2024 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 2_33-2_42
We analyzed information on the cooperative research contracts of Utsunomiya University from 2014 to 2018 fiscal years, in order to clarify the situation of University-Industry research collaborations and the geographical distribution of the partners.
Following results are obtained by comparing with the results of same analysis of 2004-2013FY.
(1) The number and the amount of received research funds of the cooperative research projects are increasing.
(2) There is no significant change in the proportion of large companies and small, medium-sized enterprises and organization that is not company, the geographical distribution of the partners of the cooperative research and the amount of research funds received per cooperative research.
(3) The number of the cooperative research projects with small and medium-sized enterprises in Tochigi prefecture has turned from a decrease to an increase.
(4) The state of the cooperative research has not changed significantly over the 15 years from 2004 to 2018.
