In fiscal 2021, the number of joint research conducted by universities, junior colleges, technical colleges, and inter-university research institutes nationwide with private companies reached 2, an increase of 9,644, or 850%, from the previous fiscal year. found in a national survey.

 In fiscal 2021, the survey surveyed 1,078 universities, junior colleges, technical colleges, and inter-university research institutes on the implementation status of industry-academia collaboration such as joint research, contract research, clinical trials, and intellectual property income, and totaled responses from 1,055 institutions.

 According to it, the amount of research funds received was 4,112 billion yen.It increased by 11.5% from the previous fiscal year, reaching the 4,000 billion yen mark for the first time.Of this amount, the amount received from private companies was 1,278 billion yen, an increase of 4.4% over the previous year.The amount received through joint research reached 893 billion yen, accounting for 69.9% of the total amount of research funding received.

 The total number of joint research projects was 10, the total number of commissioned research projects was 3,027, and the total number of clinical trials was 27, all of which were the highest numbers in the past five years.

 In terms of joint research with private companies, the number of cases where the amount received per project was 1 million yen or more increased by 1,000% from the previous year to 8.4 billion yen. The average amount received per case was 505 million yen, an increase of about 1 yen from the previous year.The number of joint research projects with foreign companies reached 301, the highest number in the past five years.

 Income from intellectual property increased by 61% from the previous year to 9.8 billion yen.The breakdown was 39 billion yen for patent rights, 7,000 billion yen for materials, 12 million yen for copyrights, and 3,000 million yen for others such as know-how.There are 2 venture companies born from universities.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Reiwa 3nd year About the implementation status of industry-academia collaboration at universities, etc.

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