2016 ANNUAL REVIEW Ministry of Science and Technology

projects (large alliance), academia-industry technology development alliance projects (small alliance), industrial fundamental technology projects, and the Applied Research Program for Start-ups. Industry-academic collaborative research project application forms were simplified starting on April 18, 2016; apart from eliminating redundant proposal fields and fields for information not needed for review, application data submission requirements have been simplified, companies no longer need to submit a CPA-attested profit and loss statement and asset balance sheet for the most recent year, and proposal writing requirements have been simplified. These changes have eased the clerical work burden of academic applicants. MOST actively promotes industry-academic collaborative research projects in order to harness the abundant R&D resources of Taiwan's academic sector and train S&T personnel with practical experience. The model of mutually-beneficial cooperation employed in these projects over the course of many years has supported and boosted the R&D capabilities of domestic companies, and the advanced technologies developed in these projects have made major contributions to domestic industrial competitiveness. In order to make even greater use of the results of academic research and further accelerate Taiwan's S&T innovation, starting in 2013 MOST has promoted industry-oriented industry-academic collaboration models including university-industry collaboration Industry-academic collaborative research project statistics, 2012-2016 Item 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Number of projects 863 842 813 808 840 Funding (NT$1 m) 793 816 894 993 889 Participating companies 883 829 852 829 867 Corporate contribution (NT$1 m) 347 306 328 380 348 Manpower training (graduate students) 2,179 2,081 2,095 2,078 2,178 Patents received 130 130 110 108 86 Source: MOST's service statistics database and S&T R&D results information system. Industry-Academic Collaborative Research Projects Ⅰ Ministry of Science and Technology 86 MOST Ministry of Science and Technology 2016 ANNUAL REVIEW