December 18, 2015 Public Appeal for FY2016 R&D Themes under Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme (SCOPE)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) hereby announces that it will make a public appeal for new research and development (R&D) themes starting in fiscal 2016 under Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme (SCOPE), a project to grant competitive funds for R&D in the field of information and communications technology. MIC has decided to make this public appeal before the fiscal 2016 budget bill passes through the Diet so that this project can be started promptly after the budget bill passes through the Diet. Therefore, it should be kept in mind that the implementation of the project is subject to change according to the passage of the budget bill.

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