Academic advancement drives social and economic progress

Academic research conducted by research universities, particularly basic research, has a great economic impact (see figure below). As a research university, the University of Tsukuba promotes the scholarly development of humanity as part of the academic sector and believes that the products of this will provide the driving force to move the economy, society, and culture forward through embodiments in the industrial and social welfare sectors.
With this objective in mind, the University of Tsukuba Research Administration/Management Office contributes to proposing university research strategies, optimizing research environments, broadening research funding, fostering research globalization and diversification, and developing new fields of inquiry. URA members’ diverse expertise, internationality, experience, and knowledge are effective in helping to maximize researchers’ academic research capabilities.

Basic research funding correlates with future GDP more strongly and for longer than applied research funding

At least five references containing the Granger causality from Lee et al. (2011) have proved a cause-and-effect relationship whereby research → GDP.

出典

2017/6/27 OECDstatのScience, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2016よりデータ抽出

豊田長康(2019) 「科学立国の危機失速する日本の研究力」より改変。因果研究は、同書図表1-5にリスト。