The purpose of the Skolkovo Innovation Award competition is to support start-up projects that can be the starting point for the development of new technology companies in Russia. The competition is supported by the Skolkovo IT Cluster.
Russian citizens residing in Russia and legal entities registered in Russia can participate in the competition.
The prize fund for the competition is 5.25 million rubles. At the end of the contest, the project authors or groups of authors of three projects selected by the jury will receive: 1st – 3 million rubles 2 place - 1.5 million rubles, 3rd place – 750,000 rubles.
We hope that the participants in the competition will be able to implement their projects using Cisco technologies. The participants can take advantage of programs on the Cisco Developer Network for their projects, for example, software development kits (for example, Cisco Jabber SDK) and open information about Cisco technologies.
The competition is held in three rounds. In the first round participants must register on the site, submit their project and answer additional questions. Applications closed on 31 December 2012.
As a result of first round selections, 24 projects will go to the semifinals. Of the projects that moved on from the first round, the contest organizers will select 21 projects. In addition to these projects, the three projects with the most votes from the online site will also enter the semifinal round.
According to the results of the semi-finals, 6 projects will go on to the final. During the finals on May 13, 2013, participants will be expected to make presentations to the jury.
Competitive selection of the best concepts for a number of innovative projects in the energy, oil and gas sectors
The non-profit Foundation for the development of the New Technologies Development and Commercialization Centre (Skolkovo Foundation) on behalf of the Energy Efficiency Cluster is announcing the competitive selection of the best concepts of innovative projects for a number of areas in the energy and gas sector.
The competition is open to any company whose concept passes a preliminary examination held in accordance with the requirements for content and creation of documentation for a company to receive status as a member of the Skolkovo innovation center.
The prize for the best idea is 5 million rubles, as well as the opportunity to continue to develop the innovative project and its subsequent practical implementation with support from Skolkovo.
SCHEDULE OF COMPETITIVE SELECTION
Applications for participation in the competition from March 12 to August 12, 2013.
Evaluation of applications: from August 13 to August 27, 2013.
Announcement of the results of the Competitive Selection from August 28 to September 11, 2013.
Announcement of the winner(s): Date to be announced.