The Ministry of Education said Friday it will start procedures to formally approve Tohoku University as the first recipient of huge grants under the government’s ยฅ10 trillion university fund aimed at promoting world-class research projects.
The ministry concluded that Tohoku University has met the conditions for receiving the grants under Japan’s Universities for International Research Excellence program, after an expert panel conditionally selected the university as a candidate recipient in August last year.
The Minister of Education is not expected to give formal approval and start providing subsidies to the university in Miyagi Prefecture until this fall at the earliest.
