FRANCE – JAPAN PHC SAKURA 15th ANNIVERSARY
160th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Scientific impact of the program (2005-2017)
MESRI-DAEI / MEAE
2018
December 12th, 2018, Tokyo 1
http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr
GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME
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Creation : 2003
The purpose of this programme is to develop excellence scientific and technological exchanges between the French and Japanese laboratories, by promoting new scientific collaborations and integrating in the projects young researchers and PhD.
Total budget (France + Japan) : around 300 000 € / year >> including budget from the French part : 150 000 € / year >> including budget from the Japanese part : 150 000 € / year
Average budget per project (France + Japan) : 14 000 € / year
Number of new projects per year : around 14 From 2005-2016: 838 applications submitted 169 projects funded
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DATA SOURCES
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Campus France • Information about the PHC Sakura program applications • List of mobilities (from France to Japan)
Survey (conducted by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and
Innovation and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs)
• Target : French Principal Investigators of selected projects between 2005 and 2016
• Survey duration : 6 weeks between June and July 2018 • 61% response ratio (103 respondents for 169 funded projects)
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ANSWERS TO THE SURVEY
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Average response rate to the survey : 61 % (103 answers)
Campus France & Survey
data
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14 12
16 16 14
15 15
12 12 13
12
18
1 1
9 7
8 7 7
9
12 13
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Number of funded projects Number of survey answers
2005-2016 Key Points
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BEFORE THE PHC SAKURA PROJECT
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Did you already take part with this Japanese partner in another university and scientist cooperation program that the PHC Sakura supported by France in Japan?
Survey data
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If yes, was it with the same partner?
If it was with the same partner, was this program a PHC?
32%
68%
Yes
No
79%
21%
Yes
No
22%
78%
Yes
No
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS VS SELECTION RATE (COMPARISON BETWEEN 26 DIFFERENT BILATERAL PROGRAMMES)
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Average selection rate for 2005-2017 : 20% vs 32% mean Average number of applications 2005-2017 : 70 vs 56 mean
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Average annual selection rate
Moyenne PHC SAKURA
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Average selection rate from 2005-2016: 20 %
Campus France data
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93
104
70
112
127
110
49
34 36 39 39
25 18 14 12 16 16 14 15 15 12 12 13 12
19% 13% 17% 14% 13% 13% 31% 44% 33% 31% 33% 48%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Number of applications Number of funded projects Selection rate
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND SELECTION RATE
SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS OF PROJECTS
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Campus France data
Number of applications : 837 Number of funded projects : 169
FRENCH PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
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Survey data
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37%
35%
11%
4%
3% 3%
2% 5%
Université
CNRS
Ecole d'ingénieurs
INSERM
CEA
ENS
INRA
AUTRES (OTHERS)
AGE OF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS (PI) (COMPARISON BETWEEN 26 DIFFERENT BILATERAL PROGRAMMES)
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PIs under 40 years : 36% vs 24% mean PIs over 55 years : 3% vs 15% mean
61% of the PIs are between 40 and 55 years
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
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% of PIs over 55 years
Moyenne
PHC SAKURA
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Survey data
Current professional status
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FRENCH PIS (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS) : STATUS AND AGE
29%
11%
35%
17%
8%
IMPLICATION OF WOMEN (FRANCE) (COMPARISON BETWEEN 26 DIFFERENT BILATERAL PROGRAMMES)
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% of women PIs in the applications : 20% vs 25% mean % of women PIs in the selected projects : 15% vs 25% mean
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35%
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% of women PIs in financed projects
Moyenne
PHC SAKURA
PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS (1/2)
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52 % of projects integrate master students
Survey data
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Number of master students
48%
25%
17%
7% 3% 0 master student
1 master student
2 master students
3 master students
4 and moremaster students
PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS (2/2)
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72 % of projects integrate PhD students
Survey data
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40 % of projects integrate post-doctoral researchers
Number of PhD students Number of post-
doctoral researchers
28%
35%
31%
4% 2%
0 PhD student
1 PhD student
2 PhD students
3 PhD students
4 and morePhD students
60%
0%
18%
18%
4% 0 post doct
1 post doct
2 post doct
3 post doct
4 and morepost doct
IMPLICATION OF PhDs (COMPARISON BETWEEN 26 DIFFERENT BILATERAL PROGRAMMES)
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% of projects implying PhDs and Post-doc : 71% vs 66% mean Average rate of scientific production per PhD : 0,55 vs 0,71mean
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% of projects implying PhDs and postdocs
Moyenne
PHC SAKURA
Mobility
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France Japan Japan France
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Campus France data
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MOBILITY : GENDER DISTRIBUTION
No data available
MOBILITY FRANCE – JAPAN (COMPARISON BETWEEN 26 DIFFERENT BILATERAL PROGRAMMES)
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% of french young researchers in outgoing mobilities : 43% vs 35% mean
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% of researchers under 35 years in outgoing mobilities
Moyenne
PHC SAKURA
MOBILITY : DURATION
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Campus France data
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France Japan Japan France
No data available
Scientific production
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SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT (1/2)
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Number of funded projects : 169 Percentage of copublications
Survey data
Campus France data
5%
35%
11% 18%
6%
3%
0% 12%
9%
1%
SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT (2/2)
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data
77% of funded projects led to one co-publication at least 26% of copublications include at least 1 PhD or PostDoc
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Number of
funded
projects by
thematic area
Ratio of
funded
projects by
thematic area
Number
of co-
publicatio
ns
Ratio of co-
publications
by thematic
area
Ratio of funded
projects by thematic
area that led to one
co-publication at
least
Average
number of
co-
publications
per project
Mathematics 6 7% 13 5% 67% 2,2
Physics 18 20% 87 35% 78% 4,8
Marine / Earth / Planet
Sciences 12 13% 29 12% 75% 2,4
Chemistry 16 17% 45 18% 94% 2,8
Biology and Health 13 14% 14 6% 69% 1,1
Humanities 2 2% 7 3% 100% 3,5
Social Sciences 1 1% 0 0% 0% 0,0
Engineering Sciences 15 16% 29 12% 87% 1,9
Information
Technology 5 5% 23 9% 80% 4,6
Agronomy / Food
Science / Environment
/ Biodiversity
4 4% 3 1% 25% 0,8
TOTAL 92 100% 250 100% 77% 2,7
What happens after a PHC Sakura project ?
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CONTINUATION OF THE COLLABORATION (1/3) (COMPARISON BETWEEN 26 DIFFERENT BILATERAL PROGRAMMES)
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Continuation of the collaboration : 91% vs 81% mean Continuation of the collaboration with other sources of subvention : 47% vs 33% mean
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Financed continuation of the collaboration
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PHC SAKURA
CONTINUATION OF THE COLLABORATION (2/3)
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Has the program Sakura led to the set-up of joint structures?
Survey data
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Yes 11%
No 89%
6 6
2
CNRS / LIA(Associated
internationallaboratory)
CNRS /International
research network(IRN ex GDRI)
Other
CONTINUATION OF THE COLLABORATION (3/3)
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Has the French-Japanese collaboration involved new partners?
Survey data
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Yes 46%
No 54%
IMPACT ON YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ CAREER
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% of young researchers whose career was impacted by the PHC program
Survey data
Type of impacts
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Yes 62%
No 38%
16%
10%
18%
11%
3%
9%
7%
4%
3% 16%
2% 1%
Post PhD in France
Post PhD in Japan
Post PhD in another country
Teacher-researcher in France
Teacher-researcher in Japan
Teacher-researcher in another country
Researcher in an public research institution in France
Researcher in an public research institution in Japan
Researcher in an public research institution inanother country
Employed in a private company in link with the fieldof Higher Education-Research in France
Employed in a private company in link with the fieldof Higher Education-Research in Japan
Employed in a private company in link with the fieldof Higher Education-Research in another country
GENERAL OPINION OF FRENCH PIS ON THE PROGRAMME (1/3)
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Survey data
98% of French principal investigators are satisfied
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1% 1%
14%
45%
39%
Not satisfied at all
Not satisfied
Quite satisfied
Very satisfied
Extremely satisfied
GENERAL OPINION OF FRENCH PIS ON THE PROGRAMME (2/3)
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Positive comments
Survey data
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83 82 80
59 54 54
45
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23 21 16
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GENERAL OPINION OF FRENCH PIS ON THE PROGRAMME (3/3)
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Negative comments
Survey data
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50 46
30
24 23 21 20 18 14
6 4 3 0
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PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS
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Preliminary conclusions suggest that the funding scheme has efficiently contributed to create (or to maintain) fruitful and long-term cooperation, despite the relatively low financial support, which is to be considered as “seed money”. Average number of co-publications per project is good. Co-publication rate (funded projects that led to one co-publication at least) is good. Involvement of young researchers could be improved for scientific output.
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PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS
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RECOMMENDATIONS Aim an average 30% success rate Promote scientific co-publications (23% of projects with no co-
publications) Promote co-publications by young researchers (74% of co-
publications are done without any young researcher) Promote applications from women (20%)
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CONCLUSIONS
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Preliminary conclusions suggest that the funding scheme is efficiently contributing to maintain a fruitful and long term cooperation, despite the relatively low financial support, which is to be considered as “seed money”.
Thank you for your attention
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Contacts
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French national ministries (MESRI / MEAE) will provide a complete analysis of the survey (incl. scientific impact). Il will be sent to the recipients of the funding and participants in this symposium.