ORDER FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS (R&D) |
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For 35 years of its existence the ICSTI has established close working relations with the wide circle of the academic and industrial scientific-research institutes, higher school research centres, laboratories and design offices of members-countries of the ICSTI and first of all of Russia. In Russia the strongest mutual relation are established with the Russian Academy of Sciences, State centres of science, research organizations of defense establishment.
All this enables to provide a unique spectrum of access to world-class scientists, engineers, experts and creative teams for prospective R&D customer practically in any area of science and engineering or industrial branch.
The ICSTI has a
Grant Program enabling to carry out R&D works at the expense of
resources of sponsors - partners-grantors on terms preferential for a
customer.
A fee for services supplied to a customer by the ICSTI Headquarters under
a contract on carrying out of R&D works is free of value added tax
(VAT).
PROCEDURE AND CONDITIONS OF CUSTOM (CONTRACT) WORKSInitial condition. Work can be started only after the ICSTI will preliminary determine that subjects and amount of work indicated by the customer are within the framework of practical capacity and interests of potential performers. Confidentiality. All information granted by the
prospective customer will be protected (at his/its will) by a non-disclosure
agreement, concluded between the ICSTI and the customer, and is
executory for a research team of the performer. Search for a performer is realized on the basis
of the brief written description of the project, its duration and
scale, the required research and measuring equipment, other instruments
and tools, and also expected outcome of the project. Search fee. It is determined by the ICSTI for each
case on the basis of the forecast of concrete search cost according
to the obtained description of the project. The fee covers the time
spent by experts, cost of communication and document preparation.
Probable expenditures for trip to the potential performer and other
incidental expenses are paid by the customer on the basis of a preliminary
arrangement. Information on a potential performer is granted
by the ICSTI to the customer as a brief anonymous description of
the found performer: his/its qualification, experience and achievements,
technical and laboratory equipment and a preliminary assessment
of an execution time and cost of the project. Conditions of a search fee return. If a customer
is not satisfied with results of the search the ICSTI has carried
out, he/it can get back 60% of the search fee or a new search can
be carried out on his/its request for modified description of the
project. After the second search, in case of the customer dissatisfaction
about its result, it is returned 30% of the search fee or the third
search is ordered after which the search fee will be not subject
to return. Preparation of the contract. All major provisions
of the contract regulating the responsibilities of the research
project performer, a schedule, procedures of accounting and contract
payment are developed by the customer and the ICSTI jointly on the
basis of negotiation. Intellectual property rights to inventions, created
during fulfillment of contract operations, are owned by the contractor
in exchange for negotiated percentage allocations to the customer
of operations. Supervision over the project execution is carried
out by the ICSTI which monitors execution of all the contract provisions
and in stipulated periods informs the customer on progress of work. Administration fee is paid the ICSTI by customer
at the rate of 7 to 15 % from a total cost of the project depending
on the contract scale and complexity of work on hand. This fee does
not include payment of transfer of samples or prototypes during
the project execution. Additional responsibilities of the customer. For
five years after the contract term expiration the customer engages
oneself not to contract with the performer without the ICSTI knowledge
and participation. |
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Carrying out R&D works on terms of the contract with the ICSTI
or participation in the Program of grants is regulated by particular
terms and rules of the ICSTI. Prospective customers of research
works under the contract with ICSTI or persons interested in participation
in the Program
of grants are offered to address to the Department of scientific
and innovative-technological sphere of the ICSTI: Address: 21-b, Kuusinena, Moscow, 125252, Russia |
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