Cooperative Research
- Cooperative Research
Cooperative research is divided into three different types, for which a company can choose from depending on the company's needs.
Also, a company using the cooperative research program will be able to take advantage of tax deductions, that is, it will be able to deduct a fixed amount of cooperative expenses from the company's corporate taxes.- Cooperative research for which a company shall accept both "Researcher(s)" and "direct and indirect expenses concerning research", for which researcher(s) of the University shall conduct research for a theme common with the company
Expenses = Direct and indirect expenses + Cooperative researcher expenses - Cooperative research for which a company shall accept "researcher(s)" only, and which researcher(s) of the University shall conduct concerning research for a theme common with the company
Expense = Cooperative researchers expense - Cooperative research for which a company shall accept "direct expense concerning research" only, and for which researcher(s) of the University shall conduct research for a theme common with the company
Expense = Direct and indirect expenses
- Cooperative research for which a company shall accept both "Researcher(s)" and "direct and indirect expenses concerning research", for which researcher(s) of the University shall conduct research for a theme common with the company
Commissioned Research
This is research to be conducted upon receiving a commission from companies, etc. Companies commissioning the research should pay the direct and indirect expenses necessary for this type of research.Grant Donations
These are donations that the University accepts from companies, etc. for the purpose of education and scientific research use. They are considered as donations to be given to Fukushima Prefecture, the Founder of the University. When making donations to the University, companies can enter the donations under financial losses.
Flow Chart of Acceptance of Cooperative Research Etc

Details of acceptance of the cooperative research, etc(FY2003 - FY2008)

| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||
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| Grant-in-Aid for Seientific Research |
19 | 24,300 | 21 | 24,300 | 20 | 29,300 | 23 | 29,460 | 24 | 54,490 | 28 | 39,596 |
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| Collaborative Research | 2 | 1,206 | 7 | 5,404 | 8 | 19,677 | 14 | 26,540 | 15 | 22,248 | 11 | 18,306 |
| Commissined Research | 9 | 37,718 | 8 | 31,301 | 5 | 9,950 | 7 | 11,294 | 12 | 24,915 | 8 | 25,067 |
| Grant Donation | 23 | 7,520 | 11 | 10,300 | 4 | 4,800 | 8 | 9,500 | 4 | 6,410 | 6 | 6,800 |
| Grants from Prefectural Foundations |
14 | 15,000 | 12 | 14,000 | 10 | 14,400 | 11 | 14,200 | 11 | 13,466 | 5 | 6,093 |
| Grants by Invitations | 2 | 36,000 | 1 | 48,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 69 | 121,744 | 60 | 133,305 | 47 | 78,127 | 63 | 90,994 | 66 | 121,529 | 58 | 95,862 |
*The number written in 2008 is as of April 1, 2009