Public Appeal for Theses of R&D related to FY2013 Competitive Funds in ICT Field

1.Period of public appeal

  March 18 (Mon) to April 18 (Thu), 2013, 17:00PM (submission by mail must also arrive by this date)
 

2.Competitive funds subject to public appeal

  The public appeal will be held with respect to the following competitive funds.

Competitive funds		Planned number of projects to be adopted
1	Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme (SCOPE)
	R&D for creation of ICT innovation	Around 30
	R&D for development of young ICT researchers	Around 20
	R&D for promotion of effective use of radio frequencies
	Advanced effective use of radio frequencies	Around 20
	Development of young wireless researchers	Around 20
	R&D for regional ICT promotion	Around 25
2	Project for Promotion of Advanced Communication Applications Development (new)
	Type I	Around 4
	Type II	Around 10

 

3.Outline of enhancement of competitive funds in FY2013

  (1) Development of experts in big data analysis (data scientists) through R&D
  It is required to develop specialists in big data analysis (data scientists) who have knowledge and abilities in various fields of ICT and business in order to use big data. Therefore, the development of data scientists will be assisted by promoting R&D for use of big data in the SCOPE “development of young ICT researchers.”
  (2) Promotion of R&D for expansion of radio frequency resources with competitive funds
  R&D for expansion of radio frequency resources will be promoted by setting the SCOPE “R&D for promotion of effective use of radio frequencies” with a view to enhancing and strengthening efforts toward the acceleration of introduction and dissemination of new wireless systems which contribute to further effective use of radio frequencies. The government does not set R&D theses in advance but will establish a new system to accept free proposals.
  (3) Foundation of project for promotion of advanced communication applications development
  The development of advanced communication applications by making use of functions of “new-generation networks (future networks)” which enable us to flexibly set and operate networks such as route control and bandwidth control will be supported with new competitive funds. This will promotes the integration from basic researches to development of applications, accelerates the dissemination of new-generation networks and international standardization in such a way that innovation and new markets are created and international competitiveness is strengthened.
   

4.Trial efforts for FY2013 competitive funds

  (1) Enhancement of efforts for distributing achievements
  In order to enhance efforts for distributing R&D achievements to the society, the Type II Project for Promotion of Advanced Communication Applications Development for universities and small-and-medium-sized enterprises enables to carry out efforts toward the distribution of achievements from the stage of the start of development. To be more specific, it is allowed for trustees to seek advice from consultants, venture capitalists, etc. with regard to the formulation of plans for distribution of achievements toward its realization. By this way, efforts for development and distribution of its achievements are brought forward in an integrated manner.
  (2) Expansion of application of multi-stage selection method
  The multi-stage selection method introduced from FY2012 will be expanded and applied to “R&D for creation of ICT innovation,” “R&D for promotion of effective use of radio frequencies” and “Project for Promotion of Advanced Communication Applications Development” (Type II).
  This makes it possible to find out promising technical seeds and efficiently distribute funds to issues that will lead to the creation of innovation and realize the practical use of useful technologies for effective use of radio frequencies.