We have organized a workshop (two sessions) on the theme of “Now, Get a Chance! The Road to GAP Fund,” a special program of social implementation workshop for researchers.
In 2022, three projects (two in bioscience and one in information science) in NAIST has been gotten GAP funds from the Keihanshin Startup Academia Coalition (KSAC). This year, the fund has been scaled up to about three times, and various supports are available to more researchers for their efforts to implement their research seeds in society.
Researchers who think that “my research is not relevant because it is ‘Basic Research'” have ample opportunity to obtain GAP funds simply by changing their perspective or receiving advice. In this workshop, you can learn about the GAP Fund from a variety of perspectives, such as “What is the GAP Fund? and “Can I use the GAP Fund as a research grant? Not only faculty and staff, but also post-doctoral fellows, graduate Students, and PhD students are welcome to attend.
Date: December 7, 2023 (Thursday) 16:00-17:00, December 14, 2023 (Thursday) 15:00-16:00
Venue: Hybrid (Online (Zoom) + Onsite (CDG Commons: 2nd floor, Interdisciplinary Research Building No. 1)
Admission: Free (registration required)
Registration: Please click here.
Remarks:
This workshop are for the credit of “Special Lecture on Digital Green-innovation,” a course to cultivate researchers in NAIST. Please see the syllabus for details.
If you are unable to attend the seminar, we will send you a link to the recording of the lecture at a later date.
Organized by: Division for Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Collaboration, Division for Innovation Education, and Center for Digital Green-innovation (CDG)
Details of each session
Session 1: “GAP Fund and Social Implementation of Research Results”
Lecturer: Dr. Satoshi Kabasawa (Adviser of Intellectual Property Strategy, Japan Patent Office)
Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023, 16:00-17:00
Summary: I will introduce the answers to “What is the GAP Fund?” and “What can the GAP Fund be used for? and Important points for social implementation of research results by researchers.
Session 2: “Obtaining GAP Funds and Beyond”
Lecturers: Prof. Shoichi Mitsui (Division for Innovation Education), Dr. Satoshi Kabasawa (Adviser of Intellectual Property Strategy, Japan Patent Office)
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:00-16:00
Summary: We will introduce an overview of KSAC’s GAP Fund in the current fiscal year and the important points for obtaining the fund. We will also show how to proceed with commercialization after obtaining the GAP Fund. In addition, individual consultations on how to obtain GAP funds will also be available.
Individual Consultation
Lecturer: Prof. Shoichi Mitsui (Division for Innovation Education), Dr. Satoshi Kabasawa (Adviser of Intellectual Property Strategy, Japan Patent Office)
Date: On-site (Thursday), Online (Schedule can be adjusted)
Summary: Individual consultations on GAP Fund applications will be held.
e.g. ・Can I apply to GAP fund?
・Preparation of Application (Business plan, Intellectual property strategy, Market trends, Competing technologies, etc.)
Inquiry: If you would like to schedule a consultation, please contact to Ms. Tsukamoto.
E-mail: ip-3f@ip.naist.jp
Lecturer Introduction:
Dr. Satoshi Kabasawa
Dr. Kabasawa founded the company’s corporate venture capital (CVC) in Silicon Valley and promoted strategic investment in startups as a local manager.He has also been engaged in education and research in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship at Keio University, Osaka University, and other universities. Currently, while concurrently serving as an adjunct professor at Osaka University’s School of International and Public Affairs and as an intellectual property strategy designer at the Japan Patent Office, he is engaged in entrepreneurship support and venture investment (venture capital fund) at SunBridge Accelerate Corporation. He holds a doctorate in engineering (major in telecommunications engineering).
Terminology:
GAP Fund
Funds to obtain data (experimental results, calculation results) for hypothesis testing to obtain Proof of Concept (PoC), or to proceed with prototype production, brush-up of business model, etc., in order to bridge the gap between research results belonging to research institutions and commercialization. The funds will be used for the following purposes.
Faculty members, researchers, and students of NAIST are eligible to apply for the KSAC GAP Fund from FY2022.