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Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Outline of Activities
Overview
To promote ocean development in our country, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC) continued
to carry out a variety of activities during FY (ending March , ) in close cooperation with domestic
and foreign organizations concerned. These activities included research and development efforts, education and
training services, information services, and construction, improvement and shared use of facilities and equipment.
Details of these activities are described below.
1. Research and development activities
JAMSTEC carries out its R&D activities under categories
of Research Project; Category , Research Project;
Category or Personal Research depending on the objective,
content and progress status of these activities. JAM-
STEC has established a flexible R&D system under
which to conduct research according to the plan drawn up
at the beginning of each fiscal year, that enables creative
research based on researcher's own initiatives or adjustment
to the situation change. In addition, JAMSTEC
carries out Commissioned Research and Cooperative
Research at the request from, and with the cooperation
of, other domestic and foreign organizations.
The R&D activities that JAMSTEC carried out for
FY are summarized below:
() Research Project; Category
JAMSTEC carries out important, large-scale or
comprehensive R&D projects as Research Project;
Category to make contributions to the economic and
social development and the improvement of marine
science and technology. In FY, JAMSTEC carried
out Research Project; Category as listed in Table .
() Research Project; Category
As Research Project; Category , JAMSTEC carries
out R&D projects to further develop the basic results
obtained from Personal Research and other researches
that may possibly develop into future Research
Project; Category . In FY, JAMSTEC carried
out Research Project; Category as listed in Table .
() Personal Research
As Personal Research, JAMSTEC carries out
research projects based upon individual researchers'
spontaneous conceptions to maximize their abilities,
or those that might develop into Research Project;
Category or Researches Project; Category in the
future. In FY, JAMSTEC carried out Personal
Research as listed in Table .
() Commissioned Research and Cooperative Research
As Commissioned Research, JAMSTEC carries out
research projects involving marine science and
technology, which are commissioned by other organizations
to JAMSTEC and whose implementation
JAMSTEC considers will benefit its own interests. In
FY, JAMSTEC carried out commissioned
Research as listed in Table .
As Cooperative Research, JAMSTEC carries out
research projects in which high-level results are likely
to come, while reduction in costs and required time
is expected by sharing R&D resources with other
organizations. In FY, JAMSTEC carried out
Cooperative Research as listed in Table .
2. Education and Training Activities
JAMSTEC provides education and training to
disseminate the results of its R&D efforts widely to
the world, and contribute to the human resources
development essential to advance marine science and
technology in Japan. In fiscal JAMSTEC conducted
training in diving skills and diving operations
management, the Science Camp for high school students,
the Marine Science School for elementary, secondary
and high school students, university students
and high school teachers with the support of the Japan
Foundation, and the Asia-Western Pacific Ocean
Research Network program for invited researchers and
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