The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has adopted 2016 projects, including 2 newly adopted projects, in the 6,676 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, and allocated 7 billion yen including direct and indirect expenses.Both the number of adoptions and the amount of allocation were the highest ever, showing a strong desire to promote academic research.
According to the Ministry of Education, the number of new applications is 10.The annual rate has been increasing at 1,234% for the past five years, but it has exceeded the 5 mark for the first time.The number of new adoptions has also increased by 3.3 (10%) compared to FY2015.The adoption rate of new projects for the total number of adoptions was only 294%, which did not reach the government's target of 1.1%.
The breakdown of the allocation amount is 1,613 billion yen for direct expenses and 484 billion yen for indirect expenses.Of this amount, the direct cost for the newly adopted amount was 649 billion yen, which was 2015 billion yen (13%) higher than in FY2.0.The average direct cost allocation per issue, including new adoption and continuation, was 1 yen.
When the number of accepted cases and the amount of allocation were divided by the institution to which the researcher belongs, the national university had the highest number of accepted cases and the amount of allocation, accounting for 54.8% of the total number of accepted cases and 63.2% of the allocated amount.For private universities, the number of adoptions is 26.4% and the allocation amount is 18.6%.There is a long-term expansion trend, and it is closing the gap with national universities.
By research system, biological systems have the largest number of adoptions and allocation amount, followed by science and engineering.Of the researchers selected, 5,218 were female.Although it was only 19.6% of the total, the new adoption rate was slightly reversed, with 26.3% for men and 26.5% for women.
Shojiro Nishio, President of the Research Funds Department of the Scientific Subcommittee of the Science and Technology Council, said, "The increase in the number of new applications indicates the strength of on-site needs for scientific research funds. Currently, the budget has peaked. We are not keeping up with the growth of applications. There is an urgent need to overcome this situation. "
