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2021年02月16日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (February 4-11, 2021) 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
£9 million fund opens to railway innovators and inventors
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/9-million-fund-opens-to-railway-innovators-and-inventors

UK : UKRI
UKRI and Defra to launch Farming Innovation Pathways competition
https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-and-defra-to-launch-farming-innovation-pathways-competition/

UK : UKRI
£16 million funding for large-scale plastic packaging projects
https://www.ukri.org/news/16-million-funding-for-large-scale-plastic-packaging-projects/　

Germany : BMBF
Karliczek: Qualitätspakt Lehre hat Studienbedingungen an Hochschulen entscheidend verbessert
https://www.bmbf.de/de/karliczek-qualitaetspakt-lehre-hat-studienbedingungen-an-hochschulen-entscheidend-13708.html　

Germany : BMBF
Karliczek: Mit Internationalen Zukunftslaboren bringen wir Forschung zum Grünen Wasserstoff in Deutschland weiter voran
https://www.bmbf.de/de/karliczek-mit-internationalen-zukunftslaboren-bringen-wir-forschung-zum-gruenen-13719.html 　

USA: DOE
Department of Energy to Invest $25 Million in Polymer Upcyling, Plastic Waste Reuse Research
https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/department-energy-invest-25-million-polymer-upcyling-plastic-waste-reuse-research

USA : DARPA
Orbital Construction: DARPA Pursues Plan for Robust Manufacturing in Space
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-02-05

EU：European Commission
Public consultation on future EU rules for reducing methane emissions in the energy sector
https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/public-consultation-future-eu-rules-reducing-methane-emissions-energy-sector-2021-feb-10_en

USA : White House
Memorandum on Revitalizing America's Foreign Policy and National Security Workforce, Institutions, and Partnerships
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/02/04/memorandum-revitalizing-americas-foreign-policy-and-national-security-workforce-institutions-and-partnerships/