Getting Competitive Fund for Research and Development, and Independent Administrative Institution

Abstract

 Recently, although each ministry budget is decreasing, competitive fund for research and development (R&D) is increasing. I have introduced the latest general invitation of the fund for R&D, and pointed out some attentions one has to pay when writing a proposal. In addition, concerning national universities which are to be independent administrative institutions in the near future (from 2004), I have proposed the “improvement cycle” which considers evaluation as a positive approach for making a mechanism for their development.