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2. The Science and Technology Basic Plan (2001-2005) (unofficial version)(decided by the Government of J apan on March 30, 2001)
Chapter 2 Important Policies
1. Strategic Prioritization in S&T
1. Promotion of Basic Research


  Basic research, i.e., research that seeks to find new rules and principles, to build up creative th eories, and to discover unknown phenomena, expands the compendium of human intellectual assets and le ads to unprecedented R&D breakthroughs and innovative industrial technologies. Japan will attach more importance to basic research and promote it broadly, steadily, and continuously.At universities in particular, Japan must promote basic research in a wide variety of fields, in line with enhanced t raining of excellent researchers and technical experts.

  To upgrade R&D levels, research should be carried out in competitive environments based on fair and transparent evaluation. Research outcomes will be evaluated primarily from a scientific point of view.

  Among research borne of original ideas, projects that require especially large amounts of resources will be evaluated to assess their potential to yield innovative knowledge, to generate distinguished research internationally and to share international roles appropriately. To effectively and efficien tly promote the projects assessed most favorably, extensive resources will be allocated intensively i n consideration of views of researchers in various fields and total balance among basic researches in cluding competitive research funds. Further, adequate explanations on the significance and expected o utcomes of projects will be requisite for the public's understanding.

  With regard to the results of research, researchers must target the acquisition of intellectual pro perty rights, as well as publish theses.


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