Director of the Investment venture fund of the Republic of Tatarstan Ainur Aideldinov told about novelties of the contest "50 best innovative ideas for the Republic of Tatarstan" at a briefing in RT Government House.

The briefing was held in format of video conference with all municipal regions and was broadcasted in the Internet (the link “watch briefing” on the RT Government Portal www.prav.tatarstan.ru).

Ainur Aideldinov reminded that the annual republican contest "50 best innovative ideas for the Republic of Tatarstan" will be held this year for the eighth time.

The contest is organized and held by RT Investment venture fund in partnership with RT Academy of sciences and the Federal fund of developing minor forms of enterprises in scientific-technical sphere.

Promotion of innovative activity is the main objective of the contest. This year’s novelty is that the contest bids must be supported by confirmative documents for adopting a solution at Tatarstan and Russian enterprises. According to Ainur Aideldinov, it will help selecting bids that are meant to be commercialized.

Head of RT IVF reminded that for the whole period of holding the contest 7090 bids have been submitted, 754 winners defined in various nominations. 20 Russian regions, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Kazakhstan, USA take part in the contest besides Tatarstan today.

President of RT Academy of sciences Akhmet Mazgarov told about assessment of received bids.

The contest "50 best innovative ideas for the Republic of Tatarstan" is held in three stages: I stage (April 1-October 15) - reception, registration and preliminary assessment of projects for compliance with requirements conducted in RT Academy of sciences and branches of RT IVF; II stage (October 16 - November 30) – assessment and selection of projects; III stage (December 1-30) - approval of results and awarding of winners.

See more - http://www.ivfrt.ru/programms/50best/