June 26, 2024 Results of Public Solicitation for R&D Proposals under the FY2024 “Start-up and Budding Researchers Support Program”

 The implementing organization has selected 23 research and development (R&D) proposals for the FY2024 Start-up and Budding Researchers Support Program as candidates for adoption as a result of public solicitation.

Results of public solicitation

 The implementing organization *1, publicly solicited applications for the R&D proposals of the FY2024 Start-up and Budding Researchers Support Program from Wednesday, February 21 through Sunday, March 31, 2024 and received 383 applications. The implementing organization for FY2024^*2 selected 23 R&D proposals from the solicited proposals.

• *1)
  KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories, Inc.
• *2)
  Deloitte Tohmatsu TeleWork Center Co., Ltd.

 In the future, support for R&D expenses will be provided to those implementing the adopted R&D proposals. Furthermore, additional support will be provided by utilizing a nationwide network of organizations across various regions and fields. Under the division of roles between the public and private sectors, comprehensive support will be provided from R&D at the budding stage to commercialization.
 MIC will promote the ICT Startup League, a public-private partnership in conjunction with this project. Please visit the following website for more information on the ICT Startup League.

ICT Startup League Web site: https://ict.startupleague.go.jp/en/