The representative office in the Rostov region of the Fund for Assistance to Innovations informs about the start of accepting applications for the competition "Development-SOPR" .
The purpose of the competition is to provide financial support to small innovative enterprises to financially support the implementation of R&D as part of the implementation of innovative projects in the field of sports, urban environment, ecology, social entrepreneurship in order to develop, create and (or) expand the production of innovative products.

The competition is held as part of the implementation of the activities of the federal project "Acceleration of small and medium-sized businesses" of the national project "Small and medium-sized businesses and support for individual entrepreneurial initiative."

The competition is held in the following areas (lots):

• sports (sports tech, equipment and inventory, biomedical support);
• urban environment (smart city technologies);
• ecology (ecotechnology and environmental management);
• social entrepreneurship.

The competition is open to legal entities that meet the criteria for referring to a small business entity in accordance with the Federal Law of  July 24, 2007 No.  209-FZ "On the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian Federation" that meet the following requirements:

• have the status of a tax resident of the Russian Federation;
• have the status of "Micro-Enterprise" or "Small Enterprise" in the Unified Register of SMEs;
• the applicant must not have open contracts for receiving government grants with the Foundation.

Main parameters of the provided support:

• grant size - up to 15 million rubles;
• off-budget co-financing (at the expense of own or borrowed funds) - at least 30% of the grant amount;
• direction of support - implementation of R&D;
• the term for R&D is 12 or 18 months.

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 and (or) legal entity.

Applications for the competition are accepted until 10:00 (Moscow time) on June 28, 2021.
You can get acquainted with the regulations of the competition at the link https://fasie.ru/press/fund/ razvitie-sopr-2021 /
You can apply for the competition at the link https://online.fasie.ru/
You can get advice on your questions at Representative office of the Fund 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 .