Fu n c t i on s an d Feat u r es o f t h e C o l l abor ati ve
R es earch C en t er

Programs offered by Tokyo Tech Open Innovation Platform■C ollaborat ive Re s e arc h C lu s t e r
Re lat e d P roj e c t s

In establishing a collaborative research cluster, the Open Innovation
Organization‘s Creative Manager (CM) will coordinate from the initialstages of planning, including theme setting, specific research topics, andidentification of potential faculty members. CMs will also provide theirown services (new theme search, IP strategy support, partner search,prototyping support, etc.) and create opportunities for collaboration withvarious service providers to support social implementation of thecollaborative research center's R&D results.

■W h at ar e C o llaborative R es earch C lu s t er r elat ed
p r o jects ?

This is a system offered by the Tokyo Tech Open Innovation Platform, which
operates as a large-scale organization-to-organization collaboration in thecompetitive area, in which part of a company's research base isestablished within Tokyo Tech to conduct joint research. It is a framework thatsolves the disadvantages while taking advantage of the merits of conventional
individual-level collaboration, and requires a decision to establish as a sustainable
research institution for the company.

User-friendly concierge
The Creative Manager of theOI Organization of Tokyo Tech
will serve as a user-friendly
concierge through the 3 P's
activities in order to respondto requests from companies.

 Producing the team
 Promotion ideas to partners
 Proposing new projects
Company

Support
Issue
SupportSearching for Knowledge

CompanyOpen innovation type "organization" to "organization"industry-academia collaboration

Issue

Tokyo Tech's cutting-edge researchers
contribute to the "deepening ofknowledge" by mastering researchand development. OI Platform also
supports "search for knowledge" byextending antennas to other areas tofind new challenges.

Individual-based industry-academia collaboration lacks theimpact to generate dynamic innovation
Accelerate innovation in diverse directions bybringing together experts from various fields toexchange ideas
Individual-based industry-academia collaboration
cannot address a wide range of issues that arise
Team members are not limited to researchers, butalso include service professionals from outside thecompany to respond to user requests.

■C o ll aborative R es earch C l u s t er
( C R C)

1.Komatsu CRC for Innovative Technologies
2.aiwell AI Proteomics CRC
3.AGC Material CRC
4.DENSO Mobility CRC
5.Idemitsu Kosan CRC for Advanced Materials
6.TEPCO CRC for Decontamination and Decommissioning(D&D) Frontier Technology Creation
7.LG Material & Life solution CRC
8.ULVAC Advanced Technology CRC
9.Multimodal Cell Analysis CRC
10.artience CRC
11.JFE Engineering CRC for Carbon Neutrality
12.Mitsubishi Materials sustainability innovation CRC
13.Fujitsu Next Generation Computing Infrastructure CRC
14.Sumitomo Chemical Next Generation Environmental Device CRC
15.Mitsubishi Electric Energy & Carbon Management CRC
16.micware Future Navigation CRC
17.Rakuten Mobile Next Generation Edge Computing Network CRC
18.Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Future Creation CRC
19.Ex-fusion liquid metal CRC
20.NSK Tribology CRC
21.TOYOTA Mobility Foundation Advanced Traffic CRC
22.TSUBAME BHB Green Ammonia CRC

22 CRCs established and 21 CRCs active as of August, 2024.

D e e p i ng K now l e d g e■University“Deepening Knowledge”+“Searching for Knowledge”

Areas ofinnovation

Items

CRC

More than 20MJYen
Joint Research(Including indirect
expense. Space charge isExpense
not included）
more than 3 years andPeriod
10 years or lessSpace forresearchrequiredplanningIndirect
Expense25% of direct expense＋
more than 15% ofStrategic industryacademia collaboration
expenses