The Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan announces the selection of startup projects of the innovative technology park "Yashnobad" and the technology park "Pardis" of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
This competition will be held in accordance with the requirements of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On measures to further improve the regulatory framework for the development of scientific research and innovative activities" dated March 9, 2020 No. 133.
Requirements for accepting startup projects:
Applications are accepted from May 1 to June 1 of this year;
1 participant participates with 1 project;
The maximum period of creation of models and (or) prototypes, services and innovative products based on startup projects should not exceed 1 year.
When evaluating the project, the following are taken into account:
Innovativeness of the project - the degree of use of new technologies and (or) principles of process organization that have not been used before in the republic, in which the project envisages the production of a new product (if there is an object of intellectual property), which has not been produced before in the republic, and the creation of a new service;
Technical excellence of the project, including the level of completion;
Availability of protective documents - a patent or patent application, and/or a complete set of scientific and technical documents, and/or the technical regulation of the intended product (technology), test reports, availability of a product sample;
The investment attractiveness of the project is a set of favorable investment and innovation conditions that bring additional profit and reduce the risk of the invested funds. The investment attractiveness of the project is determined by its compatibility with the long-term prospects of the country's development, the cost of the project, consideration of risks, self-recovery and profitability;
Financial planning of the project is the compliance of the project's financial provision with the planned work and the basis of the cost estimate;
Marketing plan - project implementation strategy, market size, target audience, main communication/sales channels, competitive environment, etc.
The expected results of the project implementation are the effective use of allocated funds, the quality and timing of the activities to be carried out, the organization of the production of products that require a scientific basis for import substitution and export.
The decision of the Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan regarding the winners of the contest is final and will not be revised!
Applications for the competition must be submitted in accordance with the agreement between the parties. Original copies of the following documents should be sent in PDF format to uzbiranstartup@gmail.com:
Application signed by the author of the startup project;
Startup project passport;
Startup project business text (with signature and seal, .pdf and .doc/.docx);
Cost estimate (.xls/.xlsx);
The content of the project is fully covered in the form of a startup project (presentation of 10 slides).
The submitted projects must strictly comply with the selection requirements, the reliability and authenticity of the project materials, no copying (plagiarism) is allowed, they are formed based on the requirements, and the startup is fully in accordance with the research design of the important results that will be obtained at the end of the project. a preliminary technical examination will be conducted on the validity and correct calculation of the requested funds in accordance with the volume of funding specified in the tender conditions.
Projects that have not passed the initial technical examination are not recommended for the next stage of the competition!
Projects submitted to the competition by only one executor, as well as projects that were rejected for one-sided or both sides of funding based on the results of the examination, will be excluded from the competition!
Submitted projects may not be recommended for participation in the competition in the following cases:
The fact that the startup project is not innovative in content;
The goals and objectives of the startup project are not clarified;
When the funds allocated for the implementation of startup projects are planned to be spent on reconstruction and repair-construction works of buildings, as well as on the purchase of motor vehicles.
The authenticity and reliability of the information in the presented start-up projects and the effectiveness of the start-up projects by the competition winners, the full and timely implementation of the expected results set in the tasks of the competition programs are the responsibility of the start-up project managers and the heads of the organization implementing this project.
For technical issues related to electronic registration of startup projects: +998-71-203-32-23 (ext. number: 841).
