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

The major difference between this category and the categories describedabove is that where Scientific Research, for example, targets fulltimeresearchers at universities and other research institutions, Encouragementof Young Scientists (B) reaches out to teachers at elementary, junior highand senior high school, secondary school, schools for the blind, deaf, andphysically/mentally handicapped, kindergartens and technical institutes,staff at educational and research institutes affiliated with the Board ofEducation, and other persons engaged in scientific research.The goal of this category is to support the kind of research with educationalor social significance that is not conducted in research institutes atuniversities, etc. To encourage such scientific research, research grants ofbetween 100,000 and 300,000 yen are available for each selected researchproject.As of FY2002, the title of the category has been changed to Encouragementof Scientists ((B) has been omitted).Turning next to the Promotion of Publication of Scientific Research Results,grants are given to defray the cost of publicizing and disseminating researchactivities. Scientific research is only meaningful when the results arerecognized in domestic and foreign scientific circles and are registered in aform which will allow them to be used as intellectual property for all thepeople in the world, and the announcement of research results is a criticalstep in bringing scientific research to fruition. Modes of communicatingthese research results include scientific periodicals which are published on aregular basis by academic societies, etc., scientific literature written byresearchers, databases created by researchers, and symposia for the releaseof research results.To promote the publication of scientific research results, support is providedfor the publication of key scientific research results, database creation, andthe announcement of research results, thus contributing to the advance anddissemination of Japanese science and international scientific exchange.This type of grant has four subcategories: (1) scientific periodicals; (2)scientific literature; (3) databases; and (4) other release of research results.137