Center for Youth Innovative Technologies. Tsmit: conditions for creation and support

The Center for Youth Innovative Creativity (CYIT) is an open area where children and teenagers learn to translate their engineering ideas into functional prototypes. the main task such platforms - to teach young people free of charge new technologies: robotics, digital production, modeling, prototyping and working on machines.

Russian CMITs are an analogue of the famous international project FabLab, which was initiated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The project grew out of MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld's university course "How to Make (Almost) Anything."

In Russia, the project to create the CMIT started in 2012 on the initiative of public organization"Young Innovative Russia". Its goal is to provide children and youth free access to high-tech equipment to acquire skills that will be in demand in the near future.

How to open CMIT

Opening a CMIT can be compared to opening a training center or a creative club: you need to register a company, draw up a charter, rent premises, purchase equipment and... go ahead! A business plan can be quite simple. There are several main income items:

• execution of small orders, for example, prototyping, 3D printing or automation;
• holding an engineering school for children and adults;
• mini-production of product series.

Items of expenditure are also easy to predict:

• rent;
• purchase of equipment, software and materials;
• employee salaries;
• taxes and a number of fixed costs.

The steps that need to be taken to open a CMIT are no different from those required to launch any offline business. Another question is if we're talking about on the creation of such a center with state support.

The project to create CMIT was supported within the framework of the State Support Program for Small and Medium Enterprises of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. According to this document, small businesses can apply for federal budget subsidies in the amount of RUB 7 million.

Who gives subsidies

A subsidy for the implementation of the project can be obtained as part of the competition “Support for Youth Innovative Creativity Centers (YIC).” Applications for participation in the competition are accepted by the Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Innovative Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere (Innovation Assistance Fund, or “Bortnik Fund” - editor's note).

Who can count on a subsidy

Can count on receiving a subsidy legal entities, meeting the criteria for classification as a small business entity in accordance with Federal law No. 209-FZ:

• the amount of revenue for the previous year excluding VAT does not exceed ₽800 million;
• the average number of employees is no more than 100 people;
• share third party organizations in the authorized capital of the company no more than 49%.

The company must be a participant in the program state support SME of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia to create or support the activities of CMIT, or act in the interests of already created CMIT, and also have OKVED 72.1 " Scientific research and developments in the field of natural and technical sciences,” or OKVED code 73.1.

The proposed project must not have other budgetary sources of funding during the entire period of project implementation using a grant and any other pending relationship with the Innovation Promotion Fund. The project participants themselves - individuals should also not participate in other projects financed by the Innovation Promotion Fund.

What to spend money on

Federal budget subsidies can only be used for approved areas of activity:

• acquisition of high-tech equipment (with a set of spare parts and Supplies);
• acquisition of electronic computer equipment (equipment for information processing);
• acquisition software, peripheral devices, copying equipment;
• providing communications;
• financial support educational projects and activities to involve children and youth in innovative activity.

Requirements for centers

There are a number of requirements that CMIT must meet:

• availability of own or rented premises with an area of ​​no more than 120 square meters. m for placing equipment;
• availability of a standard set of equipment;
• the presence of at least two specialists on staff who can work with this equipment;
• the presence of specialists on staff who have experience working with children;
• providing open access to equipment;
• Availability of Internet connection and Internet portal.

In addition, the organizers of the CMIT must ensure its activities for 10 years from the date of its creation.

Standard equipment set

The list of standard equipment of the center is small: 3D printer and scanner, milling machine and laser cutting machine, cutting plotter. Office equipment is also required for the center to operate: computers or laptops, printers, scanners, telephones.

Opinions

Polina Dyatlova, head of Fablab "Polytech" (Russia, St. Petersburg):

– In 2011, the Polytechnic University sent me and my colleagues for an internship at FabLab at the Architectural University of Catalonia (Spain, Barcelona). Around the same time, a program to support CMITs from the Russian Ministry of Economic Development opened in Russia. Our team took up the task of organizing such a center at the base Polytechnic University and received the first grant from the Innovation Promotion Fund, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Government of St. Petersburg.

To popularize engineering creativity among young people, we organize engineering schools, science weeks, and intensive courses for applicants. We mainly receive financial support from the Polytechnic University, as well as in the form of grants from foundations and development institutions, but there are also commercial orders. From my own experience, I will say that the main thing is not to be afraid of anything, to go forward, to test in practice the emerging design and organizational hypotheses.

Head of Fablab "Polytech" Polina Dyatlova at the Fabacacademy 2016 awards

Grzegorz Bielika, vice-president of Fablab “Lodz” (Poland, Lodz):

– Our formula for existence: to remain independent from government grants and subsidies. Our fundraising history is quite complex: 90% of the funds received over the past three years were raised through individual work with private funds. We also attract businesses to cooperate, conduct crowdfunding campaigns...

The target audience of our center is enthusiasts of the DIY (do it yourself) movement. We provide creative and innovative space (including equipment) for development and self-realization. In addition, we provide courses in 3D modeling, programming, clothing design and even welding.

Fablab 3D printer “Lodz” for ZSP 20

CMIT Russia

According to RVC, today there are 226 CMITs in the country in 32 regions. In the most full list, which is presented on the website of the Community of CMIT and Fablabs of Russia, – 154 organizations. According to a study conducted by Docsourcing, 65 centers on this list have an up-to-date website or their own page on social networks, which provides minimal information about the organization, including address and contacts.

41 CMITs out of these 65 are completely non-profit, that is, they do not receive any profit and operate at the expense of grants and sponsors. 24 organizations chose the commercial model of existence. Most of them conduct paid courses and trainings, while a smaller part provides services: production of small batches of products, rental of equipment, space, etc.

Below is a list of the 65 most active Russian CMITs:

UPD: five more CMITs are included in the list, now there are 70 of them

WHAT IS CMIT?

Centers for Youth Innovative Creativity (hereinafter referred to as YIC) are a network of urban platforms for technical creativity, equipped with modern digital production equipment (3D printers, 3D scanners, milling, engraving and laser machines, hand tool and etc.).

CMIT SUPPORT

In order to support CMITs, a program of the city of Moscow has been launched to receive subsidies for the creation of CMITs, which provides for the possibility of obtaining funding for the implementation of a project to create and support the activities of CMITs. To receive a subsidy, you must submit an application and pass the selection process.

Completed selections:

GOALS OF CMITHS

The strategic goals of the CMIT project are to create conditions for the formation of industrial production in Moscow, focused on the use of new digital production technologies; development of new competencies entrepreneurial activity in the field of engineering technology; supporting the professional navigation of students in the innovative engineering and technical field by creating a material, technical, information base for the development of innovative technical creativity and providing youth with access to modern equipment for direct digital production for the implementation, testing and commercialization of their innovative ideas. In this way, Moscow will be able to provide citizens with ample opportunities for new employment, development of a new type of business, and involvement in new industry.

The implementation of the project began in December 2012; since 2015, the program for creating CMITs has been implemented by the Moscow Government with the support of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and Young Innovative Russia LLC.

By the end of 2016, the total number of CMITs will be 45 organizations in all administrative districts of Moscow.

ACTIVITIES

• Organization and holding of events aimed at developing children's and youth scientific and technical creativity, including competitions, exhibitions, competitions, seminars, round tables, excursions, master classes, leisure programs;
• Participation in citywide scientific, technical and educational events;
• Organization of training events, including clubs, courses, educational programs, practices (internships);
• Providing access to the Center’s equipment to residents of Moscow and organizations engaged in scientific, technical and innovative activities to carry out project activities, including mentoring of projects by Center employees;
• Performing development and other works (services) on the basis of the Center’s equipment on orders from individuals and organizations engaged in scientific, technical and innovative activities.

TARGET AUDIENCES CMIT

• Schoolchildren, students;
• Young entrepreneurs;
• Townspeople.

PARTNERS

• Educational institutions and universities;
• Industrial enterprises, technology parks, large corporations;
• Development institutions, government bodies.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY OF CMIT

Currently, on the basis of CMITs, schoolchildren and youth acquire skills in 3D programming and modeling, 3D prototyping, learn to work on various digital equipment, individually or as part of project teams develop projects in the field of robotics, electronics, IT technologies, industrial design, etc., focused on global market conditions.

The specialization of the Centers are: robotics, electronics, biomechanics, three-dimensional modeling and 3D printing, industrial design, scientific toys, lighting engineering, probe microscopy, production of equipment for prototyping (3D printers, etc.). Starting from 2016, new areas of specialization will appear: biomechanics, clothing design, interior design.

At CMITs, primarily those created at universities, students complete coursework and theses under the guidance of teachers, during which original scientific and technical solutions are born and prototypes of innovative products are created. Further best projects can be submitted to the Umnik program to receive a grant to continue their development and subsequent commercialization.

As part of supporting young entrepreneurs, CMITs cooperate with the Centers for the Development of Youth Entrepreneurship, created at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosova, National Research University Higher School of Economics, MAMI.

To stimulate the birth of innovative solutions, representatives of CMITs use special formats - hackathons, development competitions technical solutions based on cases from industrial enterprises and companies. Within the framework of these projects, students, developers of innovative technologies and business representatives are brought together, raising a generation of entrepreneurs capable of promoting new technologies. In the process of scientific and technical activities of project teams at the Centers, innovative ideas are born and prototypes of products are created that have the potential to become a startup.

CMITs are technical workshops for representatives of business incubators, who can produce prototypes of products using equipment.

In 2014 – 2015 On the initiative of the CMIT teams, 10 hackathons were held, as a result of which more than 50 innovative solutions were developed and brought to the prototype stage. Many of them, after refinement and acquisition of commercial potential, will move to the startup stage.

In 2015, as part of the career guidance and career guidance program for schoolchildren, more than 500 students visited CMIT, who were able to get acquainted with the opportunities provided by the Centers for engaging in technical creativity and developing their own projects. In the future, systematic work is planned to search, select and involve students with an aptitude for engineering in innovative and technical creativity: work with participants in Olympiads - TOP 20, organization of early professional navigation testing, development and implementation of an interactive “Map of Opportunities, where to learn and try” .

Between CMITs and directors educational institutions Cooperation agreements are concluded in Moscow, within the framework of which schoolchildren can learn skills to work on high-tech digital equipment within the framework of programs additional education. IN in this case a network interaction model is used, when children can work on the center’s equipment under the guidance of technical specialists from CMITs and school teachers.

A very interesting article by the creator of CMIT in Yekaterinburg is posted on Habrahabr

What is CMIT

The Center for Youth Innovative Creativity (CYIT) is an open area where children and teenagers learn to translate their engineering ideas into functional prototypes. The main task of such platforms is to teach young people free of charge new technologies: robotics, digital production, modeling, prototyping and working on machine tools.

Russian CMITs are an analogue of the famous international FabLab project, which was initiated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The project grew out of MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld's university course "How to Make (Almost) Anything."

In Russia, the project to create the CMIT started in 2012 on the initiative of the public organization “Young Innovative Russia”. Its goal is to provide children and young people with free access to high-tech equipment to acquire skills that will be in demand in the near future.

How to open CMIT

Opening a CMIT can be compared to opening a training center or a creative club: you need to register a company, draw up a charter, rent premises, purchase equipment and... go ahead! A business plan can be quite simple. There are several main income items:

• execution of small orders, for example, prototyping, 3D printing or automation;
• holding an engineering school for children and adults;
• mini-production of product series.

Items of expenditure are also easy to predict:

• rent;
• purchase of equipment, software and materials;
• employee salaries;
• taxes and a number of fixed costs.

The steps that need to be taken to open a CMIT are no different from those required to launch any offline business. Another question is if we are talking about creating such a center with state support.

The project to create CMIT was supported within the framework of the State Support Program for Small and Medium Enterprises of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. According to this document, small businesses can apply for federal budget subsidies in the amount of RUB 7 million.

Who gives subsidies

A subsidy for the implementation of the project can be obtained as part of the competition “Support for Youth Innovative Creativity Centers (YIC).” Applications for participation in the competition are accepted by the Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Innovative Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere (Innovation Assistance Fund, or “Bortnik Fund” - editor's note).

Who can count on a subsidy

Legal entities that meet the criteria for classification as a small business entity in accordance with Federal Law No. 209-FZ can count on receiving a subsidy:

• the amount of revenue for the previous year excluding VAT does not exceed ₽800 million;
• the average number of employees is no more than 100 people;
• the share of third parties in the company's authorized capital is no more than 49%.

The company must be a participant in the state support program for SMEs of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia to create or support the activities of CMIT, or act in the interests of already created CMIT, and also have OKVED 72.1 “Scientific research and development in the field of natural and technical sciences”, or OKVED code 73.1.

The proposed project must not have other budgetary sources of funding during the entire period of project implementation using a grant and any other pending relationship with the Innovation Promotion Fund. The project participants themselves - individuals - should also not participate in other projects financed by the Innovation Promotion Fund.

What to spend money on

Federal budget subsidies can only be used for approved areas of activity:

• purchase of high-tech equipment (with a set of spare parts and consumables);
• acquisition of electronic computer equipment (equipment for information processing);
• acquisition of software, peripheral devices, copying equipment;
• providing communications;
• financial support for educational projects and activities to involve children and youth in innovative activities.

Requirements for centers

There are a number of requirements that CMIT must meet:

• availability of own or rented premises with an area of ​​no more than 120 square meters. m for placing equipment;
• availability of a standard set of equipment;
• the presence of at least two specialists on staff who can work with this equipment;
• the presence of specialists on staff who have experience working with children;
• providing open access to equipment;
• Availability of Internet connection and Internet portal.

In addition, the organizers of the CMIT must ensure its activities for 10 years from the date of its creation.

Standard equipment set

The list of standard equipment of the center is small: 3D printer and scanner, milling machine and laser cutting machine, cutting plotter. Office equipment is also required for the center to operate: computers or laptops, printers, scanners, telephones.

Opinions

Polina Dyatlova, head of Fablab "Polytech" (Russia, St. Petersburg):

In 2011, the Polytechnic University sent my colleagues and me for an internship at FabLab at the Architectural University of Catalonia (Spain, Barcelona). Around the same time, a program to support CMITs from the Russian Ministry of Economic Development opened in Russia. Our team set out to organize such a center on the basis of the Polytechnic University and received the first grant from the Innovation Promotion Fund, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Government of St. Petersburg.

To popularize engineering creativity among young people, we organize engineering schools, science weeks, and intensive courses for applicants. We mainly receive financial support from the Polytechnic University, as well as in the form of grants from foundations and development institutions, but there are also commercial orders. From my own experience, I will say that the main thing is not to be afraid of anything, to go forward, to test in practice the emerging design and organizational hypotheses.

Head of Fablab "Polytech" Polina Dyatlova at the Fabacacademy 2016 awards

Grzegorz Bielika, vice-president of Fablab “Lodz” (Poland, Lodz):

Our formula for existence: remain independent from government grants and subsidies. Our fundraising history is quite complex: 90% of the funds received over the past three years were raised through individual work with private foundations. We also attract businesses to cooperate, conduct crowdfunding campaigns...

The target audience of our center is enthusiasts of the DIY movement (do it yourself). We provide creative and innovative space (including equipment) for development and self-realization. In addition, we provide courses in 3D modeling, programming, clothing design and even welding.

Fablab 3D printer “Lodz” for ZSP 20