Sony Faculty Innovation Award  In order to speed up and expand the creation of new ideas, Sony would like to partner with universities. This partnership will help cultivate advanced concepts and fertilize Sony R&D. Sony Faculty Innovation Award provides up to $100K in funds to conduct pioneering research in the areas listed below.

https://www.sony.com/research-award-program#FacultyInnovationAward

See also information on the Sony Focused Research Award  https://grantbulletin.research.uiowa.edu/sony-focused-research-award

Deadline Sept. 15, 2018

Faculty Innovation Award Categories (see the Sony webpage for more complete listing):

Information Technology: 
Visual/Visualization; Robotics; Natural Language Processing; Communication and Networks; Computer Vision; Machine Learning; Human Computer Interaction; System Software; Large-scale integration LSI and Hardware; Audio/Acoustics; Blockchain

Devices and Materials:
Display Devices and Materials; Biomaterials; Biosignal Sensing; Neuromorphic computing; Robotics/soft machines

Biomedical and Life Sciences:
Artificial Intelligence AI for drug discovery; Bioinformatics; Precision Medicine; Imaging; Next-Generation Sequencing/Diagnosis/cell processing; Digital Health; Medical Robotics; Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and Wearables