The Small and Medium Enterprise Administration(SMEA), Ministry of Economic Affairs(MOEA) organized the No. 411 Steering Committee for the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) on 7 (month) 14 (date) 2021 (year) in which it reviewed and passed rewards for entrepreneurial concept open audition projects (Stage 1 Star Group) for 49 projects proposed by SMEs. The list of approved projects is provided in the Appendix below.

SMEA stated that the projects passed in the No. 411 SBIR Steering Committee (Entrepreneurial SBIR-Stage 1 Star Group) assist the start-ups to overcome the uncertainty of capital, technology and market in the early stage of entrepreneurship and improve their survival rate. The Stage 1 Star Group were collect totaling 369 project, passed 49 projects, and rewards amounted to NTD 29.4 million. They are expected to motivate SMEs in investing more R&D human resources. The SBIR is promoted to incentivize and assist R&D activities for SMEs to achieve sustainable development and growth. It also seeks to establish a comprehensive industry system based on the R&D outcomes and promote economic development in Taiwan.

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