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Global 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 would like to partner with universities and research institutes. This partnership will help cultivate advanced concepts and fertilize our own research and development.
Important Reminders:
- Proposal submission is open from July 15, 2024 to September 15, 2024.
- Faculty Innovation Award provides up to $100K USD in funds to conduct cutting-edge research in Sony's general areas of interest.
- For proposal application questions, please contact Swapneeta Date, Vanderbilt Assistant Director of Life Sciences at swapneeta.date@vanderbilt.edu.
- Please note: Faculty and researchers interested in applying for these opportunities based on technologies developed or disclosed at Vanderbilt must submit their proposals through the CTTC.
Eligibility
- PI's institution: PIs must belong to a university, educational institution, or governmental/non-profit research institute. (E.g. we accept submissions from research institutes that are categorized as governmental and NPO/NGO in nature index tables.)
PI's position: PIs must be a full-time professor (adjunct professors and adjunct researchers are not eligible) or researcher and be eligible to supervise Ph.D. students at the PI's institution. Full professors, associate professors, and assistant professors are eligible to apply. For the UK, this includes Senior Lecturers, Principal Lecturers, Lecturers, and Readers who are eligible to supervise Ph.D. students at their institutions. - Co-PI(s): We accept applications that have a PI and one or more co-PIs for the same proposal as long as all co-PIs are from the same institution as the PI. However, only one award is made to the PI and the PI's university/institution if the proposal is selected. All co-PIs must meet the same eligibility criteria as that for a PI, and co-PIs will be required to sign program documents.
Research Areas
Information Technology
- Affective Computing
- Data Analytics
- Robotics
- Audio, Music, Speech, and Language Processing
- Human Sensing and Interaction
- Security
- Communication
- Machine Learning
- Simulation and Informatics
- Systems and Networking
- Planetary Sensing
- Computer Vision
- RF Sensing
- Visual/Visualization
Devices and Materials
- Display Device /Optical Beam Steering
- Metasurface/DOE
- Simulation and Informatics
- Sustainable Devices and Materials
- Wireless Power Transfer
- Silicon Photonics
- Laser /VCSEL
Biomedical and Life Science
- Biophotonics
- Cell Biology
- Digital Health