In 2003, the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL), under the leadership of its first President, Dr. Lou-Chuang Lee (currently the Minister of the National Science Council) developed a plan for collaboration with the universities. Subsequently, it has signed academic cooperation agreements with 19 universities, including the National Tsing Hua University, National Chiao Tung University, National Central University, Tatung University, National Cheng Kung University, Taipei Medical University, National Taiwan Ocean University, Dayeh University, National Chung Hsing University, Yuan Ze University, National Ilan University, Southe Taiwan University, National University of Kaohsiung, National Normal University, National Taiwan University, National Defense Medical Center, Chang Gung University, National Sun Yat-sen University, and the Kun Shan University. In 2008, continuing the mission of NARL for serving the academic research field with innovative thinking over the same tasks, NARL gradually transformed itself from a “pROVider of research facilities” to an “integrator of innovative systems”. Upholding its core value, NARL (Novel Achievements for Reaching better Life), it has expanded the width of its services on the basis of its innovation and integration capabilities, in order to pROVide a high quality integration platform for academic research fields, promote scientific creative ideas, impROVe research achievements, and create three-wins for the society, academia, and NARL. In mid-August of 2008, Dr. Lou-Chuang Lee and Dr. Jer-Nan Juang, President of NARL, invited NARL partners to participate in the “Taiwan Advanced Science and Technology Conference - NARL moving forward with its partners.” The conference covered the vision of cooperation mode, resource sharing, and future prospects of advanced science and technology. Presidents and vice presidents of universities participated in the conference pROVided many valuable suggestions and generated many innovative ideas upon the conclusion of a highly successful conference. NARL will also found the “Advanced Science and Technology Union”, and will host regular meetings in the future to strengthen the strategic partnerships. In addition to universities in Taiwan, NARL has also cooperated with about 60 foreign academic research institutes at present to share and integrate resources for mutual development. NARL has core technologies, core facilities, and integration capabilities, thus can pROVide research facilities and services to universities. In October 2008, NARL will officially adopt ISO9001 and ISO27001 management standards. With the ISO accreditation, world class lab facilities, and professional management teams, including MP-SoC II ESL virtual platform, model animal analysis technical platform, aseismatic design, evaluation, and reinforcement technology, the world’s top 49th mainframes, satellite integration and testing plant, RF/MW measurement platform, and 2,700-tonnage marine research ship, NARL can effectively help alleviate the need of colleges and universities to construct larger facilities. In addition, NARL also pROVides integrated facilities platform for special fields, such as optic airplane images, satellite remote measurement images, computer networks and storage, scientific visualization, environment observation grid, marine environment observation, typhoon and flood simulation, and disaster controls and prevention, to assist universities to undertake integrated research by overcoming facility limitations. In recent years, NARL has made significant achievements in cross-disciplinary collaboration with universities. For example, “ecological grid”, a project through joint efforts of the National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC), several international organizations and domestic ecological institutes, has not only appeared on the cover of BioSciene joual, but also won the Excellence Award in Technology of the Executive Yuan in 2006. The “Independent research and development of an image processing system with a highly mobile satellite and high resolution, and construction of terminal stations at home and abroad,” a project through collaboration of the National Space Organization (NSPO), Tatung Co., National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University, National Central University, and National Cheng Kung University, has been successfully applied in the fields of disaster prevention and survey, national land utilization, and national security. It also won the Excellence Award in Technology of the Executive Yuan in 2007. Moreover, NCHC and Dr. An-shi Chiang’s research team at National Tsing Hua University collaborated with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the US to successfully establish the first database of 3D image drosophila brain gene performance. This technology is aimed to become the universal standard mode of 3D image data processing in the future. These substantial achievements of NARL and its partners were realized through collaboration and hard work, along with innovative ideas and the integration power of NARL, thus creating advanced science and technology based on social demands. From software to hardware, NARL constantly pursues progress and perfection of quality. Following the example of the Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center (IMEC), NARL expects to become the world’s primary research platform, making Taiwan an important center for international science and technology