The results of the III Republican sectoral competition of innovative projects “Science and Business” have been summed up. In total, 11 participants reached the final of the project, presenting their innovative projects to the jury members, which included: head of the Operations Department of “TAIF-NK” JSC Ravil Abdrakhmanov, leading specialist of the Innovation Planning Department of the Centre for Technological Development of “Tatneft” PJSC Salavat Gazizov, Deputy General Director for Innovations of “Zarnitza” Alexander Potapov, head of the department for the development of innovative programmes at the Technopark “Idea” Farida Gainullina and others.
Prizes in the nomination “Start and Business” were awarded to:
The 1st place - Liya Baibekova with a project “Anti-turbulent additives for pipeline transport of oil and petroleum products”.
The 2nd place - Ruslan Yuldashev with a project “Development and research of dispersing compositions based on biodegradable surfactants for oil spill response”.
The 3rd place - Rustem Sharipov with a project “Surfactant-alkaline flooding technology for enhanced oil recovery”.
The event also included presentations of the site of the Russian Centre for Open Innovation “Innoscope” and the programmes of the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE).
Alexander Potapov thanked the participants and their scientific advisors for the deep study of the projects and noted 4 projects that will be considered by the company’s management in order to their further support.
Note that the competition “Science and Business” is held to stimulate innovation, support the best innovative projects carried out by young scientists, strengthen the relationship of universities with the real sector of the economy and transform the knowledge, skills, technologies available in the scientific environment into real applied technical and technological solutions of manufacturing enterprises.