Russian Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" and the Non-profit organization “Foundation for the Development of the Center of Development and Commercialization of High Technologies” have signed an agreement on cooperation. The ceremony was attended by Director of the Kurchatov Institute Mikhail Kovalchuk and President of the Skolkovo Foundation Viktor Vekselberg.
According to the agreement, before Innograd’s infrastructure is established and in prospect Russian Research Center will provide Skolkovo with its base for the implementation of participants’ research projects. In addition, it will render assistance in bringing scientific and educational resources necessary for the realization of promising projects of the Foundation.
“This is an unprecedented agreement, - said Viktor Vekselberg at the signing ceremony. - Kurchatov Institute is the first Russian Institute to sign an agreement with the Skolkovo Foundation. This agreement will allow the Innovation Center to gain access to modern scientific and technological bases and intellectual resources of the Kurchatov Institute, as well as engage in the activities of the Skolkovo project powerful intellectual potential of our new partners”.
In turn, Mikhail Kovalchuk said that “technological cooperation between the Skolkovo Foundation and the Kurchatov Institute will be implemented on a wide range of areas including superconductivity, innovative coatings, high-tech medicine, hydrogen energetics and other promising areas of research.”