The aim is to create new technologies that respond to social and industrial needs.
This is a JST project that promotes purpose-driven basic research in a top-down manner to achieve national policy goals, aiming to create technology seeds that are beneficial to industry and society. The researchers involved are from universities, public research institutions, and private companies, forming time-limited interdisciplinary research communities to advance the research. This contrasts with bottom-up scientific research grants that respect individual researchers' proposals.
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【Features】 ○ Promotion of strategic seed exploration research that responds to policy issues aimed at achieving national strategic goals (top-down approach) ○ Establishment of a flexible and agile research system, appropriate research management ○ Ensuring proper evaluation and transparency ● For other functions and details, please contact us.
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【Purpose】 ○ It will lead to the creation of future scientific and technological innovations. ● For other functions and details, please contact us.
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Regarding JST's main business of funding (allocation of competitive research funds), the method of formulating science and technology strategies has been fundamentally reviewed through project sorting, resulting in a clearer positioning that contributes to the "achievement of strategic goals." In Japan's scientific research funding, there are mainly two pillars: the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and JST's Strategic Creation Research Promotion Program. Both fall under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, but while Kakenhi supports research based on researchers' free ideas in a bottom-up manner, JST's funding is top-down, responding to societal and industrial needs and supporting research that leads to the achievement of specific strategic goals in areas deemed important for national strategy. To achieve strategic goals, it is recognized that rather than allowing individual researchers to conduct research freely, it is important to set research areas to achieve the goals, select optimal research leaders, recruit and adopt researchers, and promote research, thus managing the area effectively.
