Science and Technology Development Fund www'stdf'org'eg

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Science and Technology Development
Fundwww.stdf.org.eg
Aly El-Shafei Executive Director
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Table of Contents

• Challenges
• STDF Action Plan
• Workflow
• IPR
• Statistics

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STDF

• Started March 2008

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Challenges

• Absence of a National Strategy for ST
• Mega Projects in priority areas
• Capacity Building with focus on priority areas

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Challenges

• Human Resources

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Challenges

• Incomplete Cycle of Innovation

National Science Foundation, 2008, Science and
Engineering Indicators 2008
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Challenges

• Incomplete Cycle of Innovation

Chart of Papers in Biotechnology in Developing
Countries
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Challenges

• Incomplete Cycle of Innovation

Chart of Patents in Biotechnology in Developing
Countries
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Challenges

• Cycle of Innovation

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STDF Action Plan

• Landscape for the ST community
• Capacity Building
• Brain Gain
• Complete cycle of Innovation

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STDF Action Plan
Research Grants
Young Researcher
Basic Applied
Reintegration

• Young Researchers
• working in Egypt
• 3 Years
• L.E 500,000

• Young Researchers holding
• a Ph.D. from a reputable Uni.
• 3 Years
• L.E 750,000

• Any researcher/ group
• of researchers
• 2 Years
• L.E 1,000,000

• Brain Gain
• Strengthening RD
• community

• Landscape for RD community
• Capacity building
• Prevent brain drain

• Landscape for RD
• community
• Capacity building

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STDF Action Plan
Innovation Support Programs
Venture Capitals
Investment Banks
Emerging Companies

• Planning to establish
• 3 Venture Capitals
• L.E 150M/ VC
• Belton and EFG-Hermes

• Similar to SBIR
• L.E 5M
• Directed towards
• product development

• International Arab African
• Bank
• Commercial International
• Bank

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Workflow Selection of Proposals
Announcement of results
Projects ranking and Recommendations
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Workflow Monitoring Evaluation
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Intellectual Property Rights

• STDF Revenue
• Sharing Schemes

Basic Applied Research Grants
Product Development Phase

• STDF will guarantee from 15- 20 to the inventor

• Inventor/ or a third party covers patenting
  process fees
• 10 to STDF for the initial incubation of the
  research

• STDF covers patenting process fees
• 2- 15 of revenues to the inventor
• based on the market size

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National Priorities

• De-packaging of priority areas
• Water
• Wind Energy
• Special Calls for National Priorities

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