Mon. May 31, 2021 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Ch.01 (Zoom Room 01)

convener:Eiichi Tajika(Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo), Kenji Satake(Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo), Taikan Oki(Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo), Gaku Kimura(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Chairperson:Eiichi Tajika(Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo), Taikan Oki(Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

The future of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) is now being discussed. The reform of SCJ in 2005 has weakened the relationship between SCJ and the academic societies. Not only young researchers but also mid-career and above researchers are becoming distant, and some researchers profess that they will not be in trouble without SCJ. But is that true? The Earth and Planetary Science Committee is the largest organization in SCJ, consisting of a total of about 60 committees. The SCJ also serves as the contact point for international academic societies on the Japanese side, and related organizations in the field of Earth and planetary science account for one-third of the total. This is also the largest among all academic committee in SCJ. In addition, the "Master Plan for Large-scale Academic Facility and Large-scale Research Projects", which is revised by SCJ every three years, is extremely important for the realization of large-scale scientific projects, so we are supporting applications throughout the field of Earth and planetary science. , 13 projects were adopted for Master Plan 2020, and 4 projects were adopted for Priority Large-scale Research Plan. We will discuss the role and significance of SCJ for the Earth and planetary science community and society, and what is needed for SCJ to be a literal "representative organization of our scientific community"