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MINSK, 21 November (BelTA) – The Belarusian State Science and Technology Committee and the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education have announced a contest of joint Belarusian-Polish sci-tech projects for 2017-2018, BelTA learned from the press service of the State Science and Technology Committee.

The applications are open from 21 November 2016 to 20 January 2017 for projects in the following priority areas of the Belarusian-Polish cooperation: new materials, materials for electronic engineering, mechanical engineering and transport, and agro-industrial technologies.

The application package should include a business plan, a written commitment of the state customer and/or other stakeholders to make use of the results of research and development and to share financial project costs. Completed forms should be sent with a covering letter to the State Science and Technology Committee by 20 January (three printed copes and a CD).

The contest of joint scientific projects is conducted in accordance with the Belarusian-Polish intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in science and technology of 18 October 1992.