Joint research with private companies

Yokohama City combines advanced technology and information held by private companies and public research institutes with technical knowledge and facilities owned by Yokohama City, to actively promote novel research and technological development in collaboration with industry, academia, and government.

Joint research is categorized into three types according to their content and form.

Yokohama City solicits joint research in order to utilize the advanced technologies and information of private companies, etc. for issues that need to be resolved at an early stage, Yokohama City will publicly solicit joint research, and Yokohama City and private companies with reasonable responsibility and burden. Surveys, research, and experiments are called "public recruitment-type joint research."

Research, research, and experiments jointly conducted by Yokohama City and private companies in response to proposals for research using special technology from private companies that match the administrative purpose of Yokohama City are called "proposal-type joint research." In addition, direct costs related to research will be borne by private companies.

Investigations, research, experiments, etc. conducted independently with the responsibility and burden of private companies, etc., with the cooperation of Yokohama City, such as using facilities and data owned by Yokohama City, are called "independent research."

For proposal-type joint research, please contact the contact information in "Contact Using this page" below.