Evgeniy Pankratov, Director of the FSUE “Rosmorport” Far Eastern Basin Branch, took part in the final stage of the Primorsky Start innovative projects contest, which was held in Vladivostok on October 17, 2023 on the basis of the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island, as a member of the expert commission.

The Primorsky Start grant contest is aimed at supporting new innovative projects in Primorye. This is an opportunity to conduct R&D, produce a test sample or expand existing production.

Together with other members of the commission, which included experts from the Primorsky Krai Government, the business environment and the scientific community, entrepreneurship development institutes, Evgeniy Pankratov rated 15 pre-selected best projects during the superfinal. The participants defensed their projects before the expert commission, presenting the justification of the goals of obtaining state support for the creation, development, promotion of innovative projects.

According to the results of the work of the expert commission, 10 companies became winners of the contest and received grants in the amount of 2 million rubles for the support and implementation of their projects.