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

* Purpose and Outline of the ProgramThe JSPS launched the above program in FY1978 as a means of supportingresearchers affiliated to universities or research institutes (full-time) inAsian nations in obtaining Ph.D. degrees at Japanese universities under thesupervision of researchers there based upon MOUs signed by the JSPS andcounterpart institutions in Asian countries. The project allows researchersto obtain their Ph.D. degrees through the submission of a dissertation basedon degree regulations without matriculating from a doctoral course.Doctoral students receiving support through this project are givenopportunities to visit Japan to engage in research at Japanese universitiesunder the supervision of researchers there. The program also providesJapanese research supervisors with the chance to visit the doctoral student’scountry and supervise research in cooperation with the research supervisorat the university or the research institute, to which the doctoral studentbelongs. The JSPS therefore supports both host researchers and doctoralstudents.Currently, 151 researchers from China, India, Indonesia, the Republic ofKorea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are supported bythe program.(c) Inter-Research Centers Cooperative ProgramJSPS launched this cooperative science program in April 1994. The objectiveof the program is to promote and support scientific cooperation betweenresearch centers (institutes or research groups) in Japan and in othercountries, specially those carrying out research projects on subjects speciallyencouraged by JSPS and the relevant funding agency in the counterpartcountry.(5) Multilateral international exchange and other international exchangeprogramsAmong the bilateral programs, there are some like the Core UniversityProgram and Inter-Research Centers Cooperative Programwhich alsocontain a multilateral element. The following, however, are programs which183