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NEDO Product Commercialization Alliance (PCA)

研究開発型スタートアップ支援事業／product commercialization alliance（PCA）

Status

Usually opens in April and May and June

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
200,000,000 JPY

事業化に向けた実証・量産化の段階を支援。助成上限は公募回ごとに設定され、近年は2億円規模、助成率2/3以内。事業会社（アライアンスパートナー）との連携が要件。

You must co-fund 33%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

国立研究開発法人新エネルギー・産業技術総合開発機構（NEDO）

public · national

Deadline: Closed — 年度ごとの公募。事業会社との連携合意が前提となるため、事前準備に数か月を要する。

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

You fund 33% yourself.

Who can apply

日本国内法人であるスタートアップ。事業会社との連携（アライアンス）が要件。

How to apply

  1. 事業会社（アライアンスパートナー）と連携内容を合意する。
  2. NEDO公募に研究開発・事業化計画を提出。
  3. 書面・面接審査。
  4. 採択後、助成契約締結と実績報告に基づく精算払い。

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.nedo.go.jp/activities/introduction12_02.html

"DTSU事業の正式名称は、「ディープテック・スタートアップ支援基金／ディープテック・スタートアップ支援事業」です。... 「STSフェーズ（実用化研究開発〔前期〕）」「PCAフェーズ（実用化研究開発〔後期〕）」「DMPフェーズ（量産化実証）」の3つのフェーズで支援"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.nedo.go.jp

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