Russian Government Pledges $40 million to Support Regional Innovation Clusters
In excess of $40 million in subsidies will be allocated in 2013 to support innovative clusters in Russia’s regions, according to the country’s Economic Development Ministry.
Dec 18, 2012
In excess of $40 million in subsidies will be allocated in 2013 to support innovative clusters in Russia’s regions, according to the country’s Economic Development Ministry. Russian Venture news reported that the ministry’s Ivan Yakimenko made the announcement at a forum held in Nizhny Novgorod dedicated to the creation and development of government innovation policy.
The collection of applications from regions hoping to receive support will begin in January 2013, with the assessment of projects scheduled to begin in February. The government also plans to provide federal funding for industrial parks and techno parks that receive co-financing from regional budgets.
Two large clusters are currently under development in the Nizhny Novgorod region: the Sarov innovation cluster, which is focused on nuclear physics, and the Nizhny Novgorod industrial innovation cluster, which is based in Nizhny and the regional industrial centers of Dzerzhinsk and Kstovo. Both projects have been included in the federal list of territorial innovation clusters created this year at the request of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
According to Denis Labuza, the Nizhny Novgorod regional minister for small- and medium-business, 47 applications have been sent from Sarov to the Federal Ministry of Economic Development requesting funding for further innovation projects.
The collection of applications from regions hoping to receive support will begin in January 2013, with the assessment of projects scheduled to begin in February. The government also plans to provide federal funding for industrial parks and techno parks that receive co-financing from regional budgets.
Two large clusters are currently under development in the Nizhny Novgorod region: the Sarov innovation cluster, which is focused on nuclear physics, and the Nizhny Novgorod industrial innovation cluster, which is based in Nizhny and the regional industrial centers of Dzerzhinsk and Kstovo. Both projects have been included in the federal list of territorial innovation clusters created this year at the request of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
According to Denis Labuza, the Nizhny Novgorod regional minister for small- and medium-business, 47 applications have been sent from Sarov to the Federal Ministry of Economic Development requesting funding for further innovation projects.