The Suzuki Foundation selected 34 original, advanced scientific research initiatives to receive fiscal-2009 financial assistance worth a total of ¥48.6 million.
1)Financial assistance for scientific research projects in progress
The Suzuki Foundation has decided to support 33 scientific research projects that are in progress: two projects on production-engineering technologies; six projects on environmental and energy-saving technologies; 10 projects on measurement-, control-, and analysis-related technologies; eight projects on material-related technologies; one project on electronics- and information-related technologies; four projects on human engineering and medical technologies; and two projects on robot-related technologies
2)Financial assistance for proposed scientific research project
As well as supporting scientific research projects that are under way, the Suzuki Foundation selects contemporary problems that it believes need to be resolved, invites proposals for research projects to address them, and selects the most outstanding proposals for funding. It funds each selected project for two years and has selected eight projects in the last six years. For fiscal 2009, the foundation has decided on ¥8.56 million in funding for a proposed environment-, resource-, and energy-related initiative to develop a thermoelectric conversion material capable of efficiently converting waste heat from automobiles and other sources into electric power. The project encompasses development of a high-performance thermoelectric conversion material based on a lead-free IV-VI semiconductor and basic research aimed at practical application of the material.
Source: http://www.globalsuzuki.com/globalnews/2010/0303.html