Challenges of Research and Development Environmental Innovation to Improve Research Ability and Ideal Way of Research Infrastructure Strategy in University

Abstract

Research facilities, equipment, and technology possessed by industry, academia and government are important infrastructures that support all science and technology innovation activities. The policy of sharing research infrastructure at the university site was gradually started during the period of the 4th Science and Technology Basic Plan, and many policies have been taken across multiple stations even by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) alone.

However, those results are limited to a small part and do not lead to essential problem solving. This special issue introduces the gaps between the policy and the field on the research base so far, the design of the "place" to fill the gap and the problem solving method, and the ideal way of the research base strategy in the future field. And this special issue will discuss from both the aspects of hardware (facility / equipment) and software (human resources / system).

In this paper, I would like to discuss the importance of "places" that lead to R & D environment innovation and "human resources" that are related to the research base as innovative human resources, and recommend the direction of future activities.