New Eurasia Foundation’s experience in supporting ...€¦ · N. R. Valamat-Zade Director of Education Programs New Eurasia Foundation [email protected] ...

New Eurasia Foundation’s experience in supporting

education and international activities of Russian

universities:

prospects and opportunities for cooperation

“RuSciTech” Forum USA 2014

March 10-11, 2014, Tempe, Arizona, USA

Key activity areas:

• Development of universities’ innovation

ecosystems

• Organization of international expertise

of scientific research projects

• Development of international activities

of Russian institutions of higher

learning and their associations

• Support for collaboration between

tertiary education, businesses, and

regional governments

• Modernization of vocational education

systems

Resources:

Russian expert network

Pool of international

scientists and

researchers

Technological portfolio

International

cooperation

Transparent operation

and funding procedures

• Assurance of utmost independence and

accuracy of expert evaluations;

• Assurance of consideration of the

world’s science development trends in

selection of scientific research projects

supported with grants as a result of the

competition;

• Experts from 42 countries (Australia,

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Great

Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark,

Israel, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada,

China, USA, France, Finland, Czech

Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan,

etc.)

RF Government Resolution No.220

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE

NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION’S POOL OF EXPERTS

Experience in cooperation with RuSciTech in 2013

Round III (First half of 2013)

79 experts out of 520 (15%)

Round IV (second half of 2013)

49 experts out of 458 (11%)

Competition for grant renewal

2013

7 experts out of 66 (11%)

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

3-раунд (1полугодие

2013 г.)

4 раунд (2 полугодие

2013 г.)

Конкурс на продление

2013 г.

Число экспертов из SciTech

Общее число экспертов

International “EURECA” program Initiated by the US-Russian Foundation for Economic

Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF).

Implemented with participation of the RF Ministry of

education and science in compliance with the

priorities of the National Education Program and the

Federal Program for Support of National Research

Universities.

KEY PROGRAM COMPONENTS:

• Training component

• Consulting component

• Networking component

Phase 1 – 2010-2012 – University of California Los

Angeles, Purdue University, University of Maryland,

ITMO, Nizhniy Novgorod State University named

after Lobachevsky

Phase 2 – 2013-2015 – Siberian Federal University,

Ural Federal University, Tomsk Polytechnic

University, Kazan Technological University, Perm

Polytechnic University, National Nuclear Research

University (MEPhI), St. Petersburg Polytechnic

University, in partnership with the Association of

Innovative Russian Regions.

St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

Ural Federal University

Siberian Federal University Perm Polytechnic University

Kazan Technological University

Tomsk Polytechnic University

Nuclear University

Nuclear University

Nuclear University Nuclear University

Nuclear University Nuclear University

Nuclear University

Nuclear University

• Far-Eastern Federal University

• Nizhniy Novgorod State University

• Kazan Technological University

• National Nuclear Research University

• Perm Polytechnic University

• St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

• Tomsk Polytechnic University

• Ural Federal University

• ITMO University

University ITMO

State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Far Eastern Federal University

“EURECA” PROGRAM

Networking component

Training component

Consulting component

Marketing component

International cooperation

“EURECA” PROGRAM COMPONENTS

• Participation of RuSciTech experts in training and networking activities of the

program that are focused on supporting the development of university innovation

ecosystems, promotion of collaboration between institutions of higher learning,

businesses, and regional governments in innovation development, and promotion of

innovations on foreign markets.

• Support for the development and implementation of projects and initiatives with

participation of the universities involved in the program and their partners

promoting the development of regional innovation infrastructures, solution of

technical and technological problems, development of advanced technologies in the

regions, commercialization of university research, etc.

• Support for the organization of internships, study tours, conferences, and

seminars for the program participants in the countries of operation of RuSciTech

dedicated to the development of university innovation ecosystems, collaboration

between institutions of higher learning, businesses, and regional governments in

innovation development, and promotion of innovations on foreign markets;

• Support for the organization of the program participants’ engagement in

international education and research programs pursuing further development of

innovation ecosystems, solution of innovation development problems, development of

advanced technologies, etc.

“EURECA” Program and RuSciTech –

cooperation vectors

Contact information:

N. R. Valamat-Zade

Director of Education Programs

New Eurasia Foundation

[email protected]

www.neweurasia.ru

Cell: + 7 910 45 999 25

Office: +7 495 970 1567 (ext. 137)

Thank you for listening!

We look forward to our continued and expanding

cooperation!