Sunchon National University ICC Accelerates 'Growth Advancement' for Local Companies

20 Companies Selected for Technology Commercialization Program,
Providing Close Support for Corporate Growth

Sunchon National University (President Lee Byeongun) is actively promoting the 'Corporate Growth-Linked Program (Advancement)' to connect the technological achievements of local companies to real market competitiveness, thereby accelerating the advancement of industry-academia cooperation based on a glocal university platform.

The Sunchon National University Industry Collaboration Center (ICC) has announced the final selection results for the '2026 Academic Year SCNU-ICC Corporate Growth-Linked Program (Advancement).' This program provides follow-up support to companies that demonstrated outstanding achievements and growth potential among those participating in the 2025 technology commercialization projects.

Sunchon National University is accelerating the advancement of industry-academic cooperation based on a glocal university by actively promoting the 'Corporate Growth-Linked Program (Advanced Phase).' Provided by Sunchon National University

Notably, this program is significant in that it is a 'continuous industry-academia cooperation model' that goes beyond one-time support to help excellent technologies and business models discovered through previous projects establish themselves stably in the market.

Last year, Sunchon National University conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the technological capabilities, business feasibility, and growth potential of 38 companies that participated in the project, and ultimately selected 20 companies.

The selected companies receive project funding of 10 million won per project, which will be used to strengthen technological competitiveness through activities such as prototype production, process improvement, and securing patents and certifications. The university does not stop at simply providing financial support but also serves as a 'growth partner' for companies by matching technologies based on their needs and conducting joint industry-academia research.

In addition, the Sunchon National University Industry Collaboration Center (ICC) plans to continuously provide expert consulting and technology advancement advice to the selected companies, supporting their entry into the market and business expansion.

Through these efforts, the university plans to strengthen the technological competitiveness of promising companies based on local key industries and support their growth into strong regional small and medium-sized enterprises with the potential for market entry and global expansion.

Song Kyunghwan, Head of the Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation at Sunchon National University, stated, "This advancement project is meaningful in that it does not remain at the level of one-off achievements, but supports companies in making a real leap forward in their growth stage. Moving forward, we will actively support the enhancement of local companies' competitiveness by expanding joint industry-academia research and technology commercialization programs centered around the Industry Collaboration Center (ICC)."

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