Chapter 2. Improvement and Expansion of the Basis of Scientific Research
5 Promotion of University-Industry Research Cooperation
4 Issues Concerning University-Industry Research Cooperation
For the vigorous development of research activities corresponding
to social demands, the systems of accepting financial resources from outside
sources should be improved. Accepting and disbursing procedures should be made
simpler and more flexible. Moreover, other means for promoting cooperation, such
as information networks dealing with activities of university researchers as
well as research demands of social and industrial sectors should be improved
and expanded.
In recent years, governmental research institutes and research
centers in private industry have tended to attach an increasing importance to
basic research. As a result, their relations with universities are becoming closer
than before. Research cooperation and the exchange of researchers among the institutions
indifferent sectors should therefore be encouraged.