The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has conducted a survey and analysis of universities in other countries that are making advanced efforts to establish a "research management system" by top management in Japan and overseas, and announced the survey results.
Currently, domestic universities are required to play a central role in the formation of an innovation ecosystem by industry, academia and government for the creation of innovation.For that purpose, it is extremely important for the top management of each university to actively acquire research resources (human resources, funds, facilities / equipment, intellectual property) and to effectively allocate them within the university. It is necessary to establish.
This survey conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology investigates and analyzes cases where research management systems have been established in the United States, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Germany. It was carried out for the purpose of utilizing it in planning and planning for the realization of management.
According to the survey, it is clear that top foreign universities have abundantly obtained funds with a high degree of freedom, and have established a research management system that manages from a university-wide perspective in addition to the efforts of individual researchers. became.
For example, in terms of management system and strategy, at National University of Singapore, management personnel has two layers, recommendation and nomination, and has a clear and hierarchical management system. At Stanford University, a budget is proposed to Probost. It was found that the Budget Group is made up of members with a university-wide perspective, such as faculty members who have experienced Senate, and is devised so as not to represent the interests of the organization from which they came.
On the other hand, at universities in Japan, the current situation and issues such as lack of practical authority of top management and lack of on-campus system to execute top management have been clarified.Details of the results of this survey can be viewed on the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology website.
