External Funding
List of Projects planned and executed, Ongoing Projects and Funds received.
Competitive Funding
| Year | Funds |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Project to strengthen industrial promotion bases related to the creation of excellent medical devices：Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development（AMED） |
| Innovation Producer, Support Program for R&D of Growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)：the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency | |
| 2024 | METI R&D Support Program for Growth-oriented Technology SMEs (Go-Tech Business)：Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industrythe |
| Project to strengthen industrial promotion bases related to the creation of excellent medical devices：Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development（AMED) | |
| Innovation Producer, Support Program for R&D of Growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)：the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency | |
| 2023 | Project to promote acquiring WHO pre-certification on medical devices and running the product information on WHO’s list on the recommended health and medical related equipment for developing countries:Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan |
| Project to promote acquiring WHO pre-certification on medical devices and running the product information on WHO’s list on the recommended health and medical related equipment for developing countries:Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan | |
| Innovation Producer, Support Program for R&D of Growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs):the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency | |
| 2022 | Country-specific Training Program:Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
| METI R&D Support Program for Growth-oriented Technology SMEs (Go-Tech Business):Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industrythe | |
| 2021 | Japan Brand Development Project:Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2020 | Viral Infectious Disease Control Technology:Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development（AMED） |
| 2019 | Project to promote acquiring WHO pre-certification on medical devices and running the product information on WHO’s list on the recommended health and medical related equipment for developing countries:Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare |
| Support Program on Collaborative Innovation Networks for Medical Device:Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development | |
| 2018 | Strategic Foundational Technology Improvement Support Operation:Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan |
| Project to Build Foundations to Support and Incentivize Development of Medical Devices Made in Japan:Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development(AMED) | |
| 2017 | Project of“WHO pre-qualification”:National Grant for Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan |
| Strategic International Standardization Project:Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan | |
| 2016 | Feasibility Study of Strategic International Standardization Project:Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan |
| Standardization of“Japanese style difficult endoscopic treatment and development of multifunctional tool which accelerates international expansion” Promotion of "Monozukuri", Shiga Prefectural Federation of Small Business Associations, Japan | |
| Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundation, Japan | |
| 2015 | Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
| Strategic Foundational Technology Improvement Support Operation:Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan | |
| Cancer Research and Development Fund, National Cancer Center (NCC), Japan | |
| 2014 | Medical Device Development Promotion Research Program：Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) |
| Grant from the Osaka Cancer Research Foundation | |
| Manufacturing, Commerce and Service Innovation Program for Small and Micro Enterprises Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan | |
| Regional Collaboration Program for Science and Technology Promotion among Industry, Academia, and Government：Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) | |
| Medical Device Development Promotion Research Program：Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) | |
| Strategic Foundational Technology Improvement Support Operation:Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan | |
| Subcontracted Project:Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) | |
| 2013 | Grant from Japan NOTES |
| Subsidy Program for Prototype Development and Other Support for Manufacturing SMEs and Micro Enterprises：Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Japan | |
| Subsidy Program for Prototype Development and Other Support for Manufacturing SMEs and Micro Enterprises Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Japan | |
| Subsidy Program for Prototype Development and Other Support for Manufacturing SMEs and Micro Enterprises Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Japan | |
| Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research：Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan | |
| Bilateral Joint Research Program：Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) | |
| 2012 | Educational Grant:Yamamoto Memorial Grant Foundation |
| Hospital–Industry Collaboration Support Program for the Development and Improvement of Problem-Solving Medical Devices(Funded by the Comprehensive Special Zone Promotion and Coordination Subsidy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan) | |
| 2011 | Hospital–Industry Collaboration Support Program for the Development and Improvement of Problem-Solving Medical Devices(Funded by the Comprehensive Special Zone Promotion and Coordination Subsidy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan) |
| 2010 | Regional Innovation Creation R&D Program：Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan |
| Grant from the Ikeda Bank Consortium | |
| Kobe City Subsidy Program for Promoting New Development in the Fields of Medical Care, Health, and Welfare | |
| 2009 | Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research：Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan |
| Strategic Foundational Technology Improvement Support Operation:Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan | |
| Principal investigator, Anatomical measurement to optimize transvaginal NOTES instrumentation:Grant from Japan NOTES | |
| 2008 | Principal investigator, Development of novel transgastric overtube with dilating tip; Research Grant:Takeda Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan |
| Principal investigator, Comprehension of current limitations in endoscopic automatic CO2 insufflation: towards pure NOTES; Research Grant:Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research™ (NOSCAR™), USA | |
| Principal investigator, Feasibility and safety study of CO2 feeding gastrointestinal endoscopy for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases:The Japanese Foundation for Research and Promotion of Endoscopy, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Principal investigator, Research Grant for Foreign Researchers’ Exchange Program:Goho Life Sciences International Fund, Tokyo, Japan |
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