The Cabinet Office and the Government's Town, People, and Work Creation Headquarters have compiled a budget request for local universities in the 2018 budget and reported it to the Council of Experts.A total of 4 billion yen is required for four projects, including the establishment of regional university / regional industry revitalization grants.

 According to the report, the regional university / regional revitalization grant was recognized as an excellent project by the Council of Experts after formulating a regional professional human resources development and industrial promotion plan under the industry-government-academia collaboration promotion system presided over by the chief. Provide a grant.The Cabinet Office has positioned this project as a measure to promote local universities, and intends to contribute to the correction of the overconcentration in Tokyo together with the restraint of new university expansion in the 23 wards of Tokyo. Requested 120 billion yen.

 The university student convection promotion project in the region and the Tokyo area is a project that is expected to be effective because the university in the region and the university in Tokyo conclude an exchange agreement based on the credit transfer system and formulate a multi-year plan that incorporates efforts to promote exchange. The government subsidizes.The requested amount is 6 million yen.

 The research project on the establishment of satellite campuses in rural areas will grasp the needs of local areas for the establishment of satellite campuses and build a matching system between local universities and universities in Tokyo.The Town / People / Work Creation Headquarters is demanding 5,000 million yen.
In the regional revitalization internship project, university students in Tokyo experience working in rural areas.Expand the internship portal site and build a new platform for disseminating information.The amount requested by the Town / People / Work Creation Headquarters is 5 million yen.

reference:[Prime Minister's Office] FY30 Budget Request and Tax Reform Request Material (PDF)

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