World News

2020年06月23日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (June 10-17, 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.


UK : GOV.UK
Government-funded Imperial College COVID-19 vaccine moves into first human trials
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-funded-imperial-college-covid-19-vaccine-moves-into-first-human-trials

UK : GOV.UK
£70 million funding to secure UK position as a world-leader in quantum technology
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/70-million-funding-to-secure-uk-position-as-a-world-leader-in-quantum-technology


UK : UKRI
Government invests £10 million to help make future technologies more secure
https://www.ukri.org/news/government-invests-10-million-to-help-make-future-technologies-more-secure/　

USA : EPA
EPA Announces Winners of the 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-winners-2020-green-chemistry-challenge-awards　

Germany : BMBF
Zukunftspaket für das Innovationsland Deutschland
https://www.bmbf.de/de/zukunftspaket-fuer-das-innovationsland-deutschland-11825.html

USA : DOE
DOE Invests $17 Million to Advance Carbon Utilization Projects
https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-invests-17-million-advance-carbon-utilization-projects

USA : DARPA
DARPA Program Seeks to Develop Novel Therapeutics for Combating Microbial Infections
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2020-06-12

EU : European Commission
Call for innovators who use paper-based electronics to kick start their technology
https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/call-innovators-who-use-paper-based-electronics-kick-start-their-technology-2020-jun-16_en

USA : NIH
NIH launches analytics platform to harness nationwide COVID-19 patient data to speed treatments
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-launches-analytics-platform-harness-nationwide-covid-19-patient-data-speed-treatments