On October 31, 2022 JSC “Science Foundation” with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Atameken” held a meeting of the III “Commercialization Reactor”, a dialogue platform for the integration of science and business.
During the meeting of the dialogue platform, the following speakers attended: Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan S.Nurbek, Chairman of the Board of NCE RK “Atameken” R.A.Battalov, the management of JSC “Science Foundation”, as well as company executives who have successfully implemented mechanisms for commercialization of technologies within the framework of state support measures for business.
According to the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sayasat Nurbek, the Ministry is working to analyze the norms of legislation on improving the mechanisms of state support for science and business and stimulating the commercialization of technologies. One of the key areas is the digitalization of technology commercialization processes and the use of the capabilities of existing digitalization mechanisms.
JSC “Science Foundation” presented a promising scientific project for participation in the grant funding competition up to 300 million tenge. At the meeting, concerns were voiced about the decline in applications for grant funding from scientists and scientific organizations. For example, 400 applications were submitted last year, and 150 this year. Experts explain the decrease in applications by tightening the requirements for obtaining state grants.
Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Patent Attorneys of Kazakhstan Kumarov Nurzhan took part in the work of the dialogue platform of the III “Commercialization Reactor”.