International Cooperation Division

Supporting Tech development through joint cooperation

The objective of this international collaboration programme is to respond to the global issues concerning science & technology while developing technologies that can be commercialized and localized through joint cooperation. The International Collaboration aims to foster and support the development of collaborative R&D projects that bring together companies, research organizations, academics and other collaborators from different countries for the joint development of innovative products or processes in various technology sectors.

Types of project to be supported:

Full-Scale R&D Projects, focused on co-development of new products, processes or technologies, and/or validation of an innovative product, technologies demonstrating the advanced level of innovation and higher commercialization potential.

The project must demonstrate:

• A complementary technological contribution from each partner.
• An obvious advantage and added value resulting from the cooperation between the participants.
• A balanced contribution between project partners and countries (i.e. no more than 60% of the effort contributed by any one partner or country).