The document outlines the Ukraine's Future Foundation's projects competition to provide grant support for Ukraine's intellectual capital development in 2013. It discusses the foundation's establishment in 2011-2012 and an expert session held in June 2013 with over 100 participants. Key outcomes included supporting intellectual development through grants, creating a charitable fund for competitions, and a research institute. The competition details priority themes and application requirements, and the selection process which involves application review and public defense of shortlisted projects. Winners will be awarded and supported in implementing their projects over 3 years to sustainably develop Ukraine's future.
1. Projects competitions
«Ukraine’s intellectual capital»
for grant support
of the Ukraine’s Future Foundation
in 2013
The requirements and main
procedures for holding of
competition
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2. In 2011 – 2012 years, a group of Kyiv intellectuals
discusses and creates the intellectual
communicative platform - Foundation For Future
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3. Foundation For Future project has offered to
organize and to hold a number of meetings and
discussions oriented to production of support
mechanisms and Ukraine’s intellectual capital
development at the beginning of 2013.
The First international expert session “How to make
intelligence the resource for Ukraine’s
development” was held with the support of Cabinet
of Ministers on June 27-28, 2013
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5. More than 100 experts from different countries were
disputing about the development of Ukraine’s intellectual
capital and it’s effective usage for Ukraine’s future.
Subsequent to the results of expert session were concluded
general decisions:
- to support the development of intellect through the grant
competitions
- to create the charitable fund for a competition organization
- to create the Research Institute for an intellectual supply of
Fund’s activity
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7. The projects Competition for receiving grant
support of the Ukraine’s Future Foundation will start
on the 4th of October, 2013
The program report of the Competition Commission
and the announcement of call for proposals by the
Secretariat will be published on the Competitions’
web-resources
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8. The purpose of the Foundation’s competition
process in 2013 is to support projects aimed at
improving and creating intellectual capital of
Ukraine and Ukraine's entry into the global
intellectual processes.
The basic vector of all the competitions is their
focus in terms of the future of the country and
the world.
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9. The main priority themes of the competition in 2013:
"Ukraine's Future in a Changing World"
"The Future of Cities and Settlement Systems"
"New Thinking for a New World"
"Education of the Future"
"Society of the Future, and other Values"
"Health and Longevity"
"Contemporary Art“
The priorities and the themes of Contest 2013 will be
additionally specified in the Program Report of the
Contest Commission.
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10. -Competition applications may contain a request for the
grant of any justified amount in the range of UAH 100,000
up to UAH 8,000,000
-The projects submitted to the competition shall be
implemented in a period of not more than 3 years.
- Priority support will be given to the projects
demonstrating the ability of sustainable development after
the completion of financing by the Foundation.
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11. Announcement of the Competition
Publication of the Program Report of the Competition Committee
Publication of the Requirements for Holding Project
Competitions for Grant Support of the Fund
Providing advice to the applicants, receipt and
registration of the competition applications
Selection and approval of the list of projects
allowed for the Competition
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12. Submitting the applications allowed for the
Competition in full format
Review of the projects allowed for the Competition
Holding public defense of the projects allowed for
the Competition
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13. Publication of the Competition results and the award
ceremony for the winners of the annual competition
Establishment of contractual relations with the
authors of the winning projects
Start of the project implementation
Publication of the final report
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14. The detailed information about the terms
and conditions and the procedures of the
competition is on the web-portal
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Thank you for attention!
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