Deep-Tech Startup Support Program (DTSU) / Program for Establishing Large-Scale Industry–Academia Collaboration Hubs in the Era of Convergence between Science and Business

This program aims to support research and development (R&D) conducted through collaboration between universities and industry, with a view toward social implementation. By doing so, it seeks to expand the creation of deep tech startups, develop the environment that fosters such startups, and broaden the base of industry–academia collaboration. The ultimate goal is to establish collaborative hubs centered on universities where science and technology, funding, and human resources are concentrated and circulated.

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  Overall structure of the project

Category (1): National Strategic Technology Research

R&D conducted by universities and  college of technology in nationally strategic technology fields^* will be subsidized, provided that such activities involve the pursuit of innovative technologies, the development of highly skilled human resources, and the establishment of the necessary supporting environments. However, fusion energy–related technologies are excluded, as they fall outside the eligible technology fields.

* National Strategic Technology Fields
(designated by the Cabinet Office CSTI Working Group):

1. AI and advanced robotics,
2. Quantum technologies,
3. Semiconductor and communication technologies,
4. Bio and healthcare technologies,
5. Space technologies

(Reference: 7th Science, Technology and Innovation Basic Plan, draft（1.9MB）)

Category (2): Regional Industrial Technology Research

R&D conducted by universities and college of technology in fields that leverage the distinctive characteristics of regional industries and academia will be subsidized, provided that such activities involve the pursuit of innovative technologies, the development of highly skilled human resources, and the establishment of the necessary supporting environments.