26 Enterprises of the Region Express Interest in Working in Ural Research and Education Center

15:27, January 30, 2020

Sverdlovsk Region will fund the project

26 enterprises from the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan regions sent applications to the Ural Federal University for entry into the world-level Ural Interregional Research and Educational Center(UIREC). Agreement on the creation of the UIREC combining potentials of Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan regions was signed in July 2019 at the Innoprom international industrial exhibition. On the same day, the concept of the center was presented to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and received the approval of the head of state.

“The REC is being formed as a tool for developing technology transfer mechanisms, as well as providing world-class research and development. In particular, in our region, the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Yevgeny Kuyvashev, decided to provide financial support to industrial entities operating in the Sverdlovsk region and implementing projects for the implementation of industrial research and development work in priority areas of the Ural REC. For these purposes, in 2020, 100 million rubles will be allocated from the budget of the Sverdlovsk region,” said Sergei Perestoronin, Minister of Industry and Science of the Sverdlovsk Region.

According to the Rector Koksharov, by combining science and business, it is planned to create world-class projects in the areas of: new materials, new production technologies, and solving problems in the field of energy and ecology.

“Today, issues of creating effective enterprises are relevant for the whole world - with the maximum revenue and the minimum amount of waste that can be recycled and which are related to low-hazard class. This is one of the parameters for evaluating the prospects of projects,” said Victor Koksharov.

Today, work is underway to form the governing bodies of the Ural REC. In the first half of 2020, it is planned to create the supervisory and managing boards of the Ural REC, as well as approving the program of the center’s activities, which will form the basis of the application of the Sverdlovsk region for participation in the competitive selection, planned for the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.