Part 1: New Developments in Science and Technology Policy: Responding to National and Societal Needs
Chapter 3: Future Science and Technology Policy in Japan
Section 1: Setting Plain Goals
3. The Priority Investment of R&D Resources
After setting goals for science and technology and designating
critical R&D areas, the next step is to promote the priority allocation of
R&D resources in view of the aforesaid needs to which science and technology
must respond.
The important R&D areas may in some cases extend into
the realm of basic research. However, in order to enrich the knowledge resources
that arise from basic research, R&D resources should be allocated effectively
on the basis of scientific merit, not merely to basic research relating to important
R&D areas but also to basic research that does not directly involve a critical
R&D area.
After setting goals for science and technology and designating
critical R&D areas, the next step is to promote the priority allocation of
R&D resources in view of the aforesaid needs to which science and technology
must respond.