RIF’s Sponsorships Programme
The RIF’s Sponsorships Programme promotes the Foundation’s strategic goal of nurturing a Culture of Research and Innovation (R&I) in the ecosystem and the wider public through actions that support R&I, including skills development.
The target of the Program is twofold. On the one hand, the aim is to support entities for the organisation of high-quality events with significant impact, with a central theme that aims to promote research, technological and innovation to the general public.
On the other hand, through the support of the participation of groups of students in International Competitions, the following are pursued:
(a) encouragement of interaction and engagement with science, research, technological development and innovation;
b) enhancement of efforts to successfully participate in activities promoting extroversion and contributing to the visibility of their activities and Cyprus internationally, and
(c) contribution, in the long run, to nurturing a culture of research and innovation in society at large and in particular in the younger generation.
Events
In the Sponsorships Programme can participate entities that:
(a) have as its central theme the promotion of research, technological development and innovation, enhancing relevant actions of the RIF,
(b) aim to inform participants and raise public awareness regarding the importance and role of research, technological development and innovation, as well as to present relevant examples or achievements in a practical and comprehensive way,
(c) attract a large audience, regardless of the target group (age, gender, etc.), and
(d) will be implemented in the period from 04.10.2021 to 03.10.2022.
Category A:
An event in this category is expected to:
- attract an audience from Cyprus and the local ecosystem of Research and Innovation with up to 500 participants, and
- have a total budget that exceeds 5.000 Euro.
The events in Category A may receive sponsorship of up to 30% of the total amount of eligible expenses with a maximum sponsorship of 2.000 Euro.
Category B:
An event in this category is expected to:
- attract an audience of more than 500 participants regardless of the target group,
- have a total budget that exceeds 30.000 Euro,
- have an international dimension and/or impact, aiming to attract participants and/or co-organisers from abroad,
- include, inter alia, a significant number of distinguished R&I speakers from Cyprus and abroad,
- include actions to engage entities of the R&D ecosystem of Cyprus and promote networking among them, bringing together local and international bodies and companies and/ or supporting the development of R&I-related skills,
- include in the programme of the event, which must be submitted to the RIF in advance:
- Welcoming / keynote speech by the Chief Scientist for Research and Innovation of the Republic of Cyprus and / or a member of the RIF’s Board of Directors and / or the Director General of the RIF,
- Panel discussion on a subject to be decided by the Chief Scientist / the RIF with a moderator and panel members to be defined by the Chief Scientist / the RIF.
The events in Category B may receive sponsorship of up to 30% of the total amount of eligible expenses with a maximum sponsorship of 15.000 Euro.
Registration/participation fees for participation in the event and profit that may be acquired from the organisation of the event will be taken into account during the evaluation of the proposed activity.