MOTIE Cash Grant for Foreign-Invested Companies
Funds foreign-invested Korean innovation centers and regional headquarters through negotiated establishment support.
MOTIE's Cash Grant for Foreign-Invested Companies is a discretionary, continuously-open grant program providing direct cash support to foreign companies that establish R&D centers or regional headquarters in South Korea's advanced strategic industries. The legal basis is Article 20.2 of the Enforcement Decree of the Foreign Investment Promotion Act. Eligible cost categories span land acquisition a…
Foreign-invested companies establishing R&D centers or regional headquarters in Korea's advanced strategic industries — including semiconductors, AI, secondary batteries, and biotech — as well as materials, parts, and equipment manufacturing operations.
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