The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Oh Young-joo, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups) announced on the 23rd that it will be recruiting for a new project called '2025 Purchase-linked and Win-Win Cooperation-type R&D' to promote technology commercialization by SMEs.
'Purchase-linked and win-win cooperation R&D' is a representative technology development support project of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups introduced in 2002, and is a project that provides support from customized technology development for demand companies to securing sales channels.
Up to 600 million won in R&D funding (for 2 years) per company will be provided, and the total number of new support projects this year is 112. Of these, 13 projects were recruited through a pre-announcement in January, and the remaining 99 projects will be additionally selected through this announcement.
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups has been working to create mid- to long-term cooperative relationships by providing a venue for collaboration between demand companies, SMEs, and investment companies through 'performance expansion events' and other means. Through this, it has contributed to increasing the actual sales of SMEs, with the average sales per support project reaching 430 million won (based on 100 million won in government-supported research funds). This type of support is divided into two types according to the way SMEs cooperate with demand companies and investment companies, and the detailed tracks are as follows.
▲'Purchase-linked R&D' is a method that matches small and medium-sized enterprises with actual purchasing demand sources such as large corporations or public institutions, and links them from technology development to purchasing.
In particular, if you apply by securing multiple demand sources, you will be given extra points, and if it is determined that the technological environment will change during development and purchase will become difficult, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups will conduct a preliminary inspection to flexibly adjust the development goals or content.
Additionally, startups selected through the 'Public-Private Collaborative Open Innovation' project will also be given the opportunity to receive support in connection with this purchase-linked R&D project.
▲'Symbiotic cooperation R&D' is a method in which the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and private investment companies jointly raise R&D funds, and small and medium-sized companies develop technologies or products needed by the investment companies.
The investment company will actively cooperate during the development process through technology verification, provision of a verification environment, etc. A representative example is Incheon International Airport Corporation and a small and medium-sized enterprise (Anse Technology Co., Ltd.) for joint development of an aircraft visual guidance system, and secured international technology safety standards (German GS, European CE certification) by verifying more than 850 times through the verification environment provided by the corporation. The developed product is currently in operation at Incheon International Airport. Since 2024, the two organizations have developed a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship for overseas airport expansion.
This year, in order to increase fairness among investment companies, we focused on improving the pre-screening of investment companies to a relative evaluation, and in the public institution joint growth evaluation index, we focused on strengthening the system by placing more weight on the score of project selection than on project application to induce projects with high ease.
Companies wishing to participate in the purchase-linked and win-win cooperation R&D can apply online through the website of the Integrated Research Support System of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups from the 23rd to June 23rd. Detailed announcements and application procedures by type can also be found on the website of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups .
Park Yong-soon, Director General of Technology Innovation Policy, said, “In order for SMEs to achieve innovative growth, it is important to go beyond technology development and move on to commercialization and increased sales,” adding, “I hope that purchasing-linked and win-win R&D will become a link that leads to the actual growth of SMEs.”
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