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STEP Business Partnership Grant Competition 2011

29.05.2011

U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global), the Ministry of Economy of RA and Enterprise Incubator Foundation are glad to announce new round of Business Partnership Grants (BPG) within Science&Entrepreneurship Promotion (STEP) project. STEP BPG grant promotes research and development (R&D) partnerships between companies (Company) and teams of researchers/scientists (Technology Team) to develop new commercial opportunities of economic benefit to both parties. 

STEP BPG projects are limited to a maximum of 12 months. The grant amount is $15,000 per each grant.  Preference will be given to projects with at least 10% company cash contribution and to newly-formed partnerships. 

Proposal submission consists of 2 stages. At the 1st stage written proposals should be submitted to EIF for revision of accuracy and correspondence to eligibility requirements. Deadline for submission of written proposals is July 1, 2011. 

At the 2nd stage, complete proposals must be submitted to CRDF Global via [email protected] and to the EIF via [email protected] by (18:00) local time by July 8, 2011.

 
BPG Program Announcement and Application Form (both English and Armenian) are attached. 

BPG Program Announcement in English

BPG Program Announcement in Armenian

BPG 2011 Budget Template in English

BPG 2011 Budget Template in Armenian

BPG 2011 Application Form in English

BPG 2011 Application Form in Armenian

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