The representative office in the Rostov region of the Fund for Assistance to Innovations informs about the start of accepting applications for competitions within the framework of the Start program. Please note that in order to increase the effect of participation, changes have been made to the regulations on competitions, including in terms of the amount of grants.

The "Start" program is aimed at supporting small innovative enterprises (SMEs) that are at the initial stage of development and strive to develop and master the production of a new product / product / technology / service using the results of their own scientific and technical research with significant potential for commercialization.

Within the framework of the Program, projects are selected in the following thematic areas (lots):
N1. Digital technologies;
H2. Medicine and technologies of health preservation;
H3. New materials and chemical technologies;
H4. New devices and intelligent manufacturing technologies;
H5. Biotechnology;
H6. Resource-saving energy.

The program is implemented in several stages:

1st stage of the Program (Competition "Start-1" )
During the implementation of the Start-1 competition, applied scientific research and experimental development are carried out, which will allow checking the feasibility of scientific and technical approaches and solutionslaid down in R&Dto remove scientific and technical risks of project implementation in in general, and will also allow you to assess the possibility of creating a product that is in demand on the market at the subsequent stages of the project. The results of R&D within the framework of the competition should create the preconditions for attracting an investor for co-financing the project at  the 2nd stage of the Program.
The main parameters of the support provided for the "Start-1" competition:

• the amount of the grant is up to 3 million rubles;
• the term for R&D is 12 months (in 2 stages) from the date of the grant agreement;
• the competition is open to individuals and legal entities-subjects of small business, the registration date of which is not more than 2 years before the date of filing an application for the competition.

Based on the results of the implementation of the grant agreement, the grant recipient must create intellectual property, the rights to which must be registered for the enterprise - the grant recipient.
Applications for the Start-1 competition will be accepted until 10:00 (Moscow time) on May 31, 2021.
For more details , see the Competition Regulations at the link -  https://fasie.ru/press/fund/ start-1-2021 /

2nd stage of the Program (Competition "Start-2" )
Competition "Start-2" is aimed at ensuring the conduct of R&D (based on the previously obtained scientific and technical groundwork), the results of which will allow the transition to the first sales of the created innovative products. This stage provides for the receipt of proceeds from the sale of products in the amount established by the requirements of the competition regulations.
The main parameters of the support provided for the "Start-2" competition:

• the amount of the grant is up to 7 million rubles;
• the term for R&D is 12 months (in 2 stages) from the date of the grant agreement;
• the competition is open to legal entities-subjects of small business that have completed the 1st stage of the Program (competitions "Start 1", "Start-CP" , "Start-CT" , "Start-NTI" ). The deadline for the completion of the project for  the 1st stage of the Program is no more than 2 years;
• extrabudgetary funds must be at least 50% of the grant amount.

Possible options for extrabudgetary financing of the project:

• attraction of off-budget funds of a private investor;
• investing the company's own funds;
• funds received under loan agreements concluded with Russian credit institutions for the implementation of the project;
• borrowed funds from an individual or legal entity.

Applications for the "Start-2" competition will be accepted continuously throughout the year and will be considered as they are received.
More details in the Regulations on the competition at the link -  https://fasie.ru/press/fund/ start-2-2021 /

Contest "Business Start"
The purpose of the contest - to provide financial support to small innovative enterprises, has successfully completed a program "Start" (one of the competitions: "Start-1" , "START-2" , "Start 3" , "Start-CPU" , "Start-TsT" , "Start-NTI" ).
The competition is aimed at the selection of innovative projects providing for the creation, expansion and (or) modernization of production required for the serial production of innovative products previously developed under the "Start" program, as well as its commercialization.

Main parameters of the provided support:

• the amount of the grant is up to 10 million rubles;
• off-budget co-financing (at the expense of own and / or borrowed funds) at least 50% of the grant amount;
• direction of support - financial support of expenses related to the implementation of an innovative project;
• the term of the innovation project is 12 months.

Applications for the "Business Start" competition are accepted until 10:00 (Moscow time) on June 15, 2021.
More details in the Competition Regulations at the link https://fasie.ru/press/fund/ biznes-start-2021 /

You can apply for competitions through the AS  Fond-M system at the address: http://online.fasie.ru
You can get advice on any issues that have arisen at the Fund's Representative Office in the Rostov Region (ANO "Agency for Innovations of the Rostov Region") by phone +7 (961) 293-46-95 or e-mail rostov@fasie.ru