Preparation of Documents

Projects are accepted from legal and physical persons for preliminary expert assessment.

Submission of applications

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Consideration of Applications

Applications which have been completed correctly are sent to members of the expert panels for consideration.

Receiving the status of participant

After the application has been approved by the expert panel the company is entered in the register of project participants.

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Benefits to Participants

Project participants will be able to use benefits with regard to customs payments and tax benefits, and will also gain access to the infrastructure of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre.

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Results of our work

By April 2012, 427 companies had become participants of Skolkovo project. Out of these 427, 116 companies have joined Biomedicine Cluster, 109 — the Energy Cluster, and 142 companies became part of the IT Cluster. An active application selection process is being carried out for the Space Technologies and Communications Cluster, which currently houses 28 companies, and the Nuclear Technologies Cluster encompassing 27 residents. Each week Skolkovo Foundation receives over 50 new applications.

Up to date, Skolkovo Foundation has approved the issue of 102 non-dilutive grants for a total amount of over 6.3 billion RUR, and secured third-party cofinancing into those projects for a total amount of over 4.4 billion RUR. The amount of grant financing provided by Skolkovo varies from 1.5 million RUR to 300 million RUR, as set forth by Skolkovo Foundation Grant Policy.

Innovators

Participants of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre are those companies, which have proposed innovative solutions to the most significant scientific, social and economic problems. We encourage innovations in five key branches – clusters.

Each of five clusters brings together companies, which have submitted an application for participating in the Skolkovo Project. The priority is given to the projects that are able to change the face of the market or introduce new, second-to-none products and technologies. As of today, the Skolkovo Innovation Centre has 369 participating companies.

The applications for participation in the Skolkovo Project are considered by Expert Boards, specially created for each cluster. Both Russian and international scientists, venture investors and entrepreneurs are members of these boards. Ten experts from the relevant cluster, which were selected from a general list by random sampling, take part in the consideration of each project. Herewith, each cluster cooperates with not less than 30 experts.

The companies, which have acquired the status of Participant, are entitled to apply for a grant for the implementation of their innovative projects. Decisions about allocation of the grants are taken by the Investment Committee, which is composed of employees of the Skolkovo Foundation and independent experts, in accordance with the investment policy. At the moment 40 companies have received grants for project implementation.

Documents:

The position of conferring the status of participant (.pdf, 396 кб)

Regulation on the grant committee (.docx, 25 кб)

Grant Policy (.pdf, 225 кб)

Cluster Information Technologies

Strategic computer technologies and software are included in the list of priorities that are supported by the Skolkovo Innovation Centre. The mission of the IT Cluster is to create an effective ecosystem model for the development and commercialisation of innovations in information technology in Russia.

Directions of Cluster

New generation of multimedia search engines

Recognition and processing of images, video and voice

Analytical software

Mobile applications

Embedded control systems

Web X.0

Complex engineering solutions

New methods of data storage, processing and transfer

Cloud computing

Green Information Technology

Software for the financial and banking sectors

IT-safety

IT in Medicine and Healthcare

Wireless sensor networks

IT in Education

Cluster Biomedical Technologies

The strategic goal of the cluster is to create an ecosystem for innovation in this field. To do this, the best practices of the leading biotechnology and biomedical research centres have been studied.

Directions of Cluster

Biomedical and life sciences

Bio-Informatics

Clinical Medicine and Healthcare

Industrial Bio-Tech

Cluster Energy Efficient Technologies

Cluster of energy efficient technologies introduces new breakthrough technology solutions aimed at the reduction of energy consumption by industrial, housing and municipal infrastructure facilities.

Directions of Cluster

The Energy Efficiency Cluster works in the following directions related to energy generation:

The Energy Efficiency Cluster works in the following directions related to energy consumption:

Cluster Space Technologies and Telecommunications

The Space Technology and Telecommunications Cluster is intended to strengthen Russia's position in the respective industries. With the help of innovations developed and implemented in the Cluster, Russian companies will be able to increase their market share in the global market, the total volume of which is estimated at 300 billion dollars.

Priority
directions of Cluster

Others directions
of Cluster

Space

Telecommunications

Strategic Directions and Priority Areas of Development

Earth to Space

Earth - Space

The new space economy

Cluster Nuclear Technologies

The development of nuclear technology is the key to winning an innovative leadership position and maintaining the defence capability of the country. At the same time, the goal of the cluster is not only to enhance the competitiveness of nuclear power markets, but also the creation of new breakthrough technologies and products.