press release #6
Visit of the CNCP delegation to YerPhI
On
May 4th the delegation of the UK Closed Nuclear Cities
Partnership (CNCP) programme visited YerPhI.
The
commercialization of scientific ideas and technologies is the core of CNCP’s
strategy for creating secure, well- paid and satisfactory jobs for former
nuclear weapons specialists. While certainly more difficult than backing the existing
firms in the established areas of business, our experience shows that fostering
high technology startups has real potential in the Closed Cities and nuclear
institutes of the CIS.
Experience around the world has shown that,
while the scientific knowledge and the engineering skills are the starting
point, the difference between failure and success almost always depends on
business knowledge and skills in areas such as marketing and staff selection
and training, management drive and competence and access to appropriate forms
of finance.
Identifying
projects with a real chance of succeeding in the market, nurturing development
through the start-up phase, securing intellectual property rights, studying the
market, and accessing funding require expert advice. Many lessons have been
learnt in the UK and other advanced market economies on how to best support
science-based business through the early stages.
According
to its mission, CNCP already allocates to YerPhI scientists several projects on
isotope production, fabrication of the lab furnaces, development of the applied
laser techniques and gas vessels and
pipes check.
These
and new submitted projects were discussed during the visit. The CNCP officers
clarified the possibilities of CNCP to fund projects in YerPhI and explained
the procedure of project submission and funding.
Patrick Gray CNCP Programme Leader, A. Chilingarian, YerPhI director, Sergey Klykov, CNCP Moscow office manager,
Armen Hovhanissyan, maintenance chief of the Nor Amberd research station at Nor Amberd research station.
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