NII actively advances research into grants-in-aid for scientific research, as well as research into private-sector funding (such as through commissioned research), and contributes to society through utilizing intellectual property that is created, acquired, and managed by NII.
Research Cooperation
Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research
(as of March 2010)
Research Categories
Number
Awarded Amount
(thousands of yen)
Specially Promoted Research
1
107,640
Scientific Research A
3
32,890
Scientific Research B
14
70,980
Scientific Research C
12
15,340
Exploratory Research
5
6,500
Encouragement of Young Scientists A
4
18,720
Encouragement of Young Scientists B
11
15,080
Encouragement of Young Scientists
(launch of activities)
4
4,290
Scientific Research in Priority Areas
11
359,800
Special Purposes
6
4,000
Total
71
635,240
University-Industry Cooperation and Collaboration
(as of March 2010)
Research Categories
Number
Amount Received
(Thousand of yen)
Joint Research with the Private Sector, etc.
13
211,591
Commissioned Research
21
291,082
Endowments
14
31,355
Collaborative Research
As an inter-university research institution, the NII provides opportunities for mutual exchange and research among researchers in universities and research institutions in Japan, while actively promoting many collaborative research projects. As of March 2010, it carried out 103 collaborations and accept a member of collaborative scholars of a total of 529.
NII Visiting Researchers
(as of February 2010)
Visiting Researchers
(Foreign Research Scholars)
17
(JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers)
11
(Others)
16
Cooperative Scholars
19
Requested Researchers*
61
Project Researchers
63
Special Joint Researchers
27
Total
214
* Of the whole body of Project Researchers, seventeen have currently been accepted under the postdoctoral researcher system established by NII.
Intellectual Properties
Total Number of Inventions and Applications for Patents
