Dear innovators!
Currently was presented a wide range of government support tools, to improve the innovative activity and economic development in Kazakhstan. Among them a special place belongs to innovation grants, where the function of the operator in providing innovation grants executes by JCS «National Agency for Technological Development»
Innovation grant — budgetary funds, provided by the industrial-innovative entities on a free-of-charge basis towards realization of industrial-innovative projects within the priority areas of innovative grants.
In particular, our technology park for free assists in obtaining 9 types of grants.
3 types of grants for scientists and innovators:
– Grant for patenting
– Grant for commercialization
– Grant on supporting activities of manufacturing high technology products at the initial stage of development
6 types of grants for already operating innovative companies, incl.:
– Grant for conducting industry research
– Grant for technology acquisition
– Grant for professional skills improvement of overseas engineering and technical personnel
– Grant for attracting high-qualified foreign specialists
– Grant for attracting consultancy, project and engineering organizations
– Grand on introduction of management and production technology.
Nowadays, innovation grants cover entire chain of creation and introduction of innovations in Kazakhstan and include following advantages:
– all innovation grants provided in terms of priority areas determined by the Government, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 18th of June 2012 year № 800.
– Government provides innovation grants under the conditions of co-financing and reimburses the costs on project implementation, which raises the applicants’ responsibility for the success of the project implementation and reduces the probability of budgetary funds misuse.
– At legislative level stipulated the obligation for attracting the applicants’ assessment by independent foreign experts.
– If previously applications were accepted once in a year, within 1 month after announcement publication about contest, so now applications acceptance stands on a continuous basis.
– For the first time granting is not rigidly linked to the budget year and funds that was not disbursed before December 31, pass to the next year, due to which financing of the grant program is not interrupted and implemented 12 months a year.
Download an information leaflet about innovation grants.
Normative legal documents, governmental support regulating measures for industrial-innovative activities:
Innovation grants regulations:
– Innovation grants regulations for professional skills improvement of overseas engineering and technical personnel, attracting high-qualified foreign specialists, attracting consultancy, project and engineering organizations, on introduction of management and production technology – Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9th of August 2012 year № 1035
– Innovation grants regulations for technology acquisition, for conducting industry research, on supporting activities of manufacturing high technology products at the initial stage of development, patenting abroad, and (or) regional patent organizations – Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9th of August 2012 year № 1036
– Innovation grants regulations on commercialization of technologies – Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9th of August 2012 year № 1037
– Change in Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan №1035, 1036 and 1037.