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

schools”.* Science Partnership ProgramSponsoring of special classes taught by prominent scientists and engineers,development and trial of textbooks for science education, use of researchfacilities for teaching, etc.* Development of advanced science and technology education contentR&D on digital content concerning interdisciplinary areas, etc.* Upgrading of national science museums(2) Research fellowship programsProgram to Support 10,000 PostdoctoralsThe first Science and Technology Basic Plan, adopted by the Cabinet in 1996,stipulated that the Program to Support 10,000 Postdoctorals, which isdesigned to foster and expand the number of young researchers, shouldachieve its aims by 2000. Various programs for supporting youngresearchers were accordingly expanded and enhanced, and the 10,000 markwas reached in FY1999. As a central element in the Program to Support10,000 Postdoctorals, the Fellowship Program implemented by the JapanSociety for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) provided support for around4,500 of the 10,000 young researchers targeted in FY2000, marking it as acore program in Japan’s assistance for young researchers.The second Science and Technology Basic Plan, adopted by the Cabinet in2001, also refers to fostering and securing young researchers, noting theimportance of ensuring their independence so that they are able to fullyexert their abilities. The Plan commended the Program to Support 10,000Postdoctorals as having built an environment in which postdoctorals couldfocus on their research, while also pointing to the need to improve thequality of postdoctoral and other support systems through, for example, thedispatch of postdoctorals to administrative institutions and companies, etc.,and greater support for outstanding doctoral students.To help promote researcher mobility, the second Science and TechnologyBasic Plan stresses the acquisition by researchers of wide-rangingexperience and exchanges among industry, academia and government. It161