Research Institution Creating Industry for the New Era

Foundation

Nagoya Industrial Science Research InstituteAn Organization Committed to Capturing theNeeds of Industry for Supporting Research andTechnology Development and Human Resources
Cultivation
What is“Meisanken”?
We are able to give you sophisticated support on your research and development
consultation needs, through our foundation’s numerous coordinators and senior
fellows (emeritus professors), with their specialized skills and broad network
representing a variety of ﬁelds.
Information platform of academic technology seeds
Establishment of new networking among companies.
Consultation and evaluation for IP establishment
Tech-transfer on University’s technology to Industry
Workshop guidance on advanced technology (collaboration with Chubu Bureau of Economy, Tradeand Industry)Support and management for the national project“infrastructure development projects forstrategic industry support”
Contracts for funded research
Planning of training programs to dispatch optimal instructors for each company’s request.

We have much experience in these areas and have received favorable feedback.
Please feel free to contact us at any time

Human
resources
cultivation

Technology
cultivation
Technology
transfer

Information
services

Commercialization
supportIntellectualproperty
discovery

Fundingprocurement
supportStartups
supportIntellectual
property
management

Company
supportFundedresearch

Greetings

President

Hiroyasu Naito

First, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Hiroyasu Naito and I havesucceeded to Susumu Naito as the President of the Research Institute.
Our foundation, upon receiving certiﬁcation as a public beneﬁt corporation fromthe Cabinet Oﬃce in April 2012, has been engaged in support activities for researchand industry, academia, and government partnerships that contribute to thedevelopment of industrial technology, mainly in the Chubu region. For more than 70years from the time of the establishment of our predecessor, Nagoya Aviation
Institute, in 1943, we have been working on projects suited to the needs of the time.
We currently have three pillars of activities, namely（1）research,（2）training, and（3）technology transfer（fostering）.
The greatest feature of our foundation is the ability to utilize a tight network ofuniversities, including Nagoya University, that have engineering, medical, andpharmaceutical faculties, allowing for the planning and coordination of, for example,
joint research, technology transfer, technology guidance, human resource training
between local companies and universities.
The Chubu region, with its automotive, aircraft, new materials, and otherindustries, is a center for manufacturing technology and companies, and boasts
industrial output ﬁgures that exceed anywhere in Japan.
In the context of upcoming transformations, sometimes called the Fourth
Industrial Revolution, we recognize the increasingly important role that ourfoundation has to play as a link between the industry, academia, and government
sectors.
We ask you all for your special understanding and increased guidance andencouragement regarding our foundation’s activities.

Project MapFor-proﬁt
Projects

Public Interest Projects

Business Category

Responsibility

Research Advancement
Projects

Research projects
Study group research projects
Research projects subsidized by nationaltreasury, etc.
Public interest funded research

DOR

Knowledge Exchangeand Communications
Project

Industrial science forums
Seminars and symposia, etc.
Technical consultation and guidance
Dispatch of lecturers

DOR

Industry-Academia
Partnership Support

Coordination between industry and academia
Industry-academia partnership project
management
Holding industrial networking events

CTLO

Human Resource
Cultivation and Training

On-site training · e-learning, and group training

CHC

Technology Transfer

Invention consultation Patent management
Invention evaluation Technology transfer
Patent application

CTLO

Funded Research

Funded research carried out in response tothe commissioned challenges on researchand technology development held bycompanies

DOR

Research Advancement Projects()

Research Advancement Projects
Research projects
The researchers of the foundation (emeritus and current university faculty members) conduct basic research on thescience and technology related to the industry.

Study group research projects
Study groups led or represented by senior fellows are established to conduct research with the aim of joint R&D projects
among industry, academia, and government (collaborative projects).
A list of Study Groups is published on a home page.

Research projects subsidized by national treasury, etc.
Conducts adopted publicly oﬀered competitive research (scientiﬁc research grant).

Public-interest funded research
Conduct funded research and development (competitive funds business) consigned by the government, etc.

Funded research
Conducts funded research consigned from industry.

Knowledge Exchange and Communication Projects
Industrial Science Forum
Forums are held to provide a venue for discussion on selected timely topics submitted by senior fellows and university
professors.

Seminars and symposia
As part of the activities by which a wealth of accumulated knowledge and experience is shared with society, senior fellows
conduct communication activities that provide highly specialized commentary intended for engineers and researchers inother ﬁelds and the general public highly interested in science and technology.

Technical consultation and guidance
We provide access to senior fellows for technical consultation and guidance suited to individual requests from companies
and organizations to contribute in achieving problems and advancing R&D.

Dispatch lecturers
Dispatch lectures senior fellows to give lectures requested by government or companies.

Human Resource and Training()

On-site Training
We dispatch senior researchers from our institute as well other lecturers specialized in a wide range of domains to provide
basic engineering education as well as special education, such as technology management, according to the level requiredby the company.
We can respond to your needs in terms of curriculum structure, date and time, number of training sessions, and budget.
(A separate brochure is available.)e-Learning
We provide a highly versatile program consisting of 7 engineering course that can be used across industries. Thisprogram has been used for in-house training by more than 60 companies throughout Japan. You can attend using
smartphone or tablet device, in line with the times. (environmental conditions must be met)

Course nameElectronic circuitry for mechatronics (Basic)
Electronic circuitry for mechatronics (Advanced)
Basis of vibration engineering
Basis of drying technology I
Basis of drying technology II
Fluid dynamics (Basic)
Rotation machinery dynamics (Basic)

Video learning with standard learning time of
12 to 15 hours

Group Training (Aichi Environment School)
Training has been held between June and November since 2008 as a collaborative eﬀort between Aichi Prefecture and CHC.
This provides a venue for communication among individuals from companies, universities, and government who are engaged
in environment-related work and dedicated to creating a sustainable society. The team of instructors include active front-line
researchers and leaders, companies and universities.

Technology Cultivation()

Research department for establishing new industry-academia partnership― Restarting as technology progressing institutions ―At CTLO, leveraging the experience gained in the many years of technology transfer activities and its
strengths as a research institution, we are engaged not only with technology transfers for existing
patents but also in wide range of activities that aim to foster new technologies.
CTLO was established as a foundation in 2000 upon the request of Nagoya University and other universities in the Chubu
region and the support of the Japanese government, together with the investment from over 300 university researchers aswell as from companies. Through its many years of technology transfer activities (invention consultation and evaluation,patent applications and management), the CTLO has acquired the know-how and network, as well as staﬀ with a wealth ofcorporate experience. By utilizing these to strengthen our activities as a research organization, we are able to pursue
industry-academia collaborations in a way never before possible.

Support for Industry-Academia Collaborations Tailored to Regional Characteristics
The engineering ﬁeld in this region is characterized by well established industry and academia. CTLO supports active
exchanges in the ﬁeld of engineering between small and medium-sized companies and universities, with the aim ofcontributing to the local industrial development. The CTLO coordinators (technology strategy advisors), with their wealthof corporate experience, will help to lower the threshold for industry and academia.
The medical/biotechnology ﬁeld in this area is characterized by a lack of industry compared to its vigorous academic
pharmaceutical biotechnology research. In the pharmaceutical biotechnology ﬁeld, CTLO fulﬁlls a role as an informationtransmission source based on its own establish information database. We place dedicated coordinators and conduct
projects commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) engaged in awareness building activities inorder to promote collaborations between industry, academia and government.

New Scheme of Industry-Academia Collaborations Provided by Research Institutions
In order to foster technology seeds, CTLO technology strategy advisors and research advisors are actively engaged insupporting activities from R&D planning and its progress management to technical and research advice.

Collaboration
withindustries

Technology completion level

Consortium

Industryacademia
collaborationCounseling forintellectual
property

Application
management

Technology
transfer

ConsortiumIntellectual
property
discovery

Use ofintellectual
property

Technology
cultivation

Collaboration
with industries

Implementation
Interdisciplinaryincollaborationsociety
Fundingprocurement
supportCollaboration
with universities

Facilitator function (planning, advancement, adjustment)
Independent collaboration with industry and academia using our know-how as a research instituteTechnology transfer stage

Technology cultivation stage

Implementation stage

Public competitive funding procurement support

At our foundation, we also conduct project management including Japanese government-run projects. Inaddition, we are also newly engaged in foundation-initiated projects.
Next Generation Project (Promotion of automotive-related industries: METI)
We place dedicated coordinators and conduct projects commissioned by METI engaged in awareness building activities inorder to promote collaborations between industry, academia and government.
[Achievements]
Project for creation and support for regional core companies (METI-commission project)..., and project for the support
related to building a domestic supply chain for carbon ﬁber composite materials
Infrastructure development project for strategic industry support(METI-commissioned projects) ... Strategic area coordinator project (materials ﬁeld)
Support project for new industry integrated infrastructure building(METI commissioned projects) ... support projects for the elevation of next-generation vehicle-related technology anddeployment of diﬀerent ﬁelds

SAPOIN Project (Project for enhancement of strategic core technology: Small and Medium Enterprise Agency)
The project for enhancing the strategic core manufacturing technology carried out by the Small and Medium Enterprise
Agency based on the“Act on Enhancement of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises' Core Manufacturing Technology”(Smalland Medium Enhancement Act) is referred to as SAPOIN.
Our foundation, as a project management organization, provides support for certiﬁcation applications and proposals such as
those submitted to the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Newly Started Projects
Consortium for Drug Innovation (CDIT)
CTLO is targeting to implement academia-origin drug-development through establishing the scheme to utilize theUniversity’s intellectual property and know-how on research results (e.g. substance candidates) and to share it withrelated companies and universities.
Multilateral activities
We have established global networks in addition to our domestic networks.

Collaborative Organization●●

Chamber of Commerceand Industry
Academia

Description

CTLO promotes solid collaboration between

academia and industry by working with local
Chambers of Commerce and Industry andrelated organizations.

DSANJ Biz Meeting by diseases●Foreign Startups

CTLO supports foreign startups to collaborate
with domestic academia and companies.

JACI (Japanese Association for ChemicalInnovation)
Seminar on 4 April 2016

CTLO provided Japanese startups●Japanese Startups

opportunities to make presentation at

American medical equipment trade shows to
introduce Japanese technologies to major
foreign companies and the United Statesacademia.

AdvaMed in October 2015 in San Diego

CTLO membershipsystemA membership system has been adopted in order to continuously oﬀer advanced
services.
Please contact us if you would like to join our membership.
Contact: CTLO

Foundation

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To Nagoya Station

2F Noah Yotsuya Building, 1-13 Yotsuyatori, Chikusa-ku,Nagoya, 464 - 0819

Nishiki Road

Subway Higashiyama Line

Hirokoji Road

Fushimi Station
Exit 5

Chubu High-techCenter (CHC) Shirakawa Road

Fushimi Road
Subway Tsurumai Line

Nagoya CityScience Museum
Nagoya City
Art Museum

Shirakawa Park

Wakamiya Avenue

Chubu High-tech Center (CHC)
Nagoya Chamber of Commerce & Industry Building,
2-10-19 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, 460-0008

Nagoya University AﬃliatedUpper Secondary School

Subway Meijo Line

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We ask for your support and utilization of these projects upon
agreement to the basic tenets of this foundation.
As a general rule, members are to be incorporated companies.

Exit 3

Nagoya Daigaku Station
Nagoya University
Toyoda Auditorium

Yamanote Road

Chubu TLO (CTLO)
4F VBL Building, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku,
Nagoya, 464-8603

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