Chapter 2. Improvement and Expansion of the Basis of Scientific Research
2 Expansion and Improvement of Research Funding and Research Facilities and Equipment
3 Improvement and Expansion of Research Facilities
Research facilities form an important basis of support for scientific
research activities. The Ministry has made efforts to improve and expand national
inter-university research institutes, research institutes affiliated with national
universities, and other joint use research facilities available to all university
researchers in Japan, for the purpose of encouraging cooperative research systems.
The Ministry has similarly promoted the establishment of large computer centers
and integrated information processing centers as well as the improvement of campus
information networks. Further, the Ministry is helping to establish joint research
centers aimed at promoting industry-university research cooperation and is building
residences to accommodate foreign researchers and students staying in Japan.
As for the strengthening of research facilities for the future,
reconstructing aging facilities and expanding the presently cramped research
environments will be among the urgent issues requiring attention.
Chart 6 Trends of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research:
Budgetary Appropriation, Application and Adoption
Chart 7 Government Expenditure for Developing Facilities
of National Educational Institutions
Table 6 Research Expenditures Managed by University Research
Units (Chairs, Courses, Divisions, etc.) (1990)
Table 7 Breakdown by Purpose of Research Expenditures Managed
by University Research Units (Chairs, Courses, Divisions, etc.) (1990)(thousand
yen)
Chart 8 Government Budget for Research Equipment in Universities
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Promotion of Scientific Research
