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

organization’s inception, and has produced a substantial harvest.There are few other organizations which allow researchers around Japanfrom related fields to engage in free, inter-disciplinary research exchangebeyond the bounds of universities and companies, and even beyond thestructures of their disciplines. The various JSPS committees therefore playan important role as an interface between academia and industry, not tomention as a catalyst for university-industry research breakthroughs.Two of the main elements of the program are the Advisory Committee onUniversity-Industry Cooperation and the University-Industry CooperativeResearch Committees, which are outlined below.Advisory Committee on University- Industry CooperationAs noted above, the University-Industry Research Cooperation Program isconducted primarily through the activities of thematic university-industrialcooperative research committees. However, from an even broaderperspective, the Advisory Committee on University-Industry Cooperationwas established in 1982 to push the program forward more comprehensivelyand systematically, comprising key figures from industry and academia.The Advisory Committee was set up in response to the need to expand andstrengthen the JSPS University-Industry Research Cooperation Program asnoted in the “Response to Social Demands of Scientific Research” section inthe summary of Science Council discussion on Basic Policies for ImprovingScientific Research Mechanisms, which also proposed the formation of sucha committee.The Advisory Committee deliberates on measures for promotinguniversity-industry cooperation with a view to the future, and discusses andconsiders the establishment, continuation and dissolution ofuniversity-industry cooperative research committees, as well as areas andthemes which could be advanced through university and industry ties andpromotion measures for these.151