Research Opportunities in the CIS what the ISTC can do for you

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Research Opportunities in the CIS - what the
ISTC can do for you

• prepared for ISTC Workshop,
• 10 June 2002, Paris
• Anne Marie Dalgaard, ISTC
• www.istc.ru

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Agenda - What do you get

• Overview of
• Ways of scientific cooperation
• What ISTC can offer industry
• Summary

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Science Project Program Why be an ISTC
collaborator?

• Your input goes into project design and execution
• Opportunity to work with elite scientists
• Early access to results
• More focused research efforts and faster results
  due to frequent exchange of information
• Potential partnership in commercialization of
  results
• Links to research related to your tech area in
  CIS countries

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Beyond Collaboration Becoming a Partner

• Partners fund ISTC projects
• In return, Partners get
• 1. Tax and customs duties exemptions
• 2. Financial monitoring and regular audits
• 3. Assistance with customs clearance
• 4. Official agreement with ISTC (official Partner
  status)
• 5. Fast processing (host-government pre-approval)
• 6. Protection of business confidential
  information
• 7. Match-making service tailored to your needs

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Matchmaking Success Story
The scientific quality of the proposals ...
exceeds my expectations. Samsung will conduct a
thorough evaluation toward determining promising
development projects with the scientific teams
made available by the ISTC.
Dr. Wook Sun - CEO and President Samsung Advanced
Institute of Technology
From the Samsung-ISTC Forum presenting
technologies from institutes in Russia, Armenia,
Georgia, and Belarus
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Some European Partners

• FormTech (Germany) sheet metal forming
  processes, 10 employees
• TESIS (Belgium) engineering software, 80
  employees
• Evotec (Germany) drug design, 228 employees
• Cilas (France) laser technologies, 240
  employees
• Kayser-Threde (Germany) aerospace engineering,
  260 employees
• DSM Research (Netherlands) performance
  materials, polymers, industrial chemicals, 22,000
  employees
• EEV (now Marconi, UK) communications networks
  and IT, 48,000 employees
• Over 150 Partners have joined the ISTC Partner
  Program

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Some French Partners

• CEA
• CILAS
• COGEMA
• Framatome

• Institut de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire
• Snecma
• SYSTRAN
• Techniatome

French ISTC Partners have in total financed 4
projects valued at more than EUR 1,2 Mill.
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Its Easy to Join

• Express your interest to the Party representing
  your home country
• Include in your letter
• Background information on your company
• Commitment to follow ISTC rules and procedures
• Overview of your research ideas for ISTC projects
• Your Party introduces your Partner information to
  the Governing Board
• A decision is made and you are notified
• Its FREE to join the ISTC Partner Program!

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Agenda

• Ways of scientific cooperation
• What ISTC can offer industry
• Summary

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Why Work with the ISTC?

• Professionalism
• Effectiveness
• Track Record

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Professionalism

• Senior project managers are PhD-level scientists
  who communicate with CIS researchers
• Senior technology implementation managers connect
  with the business communities
• The support staff are bilingual (Russian-English)
  

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Effectiveness

• We do technical monitoring to ensure that
  deadlines are met and that your projects progress
  smoothly
• We make sure that deliverables are realized
• We monitor the financing of equipment, salaries,
  etc.
• We do financial audits of your projects

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Track Record

• Since 1994, the ISTC has financed more than
  40,000 scientists in over 400 CIS institutes for
• More than 1500 projects valued at some EUR 480
  Mill.

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Bayer joined the ISTC Partner Program in 1998,
funding 7 projects in chemistry, process
engineering, and pharmacology.
"During the 4 years I have been involved in ISTC
partner projects funded by Bayer, I have been
impressed by the reliability and high level of
professionalism shown by the ISTC staff. The
ISTC is providing good advice, new contacts, and
excellent service to its Partners."
Dr. Juergen Kirsch - Central Research Bayer AG
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Summary

• ISTC has a history of successful scientific
  cooperation with CIS institutes and foreign
  industries
• Working with ISTC is easy and flexible
  participate as a collaborator or Partner
• The relationship offers industry many benefits,
  the most valuable being the opportunities for
  science and technologies development and to work
  with talented and elite CIS researchers