Introduction of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Introduction of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) CNRS AUR@SIA symposium, Singapore November 5 th, 2015 Takashi Ohama, Director, Office of International Strategy, JST 1

Outline 1. STI policy of Japan update 2. International activities of JST 3. CNRS and JST 4. JST Singapore office 2015/11/12

1. STI policy of Japan update 2015/11/12

Overview of Competitive Funding System of Japan Support Research Activities Driven by Researchers Curiosity Promote Policy Oriented R&D from Basic to Apply commercialization based on R&D outcomes Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (1.1 Billion USD) MEXT JSPS * Budgets of FY2015, 1USD =120 JPY Research Activities at University JST (1.0 Billion USD) Japan Science and Technology Agency ERATO, PRESTO, CREST 2015/11/12 NEDO (1.1 Billion USD) New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization NICT (0.24 Billion USD) National Institute of Information and Communications Technology JRTT (1.6 Billion USD) Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency NARO(0.48 Billion USD) National Agriculture and Food Research Organization AMED (1.04 Billion USD) Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (A STEP etc.) R&D in Industry Energy Manufacturing Information Communication Transportation Construction Food Agriculture Pharmaceutical industry

Draft of the 5 th Science and Technology Basic Plan currently posted for public comments Four visions Create a future oriented industry ( Industrie 4.0 ) and produce new values for a societal innovation A world leading Super Smart Society Address economical and societal challenges Safe and secure society with a high quality of life Global challenges; contribution to the world s development Strengthen infrastructure for STI Human resources; excellence; and improvement in financing Establish the best spiral system of human resources, excellence, and money Open innovation; entrepreneurship; IPR strategy; regulations Prioritized measures for the visions Co working with various stakeholders Improving STI administration system 2015/11/12

2. International activities of JST 2015/11/12

Major Operation of JST R&D Strategy R&D Strategy Planning Center for R&D Strategy (CRDS) China Research and Communication Center (CRCC) Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS) International Benchmarking Promoting open access (Scientific papers, research data) Strategic Basic Research Promoting Creation of Science, Technology and Innovation Strategic Promotion of Basic Researches R&D based on University Industry Collaboration Recovery and Revival from the Great East Japan Earthquake Promotion of International S&T Joint Projects R&D System Reform Promotion of ImPACT, SIP Innovative Research Int l science competitions S&T Infrastructure Globalization of STEM education Establishing an programs infrastructure to drive the generation of innovation Soft infrastructure to support innovation Commercialization R&D Supplemental funding for ongoing projects Bilateral and multi lateral co funding Total budget of FY2015 about 106.5 billion yen Collaboration with global initiatives Knowledge Infrastructure Next Generation Development Science Communication

Why do we internationalize? Rapid progress of information and communication technology (ICT) has brought us Open Science era. Doing research is becoming more open and data driven. As the emerging economies continue to invest more in science and technology, Japan is relatively decreasing its presence in the word s science and technology landscape: Decreasing the share in the world the number of scientific papers in many disciplines Lower percentage at the internationally co authored articles in comparison with other leading countries Science and technology based innovation (STI) is Japan s engine to realize healthy society, secure clean and economical energy, and to boost economic growth and competitiveness under the situation of decreasing birthrate and aging population. Global challenges cannot be solved by our own. International contribution to the world s development and inclusive innovation are necessary. 8

JST s International Activities Bilateral Cooperation SAKURA Exchange Program 15 countries from Asia SICP/SICORP 23 countries and regions SATREPS 43 countries 9

JST s International Activities Multilateral Cooperation EU FP7 and Horizon 2020 e ASIA JRP 11 countries Belmont Forum 13 countries

e ASIA Joint Research Program (e ASIA JRP) Current Member Organizations 17 Member Organizations from 12 countries (as of Oct. 2015) Cambodia MOH Indonesia RISTEK Japan MEXT (JST) AMED Lao PDR MOST MOH Malaysia MOSTI Myanmar MOST New Zealand HRC Philippines DOST Russia RFBR Thailand NSTDA ARDA TCELS USA NIAID(NIH) NCI(NIH) Vietnam MOST Prospective Member Organizations: Public funding institutions in the 18 East Asia Summit (EAS) participating countries. ASEAN 10 Member States + 8 (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, China, India, Korea, Russia, U.S.) 11

In total (since 2008) : 101 projects in 43 countries: Area Number of eligible countries Number of projects Asia 15 countries 54 projects Africa 15 countries 26 projects Latin America/Caribbean 8 countries 16projects Other regions 5 countries 5 projects

Scheme of SAKURA Science Plan Short Term Invitational Program for Asian Youth SSP in Collaboration with Exchange Programs Exchange Programs Student exchange program (related organizations) Youth exchange program (related organizations) Invite highly excellent youth including high school, university students and young professors in S&T Private sector s program Super Science High school Science camp STI & Education Ministries Attend S&T Policy Symposium Visit to Research institutes Visit to companies Exchange with researchers/ SIT administrators Lecture by distinguished scientists Visit to Science Museum 13

3. CNRS and JST 2015/11/12

CNRS and JST a long friendship International Cooperative Research Project ICORP 2015/11/12

CNRS and JST a long friendship Bilateral co funding program ICT including Computer Science (2005 ) Life science (2008 ) MoU renewed/singed in Kyoto, October, 2014 2015/11/12

EIG CONCERT Japan Partners: 7 institutions from 7 countries Institution Acronym Country Japan Science and Technology Agency JST Japan National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS France Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development RCISD Hungary The Slovak Academy of Sciences SAS Slovakia The Research Council of Norway RCN Norway Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness MINECO Spain The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TUBITAK Turkey The EIG CONCERT Japan Partners have entered into a 3 year Memorandum of Cooperation for the Planning and Execution of Joint Calls, outlining their agreement to support international collaborative research through joint funding calls, while recognising that other forms of collaboration may also be pursued in the wider context of the EIG for Japan Signing the Memorandum is not a prerequisite for participation in Joint Calls, nor does it obligate participation in every Joint Call 17

Established in July 2009 Staff: 4 staff (1 in Bangkok) Mission: Supporting JST activities such as, 4. JST Singapore Office http://www.jst.go.jp/global/english/ http://www.the easia.org/jrp/ S I C P/SICORP http://ssp.jst.go.jp/en/index.html http://www.jst.go.jp/inter/singapore/ http://www.jst.go.jp/inter/english/sicp/index.html http://rikai.jst.go.jp/eng/e_about/e_sshs.php Collecting and disseminating S&T information, in the region etc. 18

Thank you very much. Merci. ありがとうございました 19