- PRIM: first call for proposals
- ICP: first call for proposals
- BIRD program: first call for proposals
PRIM: first call for proposals
Public Research Institutes Modernization
The PRIM program is aimed at facilitating the strategic vision and approach to the development and implementation of the institutional modernization plans of public research institutes in Uzbekistan.
The PRIM program pursues the following objectives:
- Facilitate the process of institutional modernization of public research institutes (PRIs).
- Provide financial assistance and support for the implementation of measures consistent with the long-term reform strategy of the PRI.
- Promote the efficiency, effectiveness and overall productivity of public research institutes.
- Provide support that meets the needs of the PRI in priority areas such as capacity building, strategic planning and management, knowledge sharing, research-industry collaboration, and community engagement and interaction.
- Enhance the PRI's national and international visibility.
PRIM Grant Program serves as a catalyst for the ongoing process of the strategic modernization of public research organizations in Uzbekistan. Resources of the PRIM can serve as a complementary leverage tool in achieving important objectives and tasks in research-based programs of PRIs.
PRIM Grant Program pillars:
1. Research Infrastructure
2. Capacity building
3. Strategic planning and governance
4. Knowledge exchange and sharing
5. Research and business collaboration
6. Community engagement and outreach
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ICP: first call for proposals
Innovation Capabilities Program
The ICP program aims to enable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Uzbekistan to develop new or improved products, services and processes that will enable them to enter domestic, regional and global markets for the following purposes: Facilitating the process of innovative modernization of the private sector ; Provide financial assistance and support for the implementation of measures consistent with the long-term SME reform strategy; Improve the efficiency, effectiveness and overall productivity of the private sector; Raise the visibility of SMEs nationally and internationally.
The main conditions of the ICP program are: The grant amount is US$50,000 per project; Project implementation – up to 12 months on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Co-financing is mandatory, at least 100% of the grant amount (the source of co-financing can be an industrial partner, a financial partner or own funds). By industry: Agri-food technologies; Medicine and medical technologies; New materials and chemical technologies; Mining and metallurgical industry; Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals; Mechanical engineering and automotive industry.
Proposals selection. Proposals must be submitted in 1) English and 2) Uzbek or Russian optionally. The selection process includes submission of proposals, initial evaluation check, scientific, technical and technological readiness evaluation by the Expert Council, final evaluation proposals by the Grant Commission (GC) and signing of protocol of winners by the GC, that lead to the signing of Grant Agreement.
The grant recipient must be a legal entity with the status of small and medium enterprise registered in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
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BIRD program: first call for proposals
Business Investments in R&D Program program
The BIRD program is aimed at supporting commercialization projects from Research Organizations, Higher Education Institutions, and SMEs to be submitted by eligible applicants represented by individual researchers. Selection is based on two core principles: (i) technological readiness and (ii) commercial potential of the project.
The BIRD program pursues the following objectives:
1) Build and strengthen systemic partnerships between industry, research institutes, and universities for technology development and transfer to address systemic problems in manufacturing sectors.
2) Stimulate SME’s investment activity in R&D and private research organizations of high-quality R&D.
3) Contribute to collective efforts to develop new technologies in areas of national importance.
4) Cooperate with leading international research centers and global businesses.
Thematic scope and disciplines. Proposals are expected to be in/related to such areas as (including but not limited to) renewable energy, energy efficiency, low-carbon technologies, biotechnologies, medicine and healthcare, agriculture and food, artificial intelligence, ICT, and other areas of scientific and technological development.
Business Investments in R&D Program – has an allocation of US $10 million and will finance matching grants for sub-projects to (i) support later stages of research commercialization, (ii) R&D for SMEs, and (iii) early stages of knowledge-based startups. Grant recipient for BIRD grant funds can be a legal entity created after the grant is awarded in the Republic of Uzbekistan in the form of an LLC or an existing SME company registered in the Republic of Uzbekistan in the form of an LLC.
The general requirements for the BIRD program are:
Grant amount - up to US $600,000
Co-financing amount (mandatory) - at least 25% of the grant amount in monetary form
Implementation period - up to 24 months
This call for proposals is open from December 25, 2023 to April 1, 2024 .
All science and technology areas
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Modernizing Uzbekistan’s National Innovation System Project – MUNIS
MUNIS is a unique development project implemented jointly by the World bank and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovations of the Republic of Uzbekistan, aiming at enabling the development of a market-oriented national innovation system in Uzbekistan. The project is provided 50 million US dollars to realize several research and innovation grant programs.
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How MUNIS works?
The MUNIS project works by providing a number of different grants and tools to help improve the innovation ecosystem in Uzbekistan. This will range from funding research teams to assisting commercialization of innovative products, from modernizing research institutions to supporting policy making.
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19 September, 2024PRIM Announcement
The deadline for project submissions under the PRIM program has been extended.
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4 September, 2024The deadline for accepting projects under the ICP program has been extended.
The deadline for accepting projects under the ICP program has been extended.
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19 August, 2024Acceleration program launched for winners of RCP and BIRD grant programs
By the implementation team of the World Bank project "Modernization of the National Innovation System of Uzbekistan" ("MUNIS") under the Innovative Development Agency
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15 August, 2024"PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM" (PRIM)
A seminar was held within the framework of the "PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM" (PRIM) grant program for the modernization of state research institutions.
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4 July, 2024RCP Program winners
The Project Implementation Unit, is pleased to announce the winners of the first round of the Research Commercialization Program (RCP), held within the framework of the MUNIS project.
The program, launched on December 25, 2023, aimed to identify and support research projects with high commercialization potential. A total of 55 proposals were received by the February 19, 2024 deadline.
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