Rewarding of winners of final selection of the UMNIC program took place
24 April 2015, Friday
On April 24 within the II International scientific and practical conference "Partnership for Development of Clusters" the ceremony of rewarding of winners of final selection of the UMNIC program of Fund of assistance to development of small forms of the enterprises in the scientific and technical sphere and delivery of certificates on passing of the course "Guide to Commercialization of Technologies" of the American fund of civil researches and development (CRDF Global) took place.
Awards handed: chairman of the supervisory board of federal state budgetary institution "Fund of Assistance to Development of Small Forms of the Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere", executive director of Association of innovative regions of Russia Ivan Bortnik, deputy CEO of Federal State Budgetary Institution Fund of Assistance to Development of Small Forms of the Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere Andrey Mikitas, board member of CRDF Global Catherine Mannik (Catherine Mannick), representative of CRDF Global in Russia.
As part of the program, the Minister visited the Arsky Industrial Park, where he got acquainted with the current activities and long-term plans of the residents. During the inspection of the production facilities, Midkhat Shagiakhmetov held a substantive discussion with the heads of enterprises on capacity expansion and improving the efficiency of using the existing infrastructure.
Applications for the Start-Digital Technologies-1 competition (turn 2) are being accepted on the website of the Innovation Promotion Foundation until February 24. Individuals and legal entities, small business entities, can participate in it.
Rustem Mukhamedshin, Director of the Guarantee Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan, took part in a large–scale event - the strategic session of the Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of the Republic of Tatarstan, which took place on January 30, 2026 in Kazan at the Entrepreneur's House.