How can the Innovation Agency help innovators?

More recently, an interesting working case occurred: the applicant turned to the Agency and asked to advise him on measures of state support that could help in attracting 250 thousand rubles for the development of his business.

So, what does the applicant have:

• waste disposal and gas treatment system;
• legal entity;
• interested parties — potential consumers (landfills) who are ready to install the system if it passes the appropriate certification.

What does the applicant need?

• 250 thousand rubles to get the necessary certificates for your project.

The Innovation Agency decided to look beyond the horizon and tell the applicant not only about how it can help in this situation, but also to choose appropriate measures to support other business development institutions.

In this case, we immediately thought about the competitive programs of the Foundation for the Promotion of Innovation, with the help of which you can receive grant funds and use them, including for certification work.

The "Commercialization" program.
Small and medium-sized businesses with positive experience in conducting financial and economic activities can become participants of the competition:

• the company's revenue for the previous year should be commensurate with the grant amount;
• there is a completed development (registered intellectual property or license agreement for a period of at least 5 years);
• the applicant has patents for innovative and technical development.

The grant under the program is up to 20 million rubles.
Co-financing — 100%. May be:

• own funds;
• investor's funds;
• credit funds.

The «Umnik» program.
If the applicant has a colleague in the project team under the age of 30 who is also ready to participate in the Fund's competitions, then there is an opportunity to participate in the "SMART GUY"competition.

Grant funds can be used for the development of the project.
The term is 2 stages of 12 months.
The grant amount is 500,000 rubles.

Important: the review of applications by experts takes a long time and the results will be known in a year.

You can apply for contests by following the link

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