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SUMMARY:SONY Faculty Innovation & Focused Research Award Call for Proposal
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210915
DTEND:20210915T085900
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:As part of one of the world's most innovative and recognizable
  brands\, we are committed to support university research and innovation i
 n the U.S.\, Canada\, India\, and select European countries\, while also f
 ostering partnerships with university faculty and researchers. The Sony Re
 search Award Program provides funding for cutting-edge academic research a
 nd helps build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony resea
 rchers. With awards up to $150\,000 USD* per year for each accepted propos
 al\, both the Faculty Innovation Award and Focused Research Award create n
 ew opportunities for university faculties to engage in pioneering research
  that could drive new technologies\, industries and the future.\n\nDeadlin
 e: 15 September 2021\; 08:59 CET\n\nAim \nFaculty Innovation Award:\nGloba
 l research and development at Sony enables us to foster innovative ideas\,
  which could ultimately lead to future technology advancements and company
  growth. In order to speed up and expand the creation of new ideas\, we wo
 uld like to partner with universities. This partnership will help cultivat
 e advanced concepts and fertilize our own research and development. \nThi
 s funding opportunity covers a very broad range of Information Technology 
 domains:\n\n	Information Technology\n	Devices and Materials\n	Biomedical a
 nd Life Sciences\n\nFocused Research Award:\nSolid research is the underly
 ing driving force to crystallize fearless creativity and innovation. While
  we are committed to run in-house research and engineering\, we are also e
 xcited to collaborate with academic partners to facilitate exploration of 
 new and promising research. The Sony Focused Research Award provides an op
 portunity for university faculty and Sony to conduct this type of collabor
 ative\, focused research.\nA list of candidate research topics appears bel
 ow. Please detailed information on the Focused Research Theme in the link 
 below:\n\n	Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence \n	\n	Efficient Distrib
 uted Deep Learning Beyond Data-parallelism and Model-parallelism\n	\n	\n	N
 ovel Actuator\n	\n	\n	Liquid Crystal Alignment Technology for High-definit
 ion Pixels\n	\n	\n	Novel Technologies for NIR-MIR VCSELs\n	\n	\n	Developme
 nt of AI-based/Evolutionary Algorithms for Computational Discovery of Nove
 l Materials\n	\n	\n	Spatial-omics Technologies\n	\n	\n	Intelligent Sensing
  of Patient-Reported Outcomes\n	\n	\n	Advanced Image Processing enabled by
  AI\n	\n	\n	Machine Learning-based Digital Human Creation\n	\n\nAvailable 
 funding\n\n\n	Faculty Innovation Award: $100K in funds for one year with a
  possible extension\n	Focused Research Award: $150K in funds for one year 
 with possible extension(s) for subsequent year(s)\n	Purpose: to conduct pi
 oneering research in the wide variety of Target Research Areas\n	Due to th
 e very broad range of Target Research Areas and key words it is best to re
 view the list directly on the websit\n\nRequirements / Eligibility\n\n\n	P
 rincipal Investigators (PIs) who are full-time professors (adjunct profess
 ors are not eligible)\n	Researchers who are eligible to supervise PhD stud
 ents\n\nHow to Apply\nSee the website for full details: Sony Research Awar
 d Program\nSee the Submission Guidelines for the complete set of submissio
 n instructions.\n\n \nImportant additional information\n\n\n	Please conta
 ct the Research Office at research@epfl.ch for additional information and/
 or assistance.\n	The PI must contact the TTO at info.tto@epfl.ch in the ev
 ent any background IP will be implicated in the project.\n
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