[U-14] Future Academic Advancement Initiative in Earth and Planetary Science

[U14-07] Future Academic Advancement Initiative (2023) and Earth and Planetary Sciences

★Invited Papers

*Takuji Nakamura¹, Eiichi Tajika², Shigeko Haruyama³, Kiyoshi Kuramoto⁴ (1.National Institute of Polar Research, 2.Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo, 3.Professor Emeritus, Mie University, 4.Department of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Sciences, Hokkaido University)

Keywords:Future, Academic Advancement, Earth and Planetary Science, Large Research Projects, The Science Council of Japan

Since the formulation of the “Master Plan of Large Research Projects (Master Plan 2010, minor revision in 2011)” in the 21st term, the Science Council of Japan has formulated a new Master Plan every three years. The Master Plan of Large Research Projects ended with the 2020 version in the 24th term, and was replaced by the “Future Academic Advancement Initiative” starting in the 25th term. The "Future Academic Advancement Initiative (2023) ", presented as recommendations, consists of "grand visions" for academic advancement looking ahead to the next 20 to 30 years and "medium- to long-term scientific research strategies" which are necessary from the perspective of achieving these "grand visions". The "Future Academic Advancement Initiative (2023) " consists of 19 grand visions including 184 medium- to long-term scientific research strategies, that are selected from 194 applications. Of the 19 grand visions, the majority of the mid- to long-term research strategies related to earth and planetary science are contained in Grand Vision 12: “Understanding the Earth System and Predicting Global Change through Innovations in Observation Technology” and Vision 17: “Promoting Exploration of the Solar System and Expanding the Frontiers for Humanity”, while others are included in 9: “Creating Value by Building and Utilizing Cyberspace,” 10: “Rebuilding the Academic World through Data Infrastructure and Utilization”, 13: “Building a Sustainable Society Resilient to Global-scale Environmental Crises”, and 18: “Elucidation of the Birth and Co-evolution of Celestial Bodies and Life in the Universe”. The Future Academic Advancement Initiative is scheduled to undergo a minor revision in 2026, and a major revision will be made in 2029. This presentation will outline the process and outline of the development of the 2023 version of the “Future Academic Advancement Initiative". The presentation will be in Japanese.