IMC offers R&D funding to industry in cooperation with the Ministry of State for Scientific Research (MHESR) to help develop scientific researches and establish the link between research and the Egyptian industrial community. So far 50 R&D projects has been approved for funding serving different industrial sectors.
In reaction to the world financial crisis IMC has supported its client with a 50% discount of the client cost share in the service.
The programme has different schemes according to the project nature as follows:
Scheme I
Scheme 2
Scheme 3A
Scheme 3B
Scheme 4
Beneficiary
National Industry
Industrial Sector
Egyptian Industrial Companies
Egyptian Industrial Companies
Egyptian Industrial Companies
Budget
Up to 5 million EGP
Up to 5 million EGP
Up to One million EGP
Up to 1.2 million EGP
Up to 250 thousand EGP
Cost Distribution
100% MHESR
50% MHESR and 50% IMC
30% IMC
50% MHESR
20% Industrial Company
or
50% Industrial Company and
50% IMC*
50% IMC,
30% MHESR,
20% Industrial Company
or
50% Industrial Company and
50% IMC*
50% Industrial Company
25% IMC
25% MHESR
Field
Projects with general benefits to industry
Innovation Projects
New production technique
Product Innovation
(design, prototype) -
Product Development -
Development
of Production method
Product Innovation
(design, prototype) -
Product Development -
Development of roduction
method
Product Development
Procedures: Scheme 1 & 2
R&D idea to improve national industry requests via filled form No I "R&D service form"
and send to the IMC email: researchrequest@imc-egypt,orgor 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
Procedures: Scheme 3A
R&D Idea through industrial company via filled form No I "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
Procedures: Scheme 3B
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 toIMC 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
Procedures: Scheme 4
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
I final installment
