gram category. They conduct studies and research on sci- In the next fiscal year, plans are to double the Center’s entific trends and science-promotion policies in their re- staffing from 48 to 96, with 16 senior program officers spective area and offer proposals and advice on the and 80 program officers. selection and evaluation procedures across the span of Researcher Staffing by Field Senior Program Program Program Groups (9) Research Fields (40) Officers (8) Officers (40) Philosophy 1 Literature, Linguistics 1 Humanities Group 1 History 1 Human Geography, Cultural Anthropology 1 Law, Political Science 1 Economics, Business Administration 1 Social Sciences Group 1 Sociology 1 Education, Psychology 1 Mathematics 1 Physics (particle physics) 1 Mathematical and Physical Physics (condensed matter physics) 1 1 Sciences Group Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 Plasma Science 1 Basic Chemistry 1 Chemistry Group Interdisciplinary Chemistry 1 1 Material Chemistry 1 Applied Physics, Engineering Basics 1 Mechanical Engineering 1 Synthetic Engineering 1 Engineering Sciences Group Electrical and Electronics Engineering 1 1 Informatics 1 Civil Engineering, Architecture 1 Material Engineering, Process Engineering 1 Basic Biology 1 Biological Sciences Group Biological Sciences 1 1 Anthropology 1 Agriculture, Agricultural Chemistry, Interdisciplinary Agricultural Sciences 1 Forestry 1 Fisheries 1 Agricultural Sciences Group 1 Agro-economics 1 Agro-engineering 1 Animal Science, Veterinary Medical Science 1 Pharmaceutical Sciences 1 Basic Medicine 1 Internal Medicine 1 Medical, Dental and Surgical Medicine 1 Pharmaceutical Sciences 1 Dentistry 1 Group Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences, Medical Engineering 1 Social Medicine 1 Nursing 1 Interdisciplinary and Frontier Information, Environment, etc. Concurrent post Concurrent post Sciences Group http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/index.html JSPS Quarterly No. 6 2003 3 2003 Recipient Chosen for International Prize for Biology This year’s Prize was awarded to Dr. Shinya Inoué. On 11 September, the Committee on the International Prize for Biology (chaired by Dr. Saburo Nagakura, president of the Japan Academy) selected Dr. Inoué as the 2003 Prize recipient based on the recommendation
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