Science, technology and innovation policies

Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer

Dr. Ruth Ladenheim

WINES OF THE TIMESArgentina Opens the Tap for Malbec

PAIRINGS Chimichurri Hanger Steak

Landscapes, tango, soccer…Landscapes, tango, soccer…

Macroeconomic Variables: ExportsMajor areas of Argentina’s exports

Fuente: Elaboración propia en base a datos INDEC.

Techno-productive profile, according to exports, 2008

Country / Manufacturing Sector Argentina Brazil

High Technology 4% 8%

Medium High Technology 24% 28%

Medium Low Technology 21% 27%

Low Technology 51% 36%Note: For the techno-productive profile, the OECD classification, which only considers manufacturing

industries, was used.

Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and BiomedicineNobel Prizes in Chemistry and Biomedicine

Bernardo HoussayPhysiology and Medicine, 1947

Luis F. Leloir Chemistry, 1970

A long-standing tradition of excellence in scientific development made it possible to create a highly-qualified critical mass of human resources.

César MilsteinPhysiology and Medicine, 1984

Availability of Highly-Qualified Human ResourcesThe availability of a high level of education and talented professionals establishes solid

foundations for R&D

Availability of Highly-Qualified Human ResourcesThe availability of a high level of education and talented professionals establishes solid

foundations for R&D

Doctorate12,715

Graduate-level 67,445

Higher Education1,600,522

High School Education 3,523,132

Elementary School Education4,664,025

STUDENTS

746 new graduates in 2008

6,886 new graduates in 2008

94,909 new graduates in 2008

99.1

Literacy Rate

Between 2000 and 2008, the number of new

doctorates in the sciences increased by an annual growth rate of 16.6%.

Entrepreneur CapacityArgentina ranks fourth in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

(2008)

Entrepreneur CapacityArgentina ranks fourth in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

(2008)

✓ The country has an important group of talented, motivated entrepreneurs.

✓ The country has business schools with international prestige.

Ranking by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), 2008

Source: ProsperAr, based on GEM, 2008.

Our development style

Investment in R&D

 R&D (in

millions of US$)

% public

% private

Argentina (1) 1.711 67% 33%

Brazil (2) 14.650 53% 47%

Chile (3) 645 45% 55%

Mexico (3) 3.009 45% 55%

South Korea (3) 28.608 23% 77%

Spain (3) 14.801 42% 58%

Finland (1) 9.808 25% 75%

Ireland (2) 3.553 30% 70%

Latin American style of scientific and technological development

Note: (1) Year 2008, (2) Year 2007, (3) Year 2006. OECD publishes R&D as % of GDP. Calculated using this indicator and GDP in dollars as published by the IMF.

Source: DNIC–Mincyt.

Secretariat of Planning and Policies

Coordination Secretariat

Ministry of Science, Technology and

Productive Innovation Council for Private Issues

GACTEC

CICYTCOFECYT

FAN

CONICET

SADOSKY

National Science and Technology System

CONAE

IAA

Foreign Relations Ministry

Ministry of Planning

SEGEMAR

CNEA

INA

Defense Ministry

INPRES

Health Ministry

ANLIS

Ministry of Industry

INTI

INTA

INIDEP

Education Ministry

Public and Private Universities

Provincial Governments

CITEFA

IGM Provincial Promotion

Entities

Provincial Implementing

EntitiesNonprofit

organizationsEnterprises

Council for Social Issues

ANPCYT

Ministry of Agriculture,

Livestock and Fisheries

SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGICAL CENTERS

IMPLEMENTING UNITS (129 in the entire country)

Agrarian, Engineering and Materials Sciences Biotechnology and Food Technology Biological and Health Sciences Health Sciences Earth, Atmosphere and Astronomy Sciences Social Sciences and the Humanities Physics, Chemistry and Materials Engineering and Architecture Mathematics and Computer Science

CONICETCONICET

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

SERVICE CENTERS

UNITS IN NETWORK

Main areas of focus Main areas of focus

• Strengthening science and technology activities

• Innovation in the productive sector

• Targeted policies

• Science and technology for social development

Human Resources Dedicated to R&D

Source: Dirección Nacional de Información, MinCyT. *Provisional dataNote: 1: 2008; 2: 2007; 3: 2006; 4: 2004.Sources: Annual publication “Indicadores de ciencia y tecnología," MinCyT; Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de Brasil and RICyT.

Number of researchers, divided between EJC researchers and research fellows, 2004-2008

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Investigadores EJC Becarios Total de RRHH destinados a Investigación

1,912,05

2,212,41

2,57EJC Researchers in relation to EAP

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Projects Approved and Amounts(in millions of $)

2003-2008

Strengthening National Science and Technology System

Strengthening National Science and Technology System

Major Instruments

and Data Base

Services

Strengthening the National Science and Technology SystemStrengthening the National Science and Technology System

Repatriation of 768

scientists and

technology experts.

Increase in the Productivity of our researchers

1) Provisional data2) Including Researchers + Research FellowsSource: DNIC, based on Science and Technology Indicators and CAICYT (on ISI data).

An increase of nearly 13% between 2006 and 20081 in the number of publications per every 100 EJC researchers2

Main areas of focusMain areas of focus

• Strengthening science and technology activities

• Innovation in the productive sector

• Targeted policies

• Science and technology for social development

Innovation Promotion

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Var. % proyectos:

117%

Var. % montos:

137%

Projects and amounts approved in millions of pesos (2007- 2008)

FFF Strong links

Funding cycle

Time

Pro

fits

FONSOFT

Promotes strengthening activities in software production at the national level

FONSOFT Entrepreneurs

Seed

Capital

Seed

Capital

FONCYTSubsidizes research, fundamental in Science and Technology institutionsPICTPICTOPIDRCPAVPME

FONTARSupports technological development in companies through credits and subsidies

ANRCAECAEFIPPPatentsFiscal Credit

PROFIET

P/P Fund

Toward a new innovation ecosystem in ArgentinaToward a new innovation ecosystem in Argentina

TechnologyTransfer

Office

Research Unit

Experimental Development

Unit

Intellectual PropertyANR Patents

Empretecno PICT Start Up

PRIETEC

TT Good Practices

PROFIET

Innovar Award

Sector-based Funds

Project Flow Facilitators

ANR

Pilot Project on Technological

Surveillance

TT Agreements

Graduate Studies

GTec

TBE incubator

Regl. Ley 25.467

Business Chambers

Promoting the creation and development of TBEs

Start-Up Scientific and Technological Research Projects

OBJECTIVE: Oriented toward promoting a transformation of the knowledge and skills accumulated by a research group throughout their years of experience, in business technologies applied to new products, processes or services, with the aim of establishing a technology-based business.

• TARGET GROUP: Research groups based in public or nonprofit private institutions dedicated to scientific and/or technological research.

• MAXIMUM TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY: $ 320,000.

PRIETEC 2008Technological Equipment and Infrastructure Projects

OBJECTIVE• Expand the operational capacities of R&D institutions, to facilitate the

incubation of technology-based businesses and/or companies.

• Facilitate the transfer of knowledge to the goods and services-producing sector, on the basis of the capacities installed in R&D institutions.

• Create favorable conditions for training human resources of excellence with the capacity to insert themselves in the socioeconomic environment.

• Update and adjust the existing infrastructure to the current standards on security, hygiene and habitability.

Projects Funded: 49

Amount Allocated: $94,457,796

• Promote the training of technology managers and coordinators who strengthen capacities in innovation and technological development.

• ANPCYT contributes a maximum of $3 million for the four years of the project’s duration.

GTecProgram for Training Technology Managers and

Coordinators

Projects Funded: 7 Amount Allocated: $ 19,354,307

Average Funding per Project: $2,765,000

Promoting the creation and development of TBEs

• Implementary Decree Science and Technology Act Nº 25.467

• Management of intellectual property and technology transfer

ANR Patents (FONTAR): Projects Funded (2008-2009): 12

Amount Allocated: $522,126

EMPRE-TECNO

Project Flow

Facilitators

Funding for creating TBEs

Support to New Enterprises

Objective

Stimulate the flow of new ideas from SIN businesses, in order to

significantly expand the number of technology projects that can

be transformed into the foundation for a new TBE.

• Stages: Application for authorization / evaluation / incorporation into Registry /

Formalization of authorization for two years / Application for remuneration

(Basic Subsidy for Planned Services or Bonus for Success) / evaluation for

remuneration.

Project Flow Facilitators

Funding to TBEs (PAEBT)

• Presentation mode: Support Plan for a TBE (PAEBT), consisting of a maximum of 36 months of implementation and documentation by the applicant.

• Targets: individuals, public or private institutions

• Amount to be subsidized: $2,500,000 for each PAEBT

• The subsidy cannot be equivalent to more than 75% of the total cost of the PAEBT activities.

Up to $ 2,500,000 / capital goods, consultation and services, materials and inputs, travel and travel expenses

Main areas of focusMain areas of focus

• Strengthening science and technology activities

• Innovation in the productive sector

• Targeted policies

• Science and technology for social development

Targeted Policies

Objectives

• To support the country’s growth, promoting an increase in the aggregate value of production.

• To orient innovation toward resolving high-impact productive and social problems.

• To promote the generation, adaptation and transfer of knowledge to the productive sector and to society,

enhancing private and public-private links in research.

Targeted Policies

Means

• Consolidation of three technological platforms:

• Biotechnology• Nanotechnology• Information and communication technologies

• Resolution of technological bottlenecks in strategic sectors:

• Agroindustry• Health• Energy• Social Development

ICT

Number of Scholarships

Amount to be assigned

2009 2193 $ 14.950.000

2010 1598 $ 12.820.000

2011 1242 $ 11.528.000

2012 827 $ 8.640.000

2013 321 $ 3.852.000

Scholarship

programs

Nanotechnology

BiotechnologyCantidad de Publicaciones

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Con Colaboración

Sin Colaboración

Sector Total

Agriculture

Inoculants 25

Seeds and plants 20

Animal health 10

Food ingredients for bioprocesses

10

Human health 20

TOTAL 85

Networks of Argentinian scientific institutions with publications in Biotechnology (2000)

Networks of Argentinian scientific institutions with publications in Biotechnology (2008)

Targeted Policies: Methodology

Search for Existing Information

Prospective Exercises

Consultation Sessions

Consultation

Identification of Niches for Opportunities in each Sector

Establishing Priorities

Private Sector

Public Sector

Scientific-technological Sector

Validation

International Experts

Sector-based Technological Councils

Dato on sector

Bicentennial Plan

Strategic Plans

• Associated projects between enterprises and technology centers or research groups

• Total cost of each project: between u$s 1.5 and 10 millon

Targeted Policies

Bio-Nano-ICT Technological Platforms

Strategic Sectors:Agro-Energy-Health-Social

• Modality of intervention:• Research projects with non-

appropriable results (between u$s 1 and 10 million)

• Research projects with appropriable results (between u$s 600,000 and 8 million)

• Projects for modifying norms and standards (resources to enable

financial entities to grant loans)

Thank youDr. Ruth Ladenheim

Secretaria de Planeamiento y PolíticasMinisterio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva

2010

Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva de la NaciónAv. Córdoba 831 – (54-11) 4891-8300 – www.mincyt.gob.ar