The Skolkovo Foundation begins accepting applications for grants to companies implementing pilot projects to implement Russian digital solutions.

The Skolkovo Foundation plans to support up to 10 pilot projects in the following areas: artificial intelligence, new production technologies, augmented and virtual reality, robotics and sensorics, distributed ledger technologies. The amount of each grant can be up to 80 million rubles.

Companies implementing domestic solutions for the digital transformation of their technological and business processes will be able to receive grants.

«The goal of the Skolkovo Foundation is to facilitate the implementation of solutions created by startups, including by supporting the demand for digital technologies from industrial companies that are implementing the first industrial industrial implementation of such solutions. Among the most urgent areas we see artificial intelligence technologies, new production technologies, as well as digital solutions aimed at overcoming the consequences of the pandemic. In general, this support measure has an important role — it is not only a very necessary bridge for startups from the development stage to large-scale commercialization, but also a way to accelerate the formation and dissemination of best digital transformation practices in priority industries,» — said Kirill Kaem, Senior Vice President of the Fund Skolkovo.

Grant support for the pilot implementation of domestic digital solutions is carried out within the framework of the federal project «Digital Technologies». The Skolkovo Foundation acts as the operator of this support measure on the basis of an agreement with the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of Russia. Competitive selection will be held on a regular basis until 2024.

Source: www.cnews.ru