THE 3RD VENTURE CONFERENCE STEP UNDERWAY IN YEREVAN
ArmInfo
2009-12-02 13:06:00
ArmInfo. The U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF),
Ministry of Economy of RA and The Enterprise Incubator Foundation
(EIF), have organized the 3rd Venture Conference "Science and
Technology Entrepreneurship Program" (STEP) in Yerevan. The conference
got underway today on December 2.
Issues related to commercialization of high-tech solutions will be
discussed at the conference with participation of scientists and
businessmen. The conference will sum up the results of the last
competition of high-tech solutions STEP prepared by the group of
scientists and companies registered in Armenia. The 5 winners will
receive by 15,000 USD grants. Fourteen projects have been submitted
to the competition, including the technology of producing bioactive
substances from milk whey, the project of exploration of a new
deposits of phosphorus bearing rocks and the prospects of production
of fertilizers, the project of Anti- Candida Vaccine for agricultural
sector, new type of solar energy accumulator and others.
The U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) is a
nonprofit organization authorized by the U.S. Congress and established
in 1995 by the National Science Foundation. This unique organization
promotes international scientific and technical collaboration through
grants, technical resources, and training. CRDF is based in Arlington,
Virginia with offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia; Kyiv,
Ukraine; Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan and Amman, Jordan.