The Innovation Support Fund continues to provide grant support to projects under the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”.
As part of the spring-summer cycle, applications for the contest “UMNIK-Digital Russia”, an all-Russian universal contest aimed at supporting projects in the field of end-to-end technologies of the digital economy, have been opened.
Rostov-on-Don was chosen as one of the centers of attraction along with Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Tomsk.
The participants in this project have the opportunity to win a grant in the amount of 500,000 rubles for the development of their innovative project.
Projects are selected according to promising technologies that radically change the situation in existing markets or contribute to the formation of new markets within the framework of the national program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”. These are the following areas:
- artificial Intelligence;
- virtual and augmented reality technologies;
- new manufacturing technologies;
- internet of things;
- robotics and sensorics;
- 5G communication technology;
- satellite connection;
- distributed registry systems;
- quantum communications
- quantum sensorics and metrology.
Application deadline is May 5, 2020. Acceptance of applications on the site umnik.fasie.ru/digital-rostov-on-don. If you have any questions, please contact rostov@fasie.ru or call 8 (961) 293-46-95.
We add that the final of the competition will be held in June, and its winners will be able to sign an agreement with the Fund and receive an advance in the summer of 2020.
For reference:
The purpose of the “UMNIK” program is to stimulate the participation of young people in scientific, technical and innovative activities through the provision of organizational and financial support to young talents. Supported scientific and technical ideas and solutions grow to the level of creating a sustainable business attractive to investors.
Individuals from 18 to 30 years of age can participate in the UMNIK program, who are citizens of the Russian Federation, who wish to realize their potential through innovative activities, and who have not previously won the UMNIK program. The UMNIK program finances the development of scientific and technical ideas to the level of commercial application with a grant of 500 thousand rubles for 2 years.