(Kazan City
KZN.RU, December 10). Today awards ceremony of XI competition "Fifty best
innovative ideas for the Republic of Tatarstan" is held in Kazan. The
ceremony is attended by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam
Minnikhanov, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur
Metshin.
Tatarstan
President Rustam Minnikhanov will open the award ceremony - he will present
awards to the winners in the nomination "Perspective". Also authors
of the best ideas in the category of "Socially significant innovation"
will receive well-deserved awards from the hands of the Prime Minister of
Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov.
The contest
"Fifty best innovative ideas for the Republic of Tatarstan" is held
since 2004. It takes place in eight categories: "Perspective",
"Innovations in Education", "Start of innovation",
"Nanoimpuls", "Projects of the Association of innovative regions
of Russia", "The best invention of the year", "Socially significant
innovation", "Youth innovation project". Winners will receive prizes
from 25 to 50 thousand rubles. The competition also provides expert selection
of projects to promote the awards and scholarships from the partners of the
competition.
This year
the competition received a record number of applications - 2273. The highest
number of applications recorded in the category "Start of innovation"
and "Innovation in education", the press service of the Investment
and Venture Fund of RT informs.