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2025/04/04
GTIE GAP Fund 2025 Entry Course 3rd Call for Entries Now Open!
*April 24 “1. Eligibility” and a part of the application guideline were changed (due to the addition of an institution in the process of participating in GTIE as an SU creation joint institution).
*April 21 The outline of the application materials and the video of the day were published in the “Pre-briefing Session” section (online April 16, 2011).
Some changes have been made to the application guidelines
Applications for the third round of the GTIE GAP Fund 2025 Entry Course are now open.
Application outline:
1. Eligibility
① Researchers affiliated with the following universities and other institutions on the GTIE platform
The University of Tokyo, Waseda University, Tokyo University of Science, University of Tsukuba, Chiba University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa University of Health and Welfare, Keio University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Ibaraki University, University of Electro-Communications, Tokai University, RIKEN, Yokohama National University
(2) Researchers belonging to the following organizations that have completed the GTIE platform participation procedures
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
(3) All other conditions must be met (see application guidelines for details). 2.
2. application deadline
Noon, Thursday, May 15, 2025 [strictly observed] 3 .
3. selection schedule
Deadline for application submission Noon, Thursday, May 15, 2025
Document review Late May 2025 (tentative)
Interview screening Early to mid June 2025 (tentative) *Online interview scheduled
Notification of interview results Mid-June 2025 (tentative)
Start of the program: July 2025 (after the date of JST approval) (tentative)
*After the GTIE is adopted, the program must be approved by JST, which is expected to be 1 to 1.5 months after the submission of the program plan to JST. 4.
4. number of proposals to be adopted
about 10
*If there are outstanding proposals, they will be adopted regardless of the number of proposals above. On the other hand, if there are only a few proposals that meet the selection criteria, the number of proposals may be less than the expected number. Therefore, the number of proposals adopted may increase or decrease. 5.
5. research and development expenses (total R&D period, direct expenses)
Maximum 5 million yen per proposal
*Maximum amount, direct expenses only.
*The R&D expenses may be increased or decreased as a result of the screening process. 6.
6. R&D proposals to be solicited:
This program is designed to support research and development led by the Principal Investigators and aiming to return research results to society through the creation of university-launched start-ups aiming for the global market based on innovative technology seeds from universities participating in the GTIE platform, and university-launched start-ups with high social impact that also contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. The program is open to R&D projects that aim to return the results of their research to society. R&D proposals at the basic research stage (purely scientific research without direct consideration of specific applications) and R&D proposals that require a considerable number of years and funds before they can be launched are not eligible for support under this program.
<Guideline for the end of this program
Proposals selected for this program will be considered for the GAP Fund in the STEP 2 stage or other entrepreneurship support programs, with the aim of starting a business after determining the feasibility of commercialization and appropriate strategies at the end of the program. When applying, please refer to the examples of achievement goals in the application guidelines and set appropriate achievement goals while taking into consideration the characteristics of the issue and the field. 7.
Application Documents
(1) Application Guidelines
*4/21 Application guideline page 13 “2.6.3. Requirements for management candidates” was deleted.
*4/24 Partial changes were made to the application guideline (changes due to the addition of “National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology” during the participation process as a GTIE SU creation joint organization).
(2) Application Documents
Forms 1-4 *For students Forms 1-5
(When submitting, the prepared file should be in PDF format)
(1) Form 1_Application Form Outline of R&D Proposal
2) Form 2_Proposal Budget Proposal
(iii) Form 3_Proposal Briefing Material (maximum of 10 PowerPoint pages, PDF of the prepared file) *Optional
4) Form 4_Intellectual Property Confirmation Form
GTIE GAP Fund EN3_Form 4_Intellectual Property Confirmation Form
(5) Form 5_Student Acknowledgment Form
*Please refer to the “ Guidelines for Public Offering” in the Confirmation Form for Students.
8. how to submit application documents
Please fill out the following application form and upload and submit the documents downloaded and prepared in “7.
[ Application form to be submitted to ]
h ttps:// gtie.form.kintoneapp.com/public/gt03entry25
*May 11 (Sun.), 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Due to maintenance of the database used, submissions via the application form will not be available during the above time. Please understand that we will not be able to submit the application form during this time.
Each application file (PDF file) can be up to 10 MB. Please ensure that each file is no larger than 10 MB. Please ensure that each file is no larger than 10 MB.
In the application form, there are fields for entering the “Principal Investigator’s E-mail address” and “E-mail address of the person in charge at the research institution. An e-mail (excluding attachments) will be automatically sent to the e-mail address you entered regarding the information you entered in the application form.
You may submit the application form only once per proposal. Please prepare the information to be entered in advance to facilitate the entry process.
Reference: Preparation of Application Form Entry Information
9. Application Restrictions
JST has established restrictions on duplicate applications for the same Principal Investigator for JST projects. Please refer to the application guideline for details.
The same Principal Investigator cannot simultaneously conduct the “Fund for New Industry Creation from Universities” and the “New Industry Creation from Universities Program for Research Results Development”. Also, with the exception of the final year of the program, it is not possible to apply for one fund while implementing the other fund. There are no restrictions at the application stage, but if you have applied to more than one fund, you will be asked to choose whether to implement the fund that has been selected and withdraw from the fund for which you have applied, or to withdraw from the fund that has been selected in order to wait for the results of the review of the fund for which you have applied. The same PI is not allowed to apply for more than one proposal in the same fund. 10.
Advance Briefing (online )
Advance Briefing (online) will be held for the Principal Investigators and Entrepreneurship Support Personnel. Details including the date and time will be provided to those who have pre-registered.
Advance Briefing (Online) April 16, 2025 (Wednesday) 12:00-13:00 (Completed)
Click here for the application overview materials .
Click here to view the video explaining the application outline (available until May 15)
Passcode for watching the video @!aeka3!
11. contact
If you have any questions, please contact your university’s “contact” listed in the application guideline.
12. Notification of Selection Results
Final selection results will be notified via email in mid-June 2025.
Purpose and Intent:
In this GAP Fund Program, the GreaterTokyoInnovationEcosystem (hereinafter referred to as “GTIE”), entrusted with the Startup Ecosystem Co-creation Program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) New Industry Creation Fund for University Startups, will provide the GTIE platform to GTIE will provide support through the GAP Fund Program to researchers affiliated with universities participating in the GTIE platform.
GTIE GAP Fund Program 2025 “Entry (hereinafter referred to as “the Course”) The GTIE GAP Fund Program 2025 “Entry (hereinafter referred to as the “Course”)” is now open for applications. This course is open to (1) university-launched startups that aim for the global market based on innovative technology seeds and (2) university-launched startups that have a high social impact and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs, with the aim of returning the results to society. The selected proposals will be those that are responsible for the research and development.
The selected proposals will be promoted under a system in which the principal investigator responsible for the research and development is supported by the university’s entrepreneurship support personnel. In promoting the proposals, milestones (milestone interim targets and business and R&D milestones) will be set, and business development and R&D will be conducted in an integrated manner to achieve these milestones.