Innovation System (NIS) capable of effectively supporting the market economy. It will promote
cooperation between government, scientific organizations, and the private sector in the field of R&D
and the commercialization of scientific and innovative products and services.
4.
The MUNIS project is designed to support the development of four institutional sectors: (i)
university-based research and technology transfer, (ii) science throughout public research institutes
(RI), (iii) business, and (iv) government. The project contributes to the development of research,
commercialization, science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy capacities of beneficiaries in
these institutional sectors, thereby supporting the upgrade of Uzbekistan´s NIS and, finally, leading
to economic and societal impacts.
5.
MUNIS’ project development objective (PDO) aims to enable the development of a market-
oriented NIS in Uzbekistan. MUNIS project is comprised of 4 components:
1) Improving research excellence and commercialization;
2) Promoting innovation in the private sector;
3) Supporting STI policy-making and reforms;
4) Project management and monitoring and evaluation.
6.
Component 1 – Improving research excellence and commercialization - is comprised of
three sub-components: (i) Research Excellence Program (REP); (ii) Research Commercialization
Program (RCP); and (iii) Public Research Institutes Modernization Program (PRIM). The objective of
this component is to improve the capacity of public research organizations to achieve international
standards of research quality and enable the commercialization of research results.
7.
The REP is a competitive research grant program that will finance several selection rounds
of research projects under strict selection and monitoring processes. The total available budget for
REP grants is 10 million US Dollars.
8.
This document constitutes the REP Grant Program Manual (REP GPM), providing a program
description and defining key program principles, methods, guidelines, and procedures regulating
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the scope, implementation arrangements, application and selection processes. This REP GPM is
complemented by a second document, the REP Grant Fiduciary Manual (REP GFM). The REP GFM
sets forth rules, methods, guidelines, accountability aspects, and procedures regulating the
execution of the selected research sub-projects.
9.
This REP GPM document is composed of eight (8) sections:
1) MUNIS REP Governance;
2) Munis REP Grant Funding Principles;
3) Proposals Eligibility Principles;
4) Evaluation and Admissibility Principles;
5) Award and Grant Agreement;
6) Monitoring and Evaluation;
7) Closing;
8) Annexes.
10.
All information (including this document) related to the MUNIS project and the REP is
available at the project website: wbgrants.mininnovation.uz
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