September 18-19th 2018, PMU specialists conducted seminars on the PhD Research and Training Grant Program and gave a detailed explanation of activities carried out within the Project and general concept of the planned grant program for Inclusive Innovation Consortia for potential applicants from Almaty. The seminars were held at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

In addition, a meeting was held with the Vice-President of JSC "National center of State technical expertise" Maulitov A. to accelerate the procedures for obtaining certificates for PhD Research and Training Grant Program applicants and to discuss matters for cooperation within Component 4 "Innovation Observatory".

September 20, in Turkestan, on the basis of the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Kozha Akhmet Yassawi, a dissemination seminar on PhD Grant Program and Inclusive Innovation Consortia Grant Program.

On September 21, 2018, at the M.Auezov South Kazakhstan State University a dissemination seminar on the ongoing and planned grant programs of PMU was also held for potential applicants from Shymkent.

Also, on September 21, 2018 in Shymkent, to announce the Inclusive Innovation Consortia Grant Program a meeting was organized with representatives of the branch of NCE "Atameken".