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

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.” Researchers develop their researchplans based on this information, and must provide details such as the nameof the principal investigator, research theme, the funds sought, researchorganization, research goals, research plans and methods, the course ofresearch to date and results achieved or the state of preparation, andresearch achievements (dissertations and publications, etc., from the lastfive years).Application conditions are drawn up in line with the budget request placedby MEXT every summer for the next fiscal year, ensuring that conditionsare consistent with the content of the budget request.Disclosure of Grants- in- Aid research resultsAs the announcement by researchers of research results achieved throughthe Grants-in-Aid scheme at academic meetings, etc., as well as thedissemination of these results to the wider public, are considered to bevaluable means of feeding back scientific research into society, overviews ofresearch results and reports on research results are made public throughthe following means.* Overview of research results (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Researchdatabase)Annual reports of approximately 800 characters concerning research resultsand overviews of research result reports, also of approximately 800characters and summarizing research results once the research period hasended, are provided as an electronic database held by the National Instituteof Informatics.* Reports on research resultsFor some Grants-in-Aid research categories (such as Scientific Research),principal investigators create and submit a report on summarizing researchresults from the chosen theme, and copies of these are presented by theJSPS to the National Diet Library where they are available for publicperusal. Further, the universities, etc., to which researchers belong are alsoasked to make copies available for viewing where possible in their ownlibraries.145