ITRI Spin-off & Open Lab Startup Incubation

Industrial Technology Research Institute is Taiwan's applied technology institute, founded in 1973 and staffed by more than 6,500 people. Its mission is to drive industrial development, create economic value, and improve social well-being through technology R&D, and its spin-out history includes TSMC, UMC, Taiwan Mask Corp., Epistar, Mirle Automation, and Taiwan Biomaterial. This route is a negotiated commercialization channel rather than a public grant round. Founders work through open labs and incubators, usually by engaging the relevant ITRI lab, licensing or buying in IP, bringing in transferred researchers, and using incubation space. ITRI's entrepreneurial arm ITIC-Taiwan and joint funds such as AVITIC can join early-stage rounds, and the structured record gives no fixed award ceiling or public application calendar. The route fits teams that are ready to turn institute-developed technology into a company and can handle contract terms, IP access, and lab partnership discussions. ITRI also offers contract research, small-scale pilot production, process improvement, calibration, technology transfer, and IP services, so applicants usually benefit from arriving with a concrete commercialization plan and a clear idea of where the technology should sit in Taiwan's applied research ecosystem.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.