Proposals for the Productive Sector Consortia I Grant Program: Competence Centers

The Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry under the implementation of the Fostering Productive Innovation Project is announcing the call for proposals for the Productive Sector Consortia I Grant Program: Competence Centers.

The Grant Program aims to establish competence centers to address the systemic industry problems by developing new technologies (R&D), modeling and improving production processes on a laboratory scale (model factory), analyzing and preparing recommendations on development of the industry.

Application period starts on August 19, 2022 and ends on September 20, 2022, 6 pm Nur-Sultan time*.

For more details about the grant program please see the Productive Sector Consortia I Grant Program Manual at www.fpip.kz.

Applications are accepted via the electronic portal on the website www.fpip.kz in English, Kazakh and/or Russian. Filling out the application in English is mandatory, as the projects are examined by international experts in English. Applicants should carefully read and comply with all requirements of the Grant Program Manual.

Strict compliance with all requirements is required. Applications that do not comply with the participation rules are subject to rejection and will not be accepted for consideration.

Before filling out the application, please carefully read the environmental requirements for sub-projects and the list of activities ineligible for funding under the Project.

If you have any questions, please email consortia@fpip.kz or call +7 777 149 80 36.

* The deadline for applications may be extended by agreement with the World Bank.