The Fundamental Technology Partnering group aligns with Honda’s Fundamental Technology Research function. Fundamental Technology Partnering engages in building partnerships with the venture community, academia and national labs for collaborative opportunities in order to create synergy with Honda's long-term R&D strategy.
Mission
Honda's competitive advantage has always come from product innovation supported by strong R&D activities. Together with Honda’s Fundamental Technology Research areas, our mission is to identify trends in innovation, scout technology partners to fulfill various long-term needs of Honda’s Fundamental Technology Research efforts, and convert ideas into realizable collaborative projects. Technology areas of interest include:
- Alternative Energy
Novel technology which would improve energy ecosystems from energy generation to consumption such as photovoltaic energy, biofuels and next generation energy storage.
- Advanced Materials
New materials fuel the innovation engine that powers development of innovative products. We are looking for advanced material technologies to drive innovation in areas such as alternative energy, non rare earth metal devices, and carbon based materials.
- Intelligent Machine Technologies
Our future products would be able to recognize, think and act to increase safety, convenience and comfort. We are interested in advanced intelligent machine technologies that would further our products' intelligence such as sensors, actuators and recognition algorithms.
We review every proposal that comes to us. For submission, please send us a brief summary of your technology to
HRIFTP-info@honda-ri.com mail the information packet to:
Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
Attention: Fundamental Technology Partnering
425 National Avenue, Suite 100
Mountain View, CA 94043
Please do not send us your confidential information without NDA, although in-depth information on your technology would be helpful to determine our interest. Someone on our team will review the proposal, and if it is something that we would like to pursue further, we will contact you.
