June 2, 2020 Appeal for Subsidized Projects on IoT Testbeds and Reginal Data Centers (Seventh Time)

  The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, headed by Dr. Hideyuki Tokuda, President) has decided to make an appeal for subsidized projects on the service of innovative technology development facilities (used as IoT testbeds) and regional specific telecommunications facilities (used for regional data centers). These facilities have been established under the Act on Facilitation of Implementation of Project for Development of Specified Communication and Broadcasting (Act No. 35 of 1990).

1. Application period (Acceptance period of applications)

From Tuesday, June 2 and no later than 5:00 pm on July 22, 2020

2. Application method

Prepare application documents under subsidy guidelines and submit them by email or postal mail to the submission destination.
Mail paper application documents later in the case of sending the application by email.
The subsidy guidelines, along with an application manual and application form, are downloadable from the NICT’s webpage.
(Webpage about the system and procedure: http://www.nict.go.jp/promotion/overview.html )

3. Submission destination

Business and Technology Research Promotion Office
ICT Deployment and Industry Promotion Department
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795

4. Future appeal plans

Eighth appeal period: Friday, October 23 through Friday, December 18, 2020
Period covered by the subsidy
The day after the subsidy decision (scheduled from mid-February 2021 through Monday, January 312, 2022)

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  Depending on the situation, the appeal may be canceled.