Support Services for SMEs

Research Partner System
KITECH runs a Research Partner System for companies that have maintained strong partnerships with KITECH. Offering intense support, the system helps SMEs grow into global players. When selected as partners, SMEs are given priority to benefit from KITECH's technology support programs, such as R&D-based technology support and research equipment support.
Qualifications of partner companies
  • Companies that successfully carried out joint research and development with KITECH
  • Beneficiaries of technology support from KITECH
  • Companies that signed patent technology transfer agreements with KITECH
  • Companies participating in or those who graduated from KITECH's Business Startup Incubation Center with successful outcomes
  • Technology-intensive companies with strong growth potential
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Companies with strong partnerships with KITECH

Selection procedure
Application for research partners(Applications are accepted by way of a recommendation made by a person in charge at KITECH, Screening(Deliberation is made on whether applicants qualify as research partners) Notification of screening results(Notification is given to companies selected as research partners) Designation of research partners(Designation plaques are issued to research partners) Support provided to research partners(Close-range support is provided to SMEs via dedicated and preferential support as part of KITECH's Support Programs for SMEs) Application for research partners(Applications are accepted by way of a recommendation made by a person in charge at KITECH, Screening(Deliberation is made on whether applicants qualify as research partners) Notification of screening results(Notification is given to companies selected as research partners) Designation of research partners(Designation plaques are issued to research partners) Support provided to research partners(Close-range support is provided to SMEs via dedicated and preferential support as part of KITECH's Support Programs for SMEs)
Research partner benefits
Among its research partner companies, KITECH identifies companies with robust growth potential and works to provide unflagging support to nurture them into global players.
Guide to using open labs
  • R&D기반 기술지원 아이콘
  • Providing R&D-based technology support
    Preferential support from KITECH's Demand-oriented Technology Support Project
    Preferential support from KITECH's Industry-associated Projects
    Preferential support given for joint research initiatives through government-assigned support projects
  • 연구장비활용 지원 아이콘
  • Providing research equipment support
    Access given to research equipment at 40 open laboratories
    Priority given for the Research Equipment Sharing Program (vouchers) led by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, thereby reducing cost burdens
  • 공공기관 연구인력 지원사업을 통한 우수인력 파견지 아이콘
  • Supporting competent human resources through the Researcher Dispatch Program at public research institutes
    Preferential support for competent workers (with Master’s or Ph.D. degrees) as core R&D staff in long-term assignments (longer than three years)
  • 기술커뮤니티를 통한 기술혁신 교류지원 아이콘
  • Supporting technology innovation exchanges through partner communities
    Discovering new markets via 46 similar-technology communities
    Industry-centered technology exchanges fostered among companies by sharing R&D achievements
  • 현장출장·파견을 통한 밀착지원 아이콘
  • Providing close-range support through field visits and dispatches
    Offering technology advisory support by visiting or dispatching personnel to the site for companies facing technological hardships