The Sony Research Award Program is an open innovation program, providing sponsored research funding for projects on emerging and innovative technologies in collaboration with Sony Group’s own research groups.
The Sony Research Award Program is comprised of two awards – the Faculty Innovation Award and the Focused Research Award. The awards create new opportunities for academics to engage in cutting-edge research, leading to the introduction of breakthrough technologies.
The program is currently open to universities and research institutions such as government research institutes and nonprofit organizations in the U.S., Canada, 17 European countries* and India, and applications are accepted beginning on July 15th and ending on September 15th.
* European countries included in the program are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom.
● Sony Research Award Program
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/research-award-program/
● Press release (July, 2023)
https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/202307/23-021E/
