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SKOLKOVO AND VOLKSWAGEN FOUNDATIONS TO EXPAND COMMERCIALIZATION OF ARMENIAN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RESULTS
arminfo
Thursday, September 13, 18:28
The Armenian Ministry of Education and Science is negotiating with
the Skolkovo Foundation for Development of the Center of Research and
Commercializing of New Technologies to conclude an agreement envisaging
joint projects on commercialization of the scientific research results,
Samvel Haroutyunyan, Chairman of the State Committee on Science of
the Armenian Ministry of Education and Science, said at today's press
conference in Yerevan.
When asked about the projects on commercialization of the practical
scientific research results in Armenia, Haroutyunyan replied that the
State Committee on Science and Skolkovo Foundation will work over
joint financing of innovation projects and carry out joint work to
develop the system of independent expert examination of the scientific
projects. He added that under the agreement with Skolkovo Foundation,
the system applied in Armenia will also be used in Russia and in
Kazakhstan. He also pointed out that Armenia will be the second country
after Belarus to have an agreement with Skolkovo. The database of the
State Committee on Science includes the names of 1,500 scientists,
of them 500 are Armenians from Diaspora and foreigners.
Haroutyunyan said that the Ministry will also negotiate with the
scientific foundation of Volkswagen. He added that the State Committee
on Science has already held a contest of research projects aimed at
gaining practical results. The State Committee on Science and the
private sector have financed 17 projects worth a total of 160 mln
AMD (nearly $400 thsd). He said that the preliminary results of the
contest are impressing, as authors of 43 projects funded not only by
Armenia but also by foreign countries participated in the contest. The
contest results will be summed up in late 2012. Haroutyunyan expressed
confidence that no less than 4-5 projects will have serious results,
which may be applied in practice even today.
He said that in 2012 a new similar contest will be held. The
co-financing of the private sector will be increased from the former
15% to no less than 25%.
arminfo
Thursday, September 13, 18:28
The Armenian Ministry of Education and Science is negotiating with
the Skolkovo Foundation for Development of the Center of Research and
Commercializing of New Technologies to conclude an agreement envisaging
joint projects on commercialization of the scientific research results,
Samvel Haroutyunyan, Chairman of the State Committee on Science of
the Armenian Ministry of Education and Science, said at today's press
conference in Yerevan.
When asked about the projects on commercialization of the practical
scientific research results in Armenia, Haroutyunyan replied that the
State Committee on Science and Skolkovo Foundation will work over
joint financing of innovation projects and carry out joint work to
develop the system of independent expert examination of the scientific
projects. He added that under the agreement with Skolkovo Foundation,
the system applied in Armenia will also be used in Russia and in
Kazakhstan. He also pointed out that Armenia will be the second country
after Belarus to have an agreement with Skolkovo. The database of the
State Committee on Science includes the names of 1,500 scientists,
of them 500 are Armenians from Diaspora and foreigners.
Haroutyunyan said that the Ministry will also negotiate with the
scientific foundation of Volkswagen. He added that the State Committee
on Science has already held a contest of research projects aimed at
gaining practical results. The State Committee on Science and the
private sector have financed 17 projects worth a total of 160 mln
AMD (nearly $400 thsd). He said that the preliminary results of the
contest are impressing, as authors of 43 projects funded not only by
Armenia but also by foreign countries participated in the contest. The
contest results will be summed up in late 2012. Haroutyunyan expressed
confidence that no less than 4-5 projects will have serious results,
which may be applied in practice even today.
He said that in 2012 a new similar contest will be held. The
co-financing of the private sector will be increased from the former
15% to no less than 25%.