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PART Recent Trends and Developments in Government Policies in Education, Science and Culture

In recent years in light of the international situation surrounding Japan and the development of scientific research and research development trends of private industries, the necessity is increasing for widespread training and securing of talented researchers with creative and original ideas. Notably, the securing and training of talented young researchers who will be expected to form the nucleus of scientific research in the future has become one of the most important tasks in the development of scientific research.

For this purpose, the Ministry, in addition to enriching and improving graduate school facilities both quantitatively and qualitatively, is endeavoring to train and secure outstanding young researchers through continual support for the Fellowship Program for Young Japanese Researchers of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1,300 grantees as of 1992), and the post-doctoral fellowships for research abroad, and fellowships for foreign researchers and other fellowship programs.