"JSPS External Review Report" was issued.(PDF File 1.22MB)

institutions included the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation, theDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the UK Royal Society and the BritishCouncil, the Indian National Science Academy, the Australian Academy ofScience and the Australian Research Council. As of 1997, MOUs withAustria, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland,Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland led to the implementation of cooperativeprograms of joint research projects and scientific seminars as theJapan-Europe Research Cooperative Program.The above joint research and seminars were assistance for comparativelysmall-scale cooperation, but in FY1994, the Inter-Research CentersCooperative Program (IRCP) was launched. The aim of the program was toenable the research institutions chiefly involved in prioritized research inJapan to work with foreign research institutions to further research in theirrespective areas, with the JSPS adopting research plans based onconsultation and agreement with scientific promotion agencies in othercountries and cooperating in assisting joint research.As at March 31, 2001, the JSPS had concluded MOU’s and agreements forexchange of scientists, joint research projects, seminars, and Inter-ResearchCenters Cooperative Programs with 57 institutions in 37 countries.In addition to these programs, to foster researchers, the JSPS also acceptsnominations for Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers programfrom 38 institutions in 26 countries and funds successful candidates.(c) Scientific exchanges with Asian nationsIn 1977, the Monbusho’s Science Council deliberated on the promotion ofscientific exchanges with developing countries, and presented arecommendation to the Monbusho’s Minister. The recommendation notedthat to further promote Japan’s scientific research and actively contribute tothe development of world science, scientific research needed to be opened upand advanced from a global perspective, to which end Japan had reachedthe stage where it should further promote scientific exchange withdeveloping countries. It was also stated that developing countries in Asia inparticular were interested in the experiences and characteristics of Japan as111