Japanese SBIR Promotion Program
Funds Japanese small and medium-sized businesses with staged innovation support from concept to advanced development.
The SBIR Promotion Program is METI's designated-subsidy contribution to Japan's inter-ministerial Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) scheme, an initiative coordinated by the Cabinet Office to accelerate R&D-led startups and the social implementation of their technologies. NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) serves as the executing body, publishing specific R…
R&D topics determined annually by Cabinet Office Governing Board. Two issue categories: procurement-needs (government wants innovative tech) and social-issues (innovative tech to solve political problems).
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