NSUEM will receive more than 7 million rubles as the winner of the acceleration program contest within the framework of the federal project

75 universities from 46 Russian regions, NSUEM included, won the acceleration program contest for innovative products among project teams and student initiative teams. The competitive selection was among universities with experience in technological entrepreneurship development and NSUEM has background in this area. For instance, last year, the NSUEM business laboratory was launched, where university academic teams can develop prototypes for their projects.

“The accelerator had set ambitious goals for the participants. One example includes the development of the future entrepreneur’s personal soft skills and another - the development of the necessary hard skills in the field of prototyping and business management. Highly qualified tutors, mentors and trackers are involved in the implementation of the accelerator to help teams overcome the difficulties and make not just a student project but an actual first working business. We are convinced that at least half of the accelerator graduates will be able to reduce the risks and introduce a future product prototype to the market, as well as to use the results of their project to write a graduation thesis in the form of a Startup” — Natalya Ermashkevich, track project manager, says. 

In September 2022 the contest organiser ANO “NTI Platform”, will sign a grant agreements with the winning universities. NSUEM, accordingly, will receive a grant in the amount of 7.125 million rubles. After that, the universities will start the implementation of the acceleration programs.