World News

2020年03月25日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (March 12-18, 2020) collected by CRDS

Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS)

This page is for weekly articles collected by the Center for R&D Strategies (CRDS) whose mission is to monitor, examine, and analyze the trends of 'STI and Society' and the policies in Japan and overseas. Based on the analyses, CRDS comes up with problems to be solved and proposes the solution and strategies to the government. The following articles are expected to be of help to those involved in STI policymaking activities.

EU：Science|Business
EU offers up to €80M support for German COVID-19 vaccine developer reportedly pursued by Trump
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/eu-offers-eu80m-support-german-covid-19-vaccine-developer-reportedly-pursued-trump

USA : Environment Protection Agency
EPA Expands COVID-19 Disinfectant List
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-expands-covid-19-disinfectant-list

USA : Department of Energy
Department of Energy Announces $25 Million for Plastics Recycling R&D, Launches Upcycling Consortium
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-announces-25-million-plastics-recycling-rd-launches-upcycling-consortium　

USA : DOE
Department of Energy to Provide $60 Million for Science Computing Teams
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-provide-60-million-science-computing-teams

USA : DARPA
Researchers Selected to Pursue Photonic Signaling for Microelectronics System Scalability
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2020-03-16

EU：European Commission
COVID-19: Commission sets out European coordinated response to counter the economic impact of the Coronavirus
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_20_459

EU：European Commission
Commission acts to make available 37 billion euro from the EU budget to address the Coronavirus
https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/commission-acts-make-available-37-billion-euro-eu-budget-address-coronavirus-2020-mar-13_en

EU : European Commission
Energy Union: €980 million in EU funding available for clean energy infrastructure
https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/energy-union-eu980-million-eu-funding-available-clean-energy-infrastructure-2020-mar-13_en

USA : National Institute of Health
NIH clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-investigational-vaccine-covid-19-begins