Japan to increase foreign transparency in grant program applications

Japan will require researchers applying to grant programs to declare if they have received financial support from other countries in a bid to ensure transparency and protect intellectual property, officials said Monday.The education ministry will begin putting such a requirement on people applying for the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research funds in the academic year starting in April, and those who provide false or incomplete information will be ineligible for a grant, officials said.The ministry has so far been asking applicants to declare if they have received support from other domest…READ FULL ARTICLE