FAQ

A world-class scientific and educational Center (REC) is an association supported by a subject of the Russian Federation, without the formation of a legal entity, of organizations engaged in educational activities under educational programs of higher education and additional professional programs, and (or) scientific organizations with organizations operating in the real sector of the economy, and operating in accordance with the program of the center's activities

Within the framework of the federal project "Development of integration processes in Science, Higher Education and Industry" of the national project "Science and Universities", at least 15 RECs will be selected for state support by the end of 2021. In 2019 (the first stage) and 2020 (the second stage), 5 centers were created. In 2021 (the third stage), it is planned to create at least 5 centers.

The last competition of 2021 was held in accordance with the Rules for Granting Grants in the Form of Subsidies from the federal budget for state Support of world-class scientific and educational centers based on the integration of educational institutions of higher education and scientific organizations and their cooperation with organizations operating in the real sector of the economy, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated April 30, 2019 N 537 (as amended by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 3, 2021 N 539; hereinafter – the Rules).
In addition to the Rules, the requirements for the registration of applications are set out in the documentation on the competition for grants in the form of subsidies from the federal budget for state support of world-class scientific and educational centers based on the integration of educational institutions of higher education and scientific organizations and their cooperation with organizations operating in the real sector of the economy, approved on April 28, 2021 by the Deputy Minister of Science and higher education of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Competition Documentation).

To help representatives of the initiators of the creation of centers, the project office of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on REC issues prepared and published an announcement of the competition; (b) tender documentation with templates of forms for filling out the application; (c) updated methodological recommendations for the formation of the centers ' activity programs; (d) the above documents are posted on the official website of the ministry and on the information portal of the rec. rf in the section "Competition"; (e) there is a hotline for consultations, phone numbers are indicated in the documentation about the competition and in the section "Project office" of the information portal of the rec.rf.

A participant of the center is a legal entity participating in the implementation of the center's activity program.

The initiator of the creation of the center is a subject of the Russian Federation that develops together with the federal state educational organization of higher education and (or) a scientific organization the program of the center's activities and submits it to a competition for a grant.

The participants of the center ensure the implementation of the program of the center's activities, including through: a) participation in the implementation of complex scientific and technical programs and (or) projects of the full innovation cycle in cases where a participant of the center is a customer or a participant of such programs and (or) projects; b) creation and functioning of competence development centers for managers of scientific, scientific and technical projects and laboratories; c) maintaining a register of intellectual activity results created by participants of the center within the framework of the implementation of the center's activity program; d) commercialization of the obtained results of intellectual activity, production and increase in the volume of new and improved high-tech products; e) formation and use by the participants of the center of the scientific, industrial, technological and other infrastructure of the center; f) development and implementation by the participants of the center of educational programs of higher education, additional professional programs providing for the use of infrastructure and personnel potential of all participants of the center; g) implementation of academic mobility programs for research and teaching staff and students, implementation of measures to attract young researchers and teaching staff to educational and scientific organizations that are participants of the center; h) information and consulting support on certification and standardization of manufactured high-tech products; i) provision of engineering services (including accelerated design of the introduction of high-tech products); j) participation in activities aimed at supporting exports, the legal regulation of which is carried out in accordance with the Federal Law "On the basics of state Regulation of Foreign Trade activity".

For the activities of the center, it is necessary to form the supervisory and managing boards of the center. Other management bodies are created at the discretion of the center.

The application is submitted electronically using the functionality of the personal account at the following address: http://ноц.рф (hereinafter referred to as the information portal) within the terms established by the competition for submitting an application by filling out all forms and attaching documents in electronic form.

To submit an application and the documents attached to it, you must complete the registration procedure in your personal account at: http://ноц.рф.

The initiator of the creation of the center must ensure the identity of the documents on paper and in electronic form for participation in the competition.

The creation of a project office in the center is not mandatory.

The organization must be listed in the center's activity program as a participant of the center. In accordance with subparagraph "d" of paragraph 10 of the Rules, the consent of each participant to participate in the competition is provided, which is issued in accordance with form 3 of the Competition Documentation.

In the case of participation in the center of budgetary and autonomous institutions, the powers of the founder of which are not exercised by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and (or) the Government of the Russian Federation, in accordance with subparagraph "e" of paragraph 10 of the Rules, the initiator of the creation of the center additionally submits the consent of the founders of the participants of the center in form 4 of the Competition Documentation.

Yes, in accordance with paragraphs 22 of the Rules, in case of winning the competition, the center will annually send to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation a report on the results of the implementation of the activity program, containing information on the achievement of the values of the center's performance indicators planned in the center's activity program.

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, based on the provided report on the results of the implementation of the activity program, prepares analytical information containing, among other things, an assessment of the growth rate, an assessment of the results of the center's activities, an assessment of the growth rate of the center's performance indicators (according to Appendix No. 2 of the Rules). Based on the information provided by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Council of world-class Scientific and Educational centers makes a decision on granting a grant.

No, a letter from the highest official of a subject of the Russian Federation is not required if the participant of the center is registered on the territory of a subject of the Russian Federation that is not the initiator of the creation of the center (in the case of the creation of an interregional REC – outside the territories of the subjects of the Russian Federation that are the initiators of the creation of the center).

In accordance with subparagraph " a " of paragraph 10 of the Rules, letters signed by senior officials of the subjects of the Russian Federation, on the territories of which the participants of the center operate (within the framework of the activities of the REC), are required to support the creation of the center.

A member of the center may be a branch of an educational or scientific organization, as well as a branch of an organization of the real sector of the economy, if it is a legal entity. Otherwise, the participant is the "parent" organization and the documents are submitted to it in accordance with paragraph 10 of the Rules.

Foreign legal entities may not be participants of the center in accordance with subparagraph "d" of paragraph 12 of the Rules.

Yes, it can. In accordance with subparagraph "d" of paragraph 12, as part of the application for participation in the competition, a certificate is provided that the participant of the center is not a foreign legal entity, as well as a Russian legal entity in whose authorized (pooled) capital there is a share of participation of foreign legal entities whose place of registration is a state (territory) included in the list of states and territories approved by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, providing a preferential tax regime for taxation and (or) not providing for disclosure and provision of information during financial transactions (offshore zones), in total exceeds 25 percent.

The application and the standard list of documents attached to the application are defined by paragraph 10 of the Rules. The requirements and standard forms of registration of documents are given in the Documentation about the competition.

In accordance with subparagraph " b " of paragraph 10 of the Rules, the program of the center's activities, not a project, and therefore approved by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, must be submitted as part of the documentation for the competition. In this regard, at the time of submitting the application, at least the center itself and the supervisory board should be established.

In accordance with paragraph 9 of paragraph 2 of the Rules, any legal entity participating in the implementation of the center's activity program can be a participant of the center.

It is possible, in accordance with the requirements of the Competition Documentation.

Yes, if there is a document granting this division the right to represent the founder of the participant.

Yes, documents can be signed with an electronic digital signature in accordance with GOST R 34.10-2012 and GOST R 7.0.97-2016

In accordance with paragraph 10 of the Rules, the application for participation in the competition is signed by the head of the initiator of the creation of the center or a person who replaces him, and is drawn up in accordance with the requirements established by the Documentation on the competition. If the application is signed by a person who replaces the head of the initiator of the center, a document confirming the authority of this person must be attached to the application.

In accordance with paragraph 10 of the Rules, the application for participation in the competition is signed by the head of the initiator of the creation of the center or a person who replaces him, and is drawn up in accordance with the requirements established by the Documentation on the competition. When creating an interregional REC, it is recommended to sign the program of the center's activities with the signature of the chairman of the supervisory board of the center or all the co-chairs of the Supervisory Board of the center (if there are several of them).

These are the grant funds. A detailed comment on the planning of the action plan for the implementation of the center's activity program is contained in Appendix 7 of the methodological recommendations for the formation of programs for the activities of world-class scientific and educational centers dated 26.04.2021.

According to subparagraph " a " of paragraph 6 of the Rules, the supervisory board of the center approves the program of activities of the center. In addition, a document confirming the approval of the center's activity program by the center's supervisory board is required.

The development of the regulations and the roadmap of the competence development center is regulated by Methodological recommendations on the formation of competence development centers for heads of scientific, scientific and technical projects and laboratories on the basis of world-class scientific and educational centers, as well as the development of activity programs ("road maps") of competence development centers for heads of scientific, scientific and technical projects and laboratories (approved by the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Formation and Development of competence development centers for heads of Scientific and technical projects and laboratories, scientific and technical projects and laboratories of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Protocol No. 3 of April 23, 2019).

If the center was created at the time of submitting the application for participation in the competition, then there are two options. If the organization is an independent legal entity, a participant of the REC, then the position and roadmap of the competence development center is approved by the head. If the center is created as a subordinate organization of an institution that has a license to carry out relevant educational activities , then the position and roadmap of the center for the development of competencies is approved by the head of this organization. If the center is not created, then the roadmap of the center for the development of competencies is approved by the supervisory board of the center together with the program of the center's activities.

The consent of the founders of the participants is required only for budgetary and autonomous institutions whose founder's powers are not exercised by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and (or) the Government of the Russian Federation.

It is not need to certify an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities if it is formed using the service "Providing information from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities/EGRIP", posted on the official website of the Federal Tax Service of Russia on the Internet at https://egrul.nalog.ru, and signed with an enhanced qualified electronic signature.

We recommend that you attach a document certifying the right to sign as part of the documents to the application sent to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

The methodology for calculating 18 indicators is given in Appendix 1"a" to the Methodological Recommendations for the formation of programs for the activities of world-class scientific and educational centers, approved on April 265, 2021 by the Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

This indicator takes into account only persons who have completed training in the centers for the development of competencies of managers of scientific, scientific and technical projects and laboratories established at world-class scientific and educational centers, regardless of the type of educational program, the duration of training.

In accordance with paragraphs 15-21 of the Rules, the tender commission will consider applications in 2 (two) stages. At the first stage of consideration of applications, the competition commission checks the applications and participants of the center for compliance with the requirements of the Rules and Documentation on the competition. If the application documents comply with the established requirements, the application is allowed to participate in the second stage, where the examination takes place on the basis of the application evaluation criteria. The results of both stages are recorded by protocols. The results of the examination of applications and the documents for the application are sent by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation no later than June 1 of this year to the Council of World-class Scientific and Educational Centers, which makes a decision on determining the winners of the competition no later than August 1 of this year.

The list of criteria for the examination of the application and the calculation mechanism is given in Appendix No. 1 to the Rules. The assessment is carried out according to 18 indicators included in 3 groups of criteria that characterize the following areas: 1) research, economic (innovative), personnel and infrastructure potential of the REC; 2) involvement of the subject of the Russian Federation in the implementation of the program of activities of the REC; scientific and technological potential of the subject of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Strategy of spatial Development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025.

In accordance with paragraph 22 of the Rules, the centers that won the competition, no later than April 1, starting from the year following the year of determining their winners, send annual reports to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the results of the implementation of the centers ' activity programs. 

The recipient of the grant can be a member of the center, which is a non-profit organization.

Grants are provided to grant recipients in the year following the year of their determination by the winners, based on the results of consideration by the Council of World-class Scientific and Educational centers of the results of the implementation of the centers ' activity programs.

In accordance with paragraph 36 of the Rules, the list of grant recipients and the amount of grants provided to them are approved annually by an act of the Government of the Russian Federation. 

The grant is provided for financial support of the costs specified in paragraph 51 of the Rules. 

In accordance with sparagraphs 22-28 of the Rules, changes to the program and the composition of participants can be made. Changes to the program, as well as to the composition of the center's participants, must be confirmed by the minutes of the meeting of the Supervisory Board of the REC, then sent to the Council of World-class Scientific and Educational Centers for consideration and approval (rejection) of changes.

Answer

On the basis of paragraph 29 of the Rules, in all other cases that do not fall under the consideration of the competition commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, proposals for amendments to the activity programs of the centers and the composition of the participants of the center are submitted for consideration by the Council of world-class scientific and educational centers.