A new selection of particularly significant projects applying for grants from the Russian Information Technology Development Fund has begun

March 26, 2026 — A new selection of particularly significant projects (PSP) grants began on March 26. Even more companies that refine and implement software will be able to contribute to strengthening technological independence and import substitution of foreign IT solutions.

This year, the list of documents required at the application stage has been significantly reduced and the time for preparing detailed technical specifications, a calendar plan and a project estimate has been increased to 3 months from the moment the decision was made to assign the project the status of an PSP. In addition, reporting during the monitoring period of the implementation of the PSP has been reduced by more than 2 times.

About PSP and grants

New IT projects aimed at replacing industrial foreign software can receive the status of an PSP. The projects will receive a government grant of up to 50% of their cost. The grant amount will range from 100 million to 2 billion rubles.

Applications are accepted until April 27, and a decision on support will be made by the end of May. Applications can only be submitted by customers who refine and implement the software, as well as customer groups in the form of a consortium.

Conditions for obtaining PSP status

• The project corresponds to the priority areas of the industrial competence centers (ICC), for which there are no PSP being implemented or having been completed.

• the implementation period is up to 4 years

• the customer is not affiliated with the developer and integrator

• the exclusive rights to the solution after implementation remain with the developer

• domestic stack

• payback of grant financing

For which you can get additional points when evaluating projects

• the effect of using artificial intelligence in an IT solution

• the potential for replication of an IT solution to other unaffiliated enterprises

• the potential of using IT solutions in typical industry-specific critical information infrastructure facilities

Why PSP are important

Particularly significant projects help to strengthen the country's technological sovereignty, develop industry and produce competitive domestic solutions. Starting in 2022, about 50 projects have received grant support.

You can get acquainted with the terms and conditions by following the link