April 8, 2016 Extension of Appealing Period of Proposals for ICT Robots and Proposal Procedure Change in FY2016 R & D Themes under SCOPE (International Standard Acquisition Type)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) made an appeal on October 20, 2015, for proposals for 2016 research and development (R&D) themes under Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme (SCOPE) (international standard acquisition type). In this connection, MIC hereby announces an extension of the appealing period of proposals from April 12 to June 7, 2016, inclusive, for one of the themes (ICT robots) along with a proposal procedure change.