About Us

JSPS’s budget for the 2011 fiscal year totals ¥334.7 billion. This amount is divided into direct funding of ¥291.7 billion and indirect funding of ¥43.0 billion. The indirect funds are provided in MEXT’s budget for program selection and assessment functions performed by JSPS.

The chart below gives a breakdown of the main items of the budget, which is 99.7% subsidized by the Japanese government.

Image:Budget Transition FY2006-2010

FY2011 Budget by Program


Direct funding
Government subsidies for JSPS as an Independent Administrative Institution	29.3
Research fellowships for young scientists	20.4
International scientific cooperation programs	7.0
Research application programs	0.2
Research Center for Science Systems	0.6
General administration	1.0
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research	141.1
Grants for Strategically Advancing Cutting-edge R&D	17.5
Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program	1.8
For Global COE Program, etc.	1.1
Multi-year Fund for Grants-in-Aid	55.5
Leading-edge Research Promotion Fund	42.9
Researcher Overseas Visit Fund	2.6
Total	291.7

（Unit: billion yen）
Indirect funding
Program for Establishing COEs	24.3
Program for Promoting University Reform	5.6
WPI Program	8.0
Global 30 Program	5.0
Commissioned S&T Research	0.1
Total	43.0

Grand Total	334.7


"Multi-year Fund for Grants-in-Aid" of ¥85.3 billion was established using the FY2011 budget.
"Leading-edge Research Promotion Fund" of ¥150 billion and
"Researcher Overseas Visit Fund" of ¥7.6 billion were established using the Japanese government's FY2009 supplemental budget.