Call for Proposals: South Africa-Russia Joint Innovation Call
The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) jointly with the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE) hereby invite Proposals for funding joint call initiative for the South Africa-Russia call to be implemented in the 2024/25 financial year.
The purpose of the TIA – FASIE Call is to facilitate partnership between South African and Russian small medium enterprises (SMME’s), innovators, Universities, science councils and research institutes through a process of bridging their financial requirements by leveraging bankable joint – projects for further development and commercialization. The fund is expected to increase the quality and quantity of project proposals to other TIA and FASIE funds and improve the commercialization probability of technologies that emanate from the projects.
The fund is a limited resource made available for an agreed set of focused activities with clear deliverables, at least one of which should be a viable plan for taking the project forward, which can be considered by other possible funders.
Who can apply
The joint application for funding must include, at least two principal parties one from South Africa and one from Russia. Both parties must be legally registered entities in line with the prescribed legislations of South Africa and Russia.
The Call is open to the following Technology Areas:
- Digital technologies
- Medicine and health-saving technologies
- New materials and chemical technologies
- New devices and intelligent manufacturing technologies
- Biotechnology
- Resource-saving energy
All South African applications are to be submitted via email here