Innovation and Scientific Research Support Office

Office vision:

Placing the Institute among the colleges producing innovation at the local and international levels, and strengthening the Institute’s leadership in having an integrated system that guarantees the developmental value of innovation and knowledge and linking its applications and outputs to national goals and challenges in accordance with the Institute’s vision and Egypt’s Vision 2030. 

Office message: The office seeks to work to spread the culture of innovation, provide a supportive environment to unleash energies, achieve and highlight achievements, and consolidate the principles and values ​​of innovation in all sectors of the institute, leading to entrepreneurship, in order to raise Egyptian competitive capabilities and achieve efficiency and effectiveness in scientific research and innovation, through best supportive practices. To innovate and anticipate the future.

About the office

In light of the sustainable development strategy of Egypt’s Vision 2030, which stipulates the formation of a creative, innovative and productive society for science and knowledge, which contributes to achieving development.

In light of Egypt taking knowledge, innovation, and scientific research as basic pillars of progress, development, and achieving leadership, by investing in people, building their creative capabilities, stimulating innovation, spreading its culture, supporting scientific research, and linking it to education and development.

In the context of the presence of a large scientific base of researchers and scientific capabilities, and the state directing all efforts to support and consolidate the culture of innovation in all sectors, and motivating society to advance scientific research and knowledge.

Since the Institute obtained the accreditation of the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education on 8/24/2015 AD, which required the Institute to rise to excellence after quality, the Office for Supporting Innovation and Scientific Research was established based on the Institute Council’s Resolution No. (573) dated 9/19/2021. This is to create a qualitative shift in research performance and develop scientific capabilities to stimulate a culture of innovation and creativity among the various categories of the Institute’s employees, through three main axes:

• Creating an environment conducive to the localization and production of knowledge and supportive of scientific research.
• Developing an integrated system that supports innovation and creativity.
• Linking knowledge applications and innovation outcomes to the priorities of the country’s national plan.

Office specialties

• Providing support to research cadres and promoting and disseminating the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Institute
• Coordinating and establishing partnerships with relevant authorities to support innovation and scientific research skills.
• Holding events that enhance innovation, scientific research and entrepreneurship practices at the Institute.
• Collecting and analyzing information on the progress of innovative activities, research, research projects and achievements in the various sectors of the Institute for continuous improvement.
• Supporting candidates from the Institute’s employees applying for research projects, grants, and awards for innovation, scientific research, and entrepreneurship.
• Establishing the rules, controls and mechanisms used in marketing the outputs of research and innovative projects that the Fund finances, as well as the percentages of distribution of the returns from marketing these outputs in a way that ensures the stimulation and encouragement of young researchers and innovators.
• Preparing the office’s annual plan and following up on its implementation after its approval.
• Preparing annual reports on the office’s activities, achievements, and proposals for improving performance.
• Developing and updating the organizational structure and guide based on the institute’s strategic plan.
• Review and evaluate the efficiency of various processes and procedures to ensure their compatibility, integration and differentiation, and provide development suggestions aimed at increasing the effectiveness of these processes.
• Apply for prizes, competitions and events that are announced.
• Participate in determining performance measurement indicators for activities and awards related to innovation and scientific research at the Institute.
• Study and express an opinion on all topics referred to the office related to the office’s activity at the institute.
• Preparing supporting studies, research and benchmark comparisons and developing plans for their implementation.

Office objectives:

• Spreading the culture of innovation among the institute’s various sectors in line with Egypt’s Vision 2030.
• Providing support to research cadres and encouraging them to implement research projects that contribute to providing solutions to societal challenges and problems with innovative ideas.
• Creating a stimulating environment to advance the institute’s scientific activities to keep pace with successive developments in various fields.
• Strengthening capabilities to apply innovation and creativity in order to advance scientific research.
• Seeking to invest in scientific innovations and pioneering ideas in cooperation with the Institute’s strategic partners.
• Promoting the spirit of innovation and creativity to improve the educational, research and community services provided by the Institute.
• Raising the efficiency of promising and innovative researchers and providing support to ensure the application of innovation concepts and principles.
• Highlighting the best innovations and applied scientific research.
• Supporting researchers in managing and following up research projects.
• Highlighting the role and excellence of the institute and its research cadres at the local, regional and international levels.
• Supporting and nurturing researchers and innovators, receiving their research or innovative ideas and contributing to their development, in a way that transforms their innovative ideas into competitively marketable products and helps create marketing opportunities for them.
• Contributing to establishing a supportive environment for researchers and innovators in cooperation with institutions and entities funding their research and innovative ideas.
• Cooperating with local and international bodies in the field of supporting innovation, scientific research and entrepreneurship.
• Communicate with all initiatives undertaken by government agencies, individuals, companies, or civil society organizations related to the office’s objectives, and work to encourage participation in such initiatives.
• Helping researchers and innovators protect their rights related to intellectual property.
• Working to find opportunities for partnership between researchers, innovators, and funding bodies to implement projects based on the implementation of their research or innovative ideas.
• Providing support for capacity building in the areas of scientific research, innovation and entrepreneurship, including those related to technology transfer.

work fields:

• Scientific research and research projects
• Supporting and marketing scientific innovations
• Entrepreneurship and incubations