Dispatching Professors Abroad

YEAR 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(Monbukagakusho: former Monbusho) Researchers Abroad 5 5 7 7 2 - - Overseas Advanced Research Practice Support Program - - - - 4 4 2 International Scientific Research (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 66 48 75 70 67 75 74 Researchers Sent to International Meetings 5 1 4 5 - - - Others 0 2 13 18 35 24 19 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science ( JSPS ) 28 47 39 36 21 49 26 Other Governmental Institutions Ministries (Except Monbukagakusho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JICA 24 22 22 15 21 24 11 Others 5 1 2 5 13 39 25 Other Domestic Funds 158 146 142 138 132 129 136 Foreign Governmental Research Institutions 5 0 0 0 6 12 7 Self-financing 27 20 27 24 17 12 8 Expenditure of TUT - - 11 12 42 59 59 Total 323 292 342 330 360 427 367 * The "Core University Program" is included in JSPS.

Acceptance of Foreign Researchers

YEAR 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Monbukagakusho Foreign Researchers 17 13 13 10 - - - Participants in International Symposiums 0 131 0 0 - - - International Scientific Research (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 2 0 3 0 0 3 5 Others 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science ( JSPS ) 63 51 42 48 31 37 69 Other Governmental Institutions Ministries (Except Monbukagakusho) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 J I C A 7 9 1 1 8 4 9 Others 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Other Domestic Funds 3 2 1 8 4 24 20 Foreign Governmental Research Institutes 1 1 0 1 4 19 28 Self-financing 11 7 7 6 2 9 3 Foreign Lectures - - - - 27 26 33 Expenditure of TUT - - - - 0 2 6 Total 104 215 68 75 77 124 178 * The "Core University Program" is included in JSPS.

Number of Visiting Researchers

Short visits Inspection tours Others Total 2000 8 22 37 67 2001 22 14 27 63 2002 26 13 28 67 2003 13 6 6 25 2004 9 7 45 61 2005 13 4 28 45 2006 13 6 25 44