JSPS’s budget for the 2015 fiscal year totals ¥305.3 billion. This amount is divided into direct funding of ¥259.5 billion and indirect funding of ¥45.8 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 99.8% subsidized by the Japanese government.
Budget Transition FY 2009-2015
| FY 2014 Budget by Program |
| Direct funding |
Government subsidies for JSPS as an independent Administrative Institution
|
27.3 |
| |
Research fellowships for young scientists |
19.1 |
| International scientific cooperation programs |
6.2 |
| Research application programs |
0.4 |
| Research Center for Science Systems |
0.6 |
| General administration |
1.0 |
| Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research |
133.1 |
| Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers |
1.9 |
| From Commissioned Program, etc |
0.7 |
| Multi-year Fund for Grants-in-Aid |
96.5 |
| Total |
259.5 |
|
|
| Indirect funding |
| Program for Leading Graduate Schools |
17.7 |
| Acceleration Program for University Education Rebuilding |
7.7 |
| WPI Program |
9.4 |
| Initiatives for Globalizing Higher Education |
11.0 |
| Total |
45.8 |
| Grand Total |
305.3 |
| A "Multi-year Fund for Grants-in-Aid" wasestablished in FY 2011. Its FY 2015 budget is ¥96.5 billion. |
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