Title: INT 98-13 **NSF/Tokyo Report: Nedo's Industrial Science and
Technology Research and Development Projects for FY 1998 **

Date: 4/22/98

Replaces: None

The National Science Foundation\'s offices in Tokyo and in Paris
periodically report on developments abroad that are related to the
Foundation\'s mission. These documents present facts for the use of NSF
program managers and policy makers; they are not statements of NSF
policy.

Report Memorandum #98-07 April 14, 1998

**NEDO\'s Industrial Science and Technology**

**Research and Development Projects**

**for JFY1998**

The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
(NEDO), a quasi-governmental organization under the direction of MITI\'s
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), has recently
launched nine research projects in JFY1998 as outlined below. NEDO
invites applications from research organizations interested in
participating in the projects. Details of the projects can be obtained
by visiting:

http://www.nedo.go.jp/itd/newprj/newproje.html

I. Projects:

Basic Phase Program

\(1\) Genome Informatics Technology Development

\(2\) The Frontier Carbon Technology Project

Application Phase Program

\(3\) Nanometer-scale Optical High Density Disk Storage System

\(4\) Human Friendly and Supportive Robot Systems

Academic Institutions Program

\(5\) Smart Materials and Structural Systems

\(6\) Platform for Designing Highly Functional Materials

\(7\) CAT-CVD Fabrication Process for Semiconductor Devices

\(8\) Development of Technologies for Creating New Bioaffinity Molecules
using Submicron Beads

Compound Semiconductors for High-efficiency Electro-optic Conversion
Development Project

\(9\) Compound Semiconductors for High-efficiency Electro-Optic
Conversion

II\. Duration of the projects: For this information, please visit the
homepage URL indicated above.

III\. Budget Scale for JFY1998:

\(1\) Yen 1,391 million

\(2\) Yen 1,389 million

\(3\) Yen 1,179 million

\(4\) Yen 921 million

\(5\) Yen 890 million

\(6\) Yen 417 million

\(7\) Yen 421 million

\(8\) Yen 472 million

\(9\) Yen 550 million

IV\. Application Procedure:

Eligibility: Research organizations including companies, research
associations, public corporations, or universities interested in
participating in a project independently or in the form of partnership
are eligible, subject to meeting the following qualification criteria.

\- An applicant should have previous research and development experience
in the field or related fields of the project. Also, the applicant
should have organizational structure and human resources required to
carry out the research and development.

\- An applicant should possess a sound management system for controlling
finance and facilities so as to smoothly carry out the research and
development.

\- An applicant should be willing to and able to comply with NEDO\'s
guidelines as needed, to execute all the provisions of the contract.

\- If the applicant is a company, the company should have a plan for
industrializing the results obtained from the research and development
and also the capability to carry out such a plan.

Participation in a project is open to both Japanese and overseas
research organizations. However, from the viewpoint of efficiency and
flexibility, it is best to carry out research and development at
Japanese laboratories. To be specific, research overseas will be
considered only when the research and development cannot be conducted in
Japan or is impossible to be carried out without using special
facilities located overseas.

For projects (2) and (4), central laboratories should be established in
Japan due to the nature of the research themes. At least half of the
total R&D budget should be allocated to other sub-laboratories in Japan.

For projects (1) and (3), more than three-quarters of the total project
budget should be allocated to research in Japan.

For projects (5), (6), (7) and (8), central laboratories should be
established at universities in Japan.

Deadline: May 11, 1998

Proposals can be obtained by visiting:
http://www.nedo.go.jp/index-e.html

For further information contact:

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

Applied Technology Development Department

29th Fl., Sunshine 60 Bldg.

3-1-1, Higashi-Ikebukuro

Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-6028

JAPAN

TEL: 011-81-3-3987-9356

FAX: 001-81-3-3987-9396

http://www.nedo.go.jp/itd/newprj/newproje.htm