Announcements

November 20, 2017

Announcement!

The Science Committee of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the Fostering Productive Innovation Project would like to congratulate the winners within the Productive Sector  Consortia Grant Program.

To execute the Grant Agreement please submit the following documents until November 23, 2017: 

1) Certificate on the State registration of the legal entity (for the Prime Grantee and Sub-grantees);

2) Notarized copies of constituent document (contract) or Charter (for the Prime Grantee and Sub-grantees);

3) A power of attorney in the name of the Prime Grantee from the Sub-grantees to represent the interests, including the right to receive grant funds;

4) Document from the tax authority that there are no tax debts and other overdue mandatory payments that have lasted more than three (3) months prior to the issuance of this document (for the Prime Grantee and Sub-grantees);

5) A letter of assurance from the Prime Grantee and Sub-grantees on the lack of arrears to the second-tier bank and other financial institutions;

6) Certification of proposed participants’ actual annual salary for the last year, including appropriate documentation from the employer and a pension fund certificate;

7) Notarized copy of a signed Consortium Agreement between the Consortium participants;

8) Certificate from the bank about the existence of separately created settlement accounts for the grant and co-financing funds to implement the sub-project (for the Prime Grantee and Sub-grantees);

9) Confirmation from the servicing bank on the contribution of co-financing funds to the dedicated account established for this purpose.

List of the winners within PSC II Grant Program

Participants who were not selected in 2017 are invited to participate in the grant program in 2018. More detailed information on the second round of the grant program will be published on the website of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and on the Project website.

November 03, 2017

Dear applicants,

The Project Management Unit of the Fostering Productive Innovation Project provides the following information:

1. List of projects moving to presentation stage for "PSC I: Industry–Science Cooperative Center" will be posted on the Project website www.fpip.kz by November 20, 2017. Further information will be published later;
2. 2.The presentation protection for "PSC II: Industry – Science Technology Consortium" will take place at 9:00-18:30 on November 5th-6th, 2017 in Astana, Tauelsizdik Str. 41, BC "Silk Way", 5th floor.

The schedule of protection presentation to the International Science and Commercialization Board is following: 

The following are the rules for presentations:

• Presentation is delivered in English;
• Presentations can be attended by up to 3 members. In case of absent of Head of the Project, please provide the Power of attorney;
• Applicants are given 10 minutes to give the presentation;
• Applicants must prepare handouts (6 copies) for the ISCB members;
• PowerPoint slides in English and Russian on an electronic media with no viruses or malicious software.

Please visit the Consortia section on the Project website www.fpip.kz to see the recommendations from the ISCB members on the content of presentations.

Should you have any questions, please contact the Project Management Unit: tel. 8 (7172) 23 90 35, 8 (7172) 23 90 64, + 7 708 984 2711.

18 October 2017 year

Dear Applicants,

The Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, within the framework of the Project "Fostering Productive Innovation", announces extension of  a competition for the Productive Sector Consortia Grant Program.

The deadline for submitting applications is extended until  6:30 pm Astana time, October 20, 2017.

For detailed information regarding Productive Sector Consortia  Grant Program you can contact by e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone +7 7172 23 90 35, +7 708 984 27 11.

13 October 2017 year

Dear Applicants,

The Portal for accepting applications under the "Innovation Consorta" Grant Program  is available at the following link PSC Grans Portal

If you have any questions on "Innovation Consortia" Grant Program, please contact the following numbers:

+7 7172 23 90 35, +7 708 984 27 11, +7 775 303 28 13 (on technical issues).

Information is provided from 9:00 to 22:00.