Sony, US: Focused Research Award and Faculty Innovation Award

24/08/2023

15/09/2023

As part of one of the world's most innovative and recognizable brands, we are committed to support university research and innovation in the U.S., Canada, India, and select European countries, while also fostering partnerships with university faculty and researchers. The Sony Research Award Program provides funding for cutting-edge academic research and helps build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony researchers. Both the Faculty Innovation Award and Focused Research Award create new opportunities for university faculties to engage in pioneering research that could drive new technologies, industries and the future. FACULTY INNOVATION AWARD 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. This partnership will help cultivate advanced concepts and fertilize our own research and development. FOCUSED RESEARCH AWARD Solid research is the underlying driving force to crystallize fearless creativity and innovation. While we are committed to run in-house research and engineering, we are also excited to collaborate with academic partners to facilitate exploration of new and promising research. The Sony Focused Research Award provides an opportunity for university faculty and Sony to conduct this type of collaborative, focused research.

Artificial Intelligence; Biomedical Engineering; Biotechnology; Computer Engineering & Hardware; Computer Science & Informatics; Computer Vision; Human-Computer Interaction & Interfaces; Informatics & Big Data; Lasers & Quantum Optics; Machine Learning; Network Infrastructure; Robotics; Software Engineering; Sustainable Development & Resource Use; Virtual, Simulated & Augmented Reality

Eligibility Note We accept applications from Principal Investigators (PIs) who are full-time professors (adjunct professors are not eligible) or researchers and are eligible to supervise Ph.D. students at a university/educational institution in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Full professors, associate professors, and assistant professors are eligible to apply. For the UK, this includes Senior Lecturers, Principle Lecturers, and Readers who are eligible to supervise Ph.D. students at their institutions.