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

the following March, with the budget request submission process beginningaround March to May the previous year. Budget consultations are heldbetween the JSPS and the related divisions of MEXT as the ministry withjurisdiction over the JSPS, and then around June, the JSPS AdvisoryCouncil meets to determine basic guidelines for the JSPS budget requestsubmission with reference to the results of JSPS-MEXT consultations.Around July, views are exchanged at a JSPS liaison meeting comprisingrepresentatives from the JSPS, MEXT and the Science Council of Japan,based on which the JSPS provides an explanation of the above -mentionedbasic guidelines to MEXT.The basic guidelines for the FY2002 budget request are compiled in adocument entitled “Petition Concerning Fiscal 2002 budget Request.”Subsequent work related to budget requests is conducted within thegovernment, and in August, Cabinet Ministers meet to discuss budgetrequests for the following fiscal year, determining the government’s basicapproach in this regard. Based on this approach, the Ministry of Financereceives explanations from the various ministries based on their budgetrequest materials, with the Ministry drawing up a draft by December. Afterfinal negotiations among ministries concerning the Ministry of Financedraft, the budget is adopted by the Cabinet as the official governmentbudget and subjected to Diet deliberation. The related legislation is passedbefore the beginning of the fiscal year.(11) Medium- and long- term program plansJSPS activities must be implemented on a single fiscal year basis on thebasis of permission for annual program plans. Because subsidy allocation isnot determined beforehand for a number of years even the national budget,multi-year program plans cannot be created.However, medium- and long-term policies, JSPS programs included, areindicated in the Science and Technology Basic Plan, and MEXT’s Council forScience and Technology reports and recommendations, and JSPS programsare planned and implemented based on these.124