「国際卓越大」に８大学申請　第２回公募、審査開始へ―文科省

　文部科学省は２０日、政府が１０兆円規模の「大学ファンド」の運用益で支援する「国際卓越研究大学」の第２回公募に、国立、私立の計８大学から申請があったと発表した。６月から冬ごろにかけ審査が行われ、該当校があれば今年度中に支援を開始する見通し。
　申請したのは、第１回公募に応じた１０校から東北大と東京理科大を除いた８校で、受け付け順に大阪大、京都大、早稲田大、東京大、九州大、東京科学大、筑波大、名古屋大。今月１６日が締め切りだった。
　国際卓越大の対象は全体で「数校」とされており、認定されると最長２５年間助成を受けられる。昨年１１月、東北大が第１号に認定され、今年２月に初年度分として約１５４億円の助成が実施された。
　文科省は第２回の審査に当たり、改めて有識者会議（アドバイザリーボード）を設置。構成員にはニューヨーク大名誉学長のアンドリュー・ハミルトン氏ら国内外の１１人が選ばれた。（2025/05/20-10:30）

Japan's education ministry said Tuesday that eight national and private universities have applied for grants from the government's 10-trillion-yen university fund aimed at promoting world-class research projects in the second-round selection process.
   The applications for the grants under Japan's Universities for International Research Excellence program will be screened from next month through the winter. Selected universities are expected to begin receiving the grants by next March.
   The eight universities are the University of Osaka, Kyoto University, Waseda University, the University of Tokyo, Kyushu University, the Institute of Science Tokyo, the University of Tsukuba and Nagoya University. Friday was the deadline for submitting applications in the second-round.
   All eight had filed applications in the first-round selection process, in which Tohoku University was chosen as the first recipient of the grants last November. Tokyo University of Science took part in the first round, but did not submit an application in the second round.
   The ministry is set to select a few schools as recipients under the program, which provides selected universities with grants for up to 25 years. Tohoku University was given about 15.4 billion yen in February this year as the grant for the first year.