IMC offers R & D funding to industry in cooperation with the Ministry of State for Scientific Research (MHESR) to develop and enhance competitiveness of the Egyptian products and to innovate new methods to solve problems of industry this is in addition to apply modern technology to different industrial fields. So far 60 R&D projects, serving different industrial sectors, have been approved for funding with a total budget of 42 million EGP.
The programme has different schemes according to the project nature as follows:
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Scheme I |
Scheme 2 |
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National Industry |
Industrial Sector |
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Up to 5 million EGP |
Up to 5 million EGP |
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100% MHESR |
50% MHESR and 50% IMC |
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Projects with general benefits to industry |
Innovation Projects
New production technique |
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Procedures:
- R&D idea to improve national industry requests via filled form No 1 "R&D service form" and send to the IMC email: researchrequest@imc-egypt.org or by hand to IMC R&D unit
- IMC R&D unit prepares a suggested set of Call for Proposals
- R&D Management Committee approves the final draft for the Call for Proposals materials and details
- Launch Call for Proposals for a maximum of 30 days on the IMC website
- Evaluate Proposals through Evaluation Committee to be assigned by IMC
- In case any evaluator member refuses the proposal, the R&D management committee will make the final decision whether to accept or not or re-evaluate. A letter should be sent to the beneficiary with the final results
- If the proposal passed consensually from all evaluators, the project will be ready for contracting Re-evaluation by MHESR and IMC R&D unit at milestones to continue or discontinue funding
- In case of continued funding, the project will be funded by consecutive installments
- Publicize the project results by IMC
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Scheme 3A |
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Egyptian Industrial Companies |
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Up to 1LE one million |
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50% MHESR, 30% IMC, 20% Industrial Company Or 50% Industrial Company and 50% IMC |
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Product Innovation (design, prototype) - Product Development - Development
of Production methods |
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* In case the beneficiary chooses to keep the Intellectual Property
Rights.
- R&D Idea through industrial company via filled form No 1 "R&D service form" and send to the IMC email:
researchrequest@imc-egypt.org or by hand to IMC R&D unit
- IMC R&D unit prepares a suggested set of Call for Proposals
- R&D Management Committee approves the final draft for the Call for Proposals materials and details
- Launch Call for Proposals for a maximum of 30 days on IMC web site
- Evaluate Proposals through Evaluation Committee (each evaluation committee will be comprised of two independent researcher members and one requesting industry member)
- In case any evaluator member refuses the proposal, the R&D management committee will make the final decision whether to accept or not or re-evaluate. A letter should be sent to the beneficiary with the final results
- If the proposal passed consensually from all evaluators, the project will be ready for contracting
- Re-evaluation by MHESR and IMC R&D unit at milestones to continue or discontinue funding
- In case of continued funding, the project will be funded by consecutive installments
- Impact evaluation for the research project by IMC
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Scheme 3B |
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Egyptian Industrial Companies |
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Up to 1.2 million EGP |
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50% IMC, 30% MHESR, 20% Industrial Company or 50% Industrial Company
and 50% IMC* |
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Product Innovation (design, prototype) - Product Development - Development
of Production method |
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* In case the beneficiary chooses to keep the Intellectual Property
Rights.
Procedures:
- R&D proposal through industrial company via filled form No 2 "R&D Project Proposal form" and
send to the IMC email: researchrequest@imc-egypt.org or by hand to IMC R&D unit
- Evaluate Proposals through Evaluation Committee (each evaluation committee will be comprised of one independent researcher member, one concerned IMC sector head member and IMC R&D unit manager)
- If the proposal passed consensually from all evaluators, LoC should be issued and signed by IMC and Industrial beneficiary paying 20% of the total project value
- Re-evaluation by MHESR and IMC R&D unit at milestones / lab scale or prototype to continue or discontinue funding
- In case of continued funding, the project will be funded by 40% of the project value as a second installment
- Final evaluation by MHESR and IMC R&D unit before the end stage of the project to continue or discontinue funding
- In case of continued funding, the project will be funded by 40% of the project value as a final installment
- Impact evaluation of the research project by IMC
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Scheme 4 |
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Egyptian Industrial Companies |
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Up to 250 thousand EGP |
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50% Industrial Company 25% IMC25% MHESR |
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Product Development |
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Procedures:
- R&D proposal through industrial company via filled form No 2 "R&D Project Proposal form" and send to the IMC email: researchrequest@imc-egypt.org or by hand to IMC R&D unit
- Evaluate Proposals through Evaluation Committee (each evaluation committee will be comprised of one independent researcher member, one concerned IMC sector head member and IMC R&D unit manager)
- If the proposal passed consensually from all evaluators, LoC should be issued and signed by IMC and Industrial beneficiary paying 50% of the total project value.
- A mid-term re-evaluation will be conducted by MHESR and IMC R&D to continue or discontinue funding
- In case of continued funding, the project will be funded by 30% of the project value as a second installment
- Final evaluation by MHESR and IMC R&D unit before the end stage of the project to continue or discontinue funding
- In case of continued funding, the project will be funded by 20% of the project value as a final installment
- Impact evaluation of the research project by IMC
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