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【When conducting research with KAKENHI】ResearchinstitutionsmayusetheindirectexpensetoimprovetheR&Denvironmentofresearcherswhoobtaincompetitiveresearchfundand/orimprovethefunctionsoftheoverallresearchinstitution.Personnel costs (Use for personnel costs for the Principal Investigator and Assignment of technical personnel for the sharing and maintenance of joint-Facility Necessary costs for management procedures related to competitive research funding Patent application fees, costs (maintenance and Equipment costs (purchase costs, operation costs, etc.)Library costs (costs for improvement, maintenance, and management of Academic journal subscription fee, paper submission fee (article publication Consumables expenses for shared photocopy machines, printers, etc.Costs of research publicity activitiespatent attorney fees, costs of request for review, etc.Changingthefollowingitemsenteredintheformforformalapplicationforgrantthe direct expense)Foreachcosttravelexpenses,personnelcosts/honoraria,miscellaneousexpenses),theallocationofexpensescanbechangedfreelywithinarangeoffiftypercentofthetotalamountofthedirectexpense(*)(or,whenfiftypercentofthedirectexpenseisthreemillionyenorless,uptothreemillionyen).※Single-year Grants：deliveryIndirectexpenseisthefundsprovidedtotheresearchinstitutiontosupporttheresearchactivitiesforwhichtheKAKENHIfundingwasgranted,aswellastoupgradeitsresearchenvironment.Indirectexpensesareexpensesforresearchinstitutionsdeliveredatafixedratiotothedirectexpense.Theamountequivalenttothirtypercentofthedirectexpensewillbeprovidedasindirectexpenseapartfromthedirectexpense.••Divisionofroles,directexpense(allocationofsharesofeachresearcher)(changeinamountofshares),researchimplementationschedule,breakdownofthemajorgoods,etc.Makingpartialchangestotheon-goingresearchplanwithoutapplyingtoJSPSisexpectedaslongassuchchangesarewithintheresearchobjectivesdescribedintheformalapplicationforgrantdelivery.However,decisionsshouldbemadeappropriatelyfromthestandpointofcarryingoutresearcheffectivelyinordertoachievetheoriginalresearchobjectives.the decided expense amount of each fiscal yearExamples of how indirectexpense can be used Co-Investigator(s) is not prohibited.)use equipmentmanagement costs, etc.)facilities)charge)item(purchaseofgoods,13Multi-year Fund：the decided expense amount for the entireresearch period spanning several fiscal years10. What are indirect expenses?11. Can a research plan be modified?Based on the progress of research, the following changes can be made. (Application and/or notification to JSPS is not required.)Changing the allocation of direct expense (within a range of 50% of the total amount of