This contest has become an important event both here and elsewhere; and we'll continue to establish the national innovation infrastructure; this is one of the most important tasks being set by the Government of Russia, Fursenko told his audience.
413 applications were filed with the contest's organizing committee; 12 of them made it to the finals. Russian investors became interested in specific innovation projects for the first time this year. The contest's prize fund totaled $4 million rubles.
Martyn Nunurparov received the Grand Prix for his "Battery-Free Electronics" project; Nunurparov designed a piezo-electric converter, which transforms mechanical energy into electric impulses.
A project named "Voice Control for Mobile Systems" from St. Petersburg became the best innovation project of them all.
Bio-engineering specialists from Dubna developed bio-chips on the basis of immunoglobulins; their invention was named as the best long-term project.
The contest's organizers also stipulated a new category, i.e. the best white-paper project, this year. The industrial world uses such white papers for controlling science-and-technological progress.
The Russian white paper comprises long-term and investment-intensive technological projects, which are called on to exert crucial impact on the national economy and specific sectors over the next 10-20 years.
Moscow scientist Anatoly Shemetov received a prize for his "Environmentally-Friendly Nuclear Energy Technology" project in this category.
The "Laser Correction of Nose Cartilage" project received a prize in the "Best Moscow region Innovation". A team of inventors headed by Emil Sobol was awarded one million rubles by Moscow region governor Boris Gromov. (One dollar costs about 29 rubles - Ed.)
The development of the innovation potential is an ambitious task facing Russia at this stage, Alexander Rumyantsev, general director of the Federal Nuclear Energy Agency, noted.
The relevant experience of holding the contest of Russian innovations shows only too clearly that Russian inventions fit perfectly well into the global science-and-technological market situation, contest organizers believe.
