JFY2011 Awardees
Yen 15-20 million ($135,000-180,000)/year for up to 3 years
Project
Scientific Sourcesof Innovations
and Economic
Impacts ofSciencePI
Sadao NAGAOKA
Professor
Institute of Innovation Research,
Hitotsubashi University

Methodology
Development for
Visualization andQuantification ofSocial Expectation
to Science andTechnology

Masatoshi TAMAMURA
Associate Prof.
Faculty of Policy Management,
Keio University

Integrating Joint
Fact-finding into
Policy-making
Processes

Masahiro MATSUURA
Specially-appointed AssociateProf.
Graduate School of Public Policy,
the University of Tokyo

Development ofMethods for
ImpactAssessment ofElectric PowerTaro AKIYAMA
Professor/Director, Center forEconomic Growth Strategy,
Yokohama National University

Synopsis
To develop the Science of STI Policy, it is crucial to identify scientific sources of innovation and its economic impacts.
This project systematically conducts research on innovators in the fields of pharmaceuticals and bio- medicines in order to build an
objective database for understanding the mechanisms of developing innovations derived from science. Based on the database, it
assesses to what extent knowledge flows of science are created by public information on research papers and patents, researches
methods of enhancing flows, and evaluates economic impacts of science-based innovations. To increase the contribution of science tothe development of innovations, the project presents a policy proposal based on the objective database and analytical methods
instrumental in policy planning.
In Japan facing diverse social issues on a deep level, it is required to resolve various social issues by effectively investing limitedsocietal resources and by increasing social productivity. Toward that end, it is important to generate synergies between“technological innovation” and “social innovation.”
This project develops methods of visualizing and quantifying “societal expectations” toward science technology—a method ofgraphically representing societal expectations that the public has for science technology resolving social issues and a quantification
process for evaluating the changes science and technology brings to society and the benefits that such changes bring to theirbeneficiaries. It aims to intensify synergies between science technology and society using the information obtained from the resultsof the work as a common base.
In the policy formation process, building consensus by coordinating different interests is becoming increasingly complicated becauseof interest conflicts among stakeholders who present scientific evidence that serves their particular purposes.
This project studies the “joint fact verification” methodology, which can be used by stakeholders and experts to collaboratively
identify scientific evidence likely convince the vast majority of stakeholders. Specifically, it conducts demonstration experiments onenergy policies, food safety policies and ocean space projects and works toward the social implementation of the methodology to
put science-based policy formation into practice.
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, given the power conditions and the related technological innovations such as smart grid andfuel cells, innovations in the power market have been drawing attention.
This project conjectures, in quantitative terms, the influence of a next-generation electrical power system whose market/systemwere carefully chosen based on suitability along with an appropriate electrical power market, projects a joint fuel cell R&D network
and, based on these projections, evaluates public R&D outlays towards fuel cells. It establishes an innovation evaluation framework

Innovation andR&D Network
EvaluationScientometrics
Conducive toManagement ofFunding Programs

Study ofInnovation
Strategies
Conducive toCreating Future
Industries

needed for the selection of infrastructure (including markets and systems) and develops a method for evaluating the effectiveness of
public investment in R&D on the R&D network in order to contribute to the formulation of STI policies in relation to innovations inthe electric power sector.
Masashi SHIRABE
Associate Prof.]Graduate Schoolof Science and Engineering, Tokyo
Institute of Technology

Eiichi YAMAGUCHI
Professor, Graduate School of
Policy and Management,
Doshisha University

This project aims to further facilitate the use of scientific evidence to contribute to the management of funding projects and important
tool in influencing STI policies.
The project identifies and resolves research issues through practical activities such as preliminary surveys and dialogue withpractitioners for the purpose of building a platform on which practitioners and researchers can collaborate with one another. As atangible result of these activities, the project develops an evaluation index designed to be used by the practitioners as they engage inmanaging funding programs and a method for graphically representing scientific activities. And, through regular workshops andsharing analytical experiences, the project’s works toward creating a space that is conductive to collaboration between practitioners
and researchers.
This project aims to rectify the situation where we face delays in resolving various issues in industrial society because of not noticingthat innovation-oriented industries have already shifted away from closed "big enterprises" to more open "networks of innovators."
To that end, the project develops a tool called the "intelligence map" of Japan to graphically represent, analyze, and evaluate organic
connections between, among other things, science, technologies, people, and institutions essential to fostering innovation.
Furthermore, it makes this innovation generating tool open to the public through collaborative institutions. At the same time, theproject researches educational systems and certification programs for the use of "Innovation sommeliers," experts who serve as abridge between science (the creation of knowledge) and innovation (the creation of value) with the hope of contributing to thedevelopment of human resources necessary to achieve innovation.

JFY2011 Feasibility Study
Several Million Yen for up to 5 monthsProjectInquire the needs among people who are potentially engagedin science and technology
Macroeconomic Assessment Methods in Conjunction with STIPolicies

PIKei KANO
Assistant Professor, Science Communication Group, Institute for Integrated Cell
Material Sciences (iCeMS)
Makoto NIREI
Associate Prof., Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University