Text file: 1856.txt
author: info@biotop.si
downvotes: 2
end consideration date: 2011-06-29
id: '1856'
number comments: 9
number views: 4406
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology\n\
  The Intelligent Solar Road Modeling project is an interesting proposal for a multidisciplinary\
  \ project that covers all the current topics that will drive the future development\
  \ of the European Union and, by extension, of Slovenia.\nThe Ministry of Higher\
  \ Education, Science and Technology welcomes the implementation of the project,\
  \ but it is not within the remit of the Ministry to organise and implement R&D projects.\
  \ The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology is the ministerial body\
  \ responsible for drawing up R&D policies and for implementing measures to support\
  \ R&D. These measures include calls for tenders and calls for proposals for a multidisciplinary\
  \ project to develop a model of an INTELLIGENT SOLAR ROAD comprising the integration\
  \ of photovoltaics, LED lane lighting and road surface heating.\nIt is not clear\
  \ from your proposal at what stage the project for which you are seeking government\
  \ support and funding is. According to the description, your proposal would be eligible\
  \ for calls for tenders from the Slovenian Public Agency for Research, which co-funds\
  \ basic and applied research and development projects. Applied research is also\
  \ industrial research; industrial research is deliberate research or critical investigation\
  \ to acquire new knowledge with the aim that this knowledge can be used in the development\
  \ of new products, processes or services or in the introduction of significant improvements\
  \ to existing products, processes or services. In your case, you should certainly\
  \ carry out a pilot project which would highlight the strengths as well as the weaknesses\
  \ of your proposal.\nIf you have already done this and have taken your project idea\
  \ to a prototype solution and are entering the phase of transferring technologies\
  \ and services directly to the market, then you could obtain funding for the financial\
  \ scheme through SID Bank, whose mission is focused precisely on complementary and\
  \ long-term financial services for the sustainable development of Slovenia.\nGiven\
  \ the financial and logistical complexity of the project, it would make sense to\
  \ think about international calls for proposals within the EU. Currently, there\
  \ are open calls under the 7th Framework Programme, where the content could be thematically\
  \ in the fields of environment, energy, and transport. Other initiatives that focus\
  \ on international calls in the field of eco-innovation (where your project proposal\
  \ undoubtedly belongs) include: CIP EcoInnovation, where there is the possibility\
  \ of funding pilot projects and project ideas that have been developed to the point\
  \ where they can be directly transferred to the market. Similarly, calls for proposals\
  \ launched for the co-funding of projects under the international Eureka and Eurostars\
  \ initiatives have a similar supporting role.\n "
response date: 2011-09-08
response due date: null
sent date: 2011-05-30
title: Intelligent solar road model project
upvotes: 12
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/1856
