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Chile:an Innovation Hub in Latinamerica
2nd Call for:
International Centers of Excellencein R&D and Tech Transfer
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CORFO: Chilean Economic Development Agency
Mission - Vision
Miss ion
To promoteentrepreneurship andinnovation in order to
improve Chiles productivityand achieve a position of
2
INNOVATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITIVENESS
global leadership incompetitiveness.
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CHILE: Innovation Hub of Latinamerica
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Chiles Next Growth Phase(2010-2030)
Gobierno de Chile | Corfo - Chilean Economic Development Agency
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Sustainable
Growth
Increased
Productivity Gains
How are we getting there?
5Gobierno de Chile | Corporacin de Fomento de la Produccin CORFOGobierno de Chile | Corporacin de Fomento de la Produccin CORFO
Science &Education
Innovation &Entrepreneurship
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Where is Chile going to add value?
Sustainable andCompetitive Natural
Resources
NaturalCollaborative
6Gobierno de Chile | Corporacin de Fomento de la Produccin CORFOGobierno de Chile | Corporacin de Fomento de la Produccin CORFO
(Astronomy, MarineBio & Energy,
Seismic/Geo Studies,Antarctica,
Dessert/Solar, etc)
Agriculture and FoodIndustries
HorizontalTechs
(Biotech, ICT, GreenTech, etc)
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Human Capital: Undergraduate Enrollment
Average yearlygrowth rate of8% 2001-11
Source: Ministry of Education
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National PotsGrad Enrollment
Number of Enrolled PostGrad Students
Increased x4in 10 years
Source: Ministry of Education
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Postgrad students starting their programmes per year
341 349
499
PhDs
455
536
632Masters
Human Capital: Government Scholarships - Flow
2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011
Source: Conicyt
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Academic Indicators
2 out of Top 5 Latinamerican Universities (QS Ranking)
Highest Citation Index in Latinamerica (12,69) -- SciMago Lab
Ranks N1 (Latam) in publications per million inhabitants(373) -- SciMago Lab
But as you can see in the next slide, low overall spending onR&D (and very low private investment withi
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OEDC Countries: GERD as a % of GDP
1 8
2,3
EU27United Kingdom
BelgiumCanada
Australia (2006)FranceOECD
GermanyDenmark
AustriaUnited States
IcelandSwitzerland (2004)
JapanFinland
KoreaSweden
Israel
Low R&D Investment as a % of GDP
11
0,4
0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 4,0 4,5 5,0
Chile (2008)Mexico (2005)
Slovak RepublicGreecePolandTurkeySouth Africa (2005)
HungaryRussian Federation
Italy (2006)Estonia
PortugalNew Zealand
SpainIrelandChina
SloveniaCzech Republic
Luxembourg
NorwayNet eran s
Source: Main Science and Technology Indicators (MSTI), OECD 2010. Encuesta de Innovacin e I+D 2007
2008. Divisin de Innovacin, Ministerio de Economa.
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Startup Genome: World Top StartupEcosystem Ranking
Startup Genome: World Top StartupEcosystem Ranking
CHILE: Growing Tech Entrepreneurship Hub
1 Silicon Valley2 New York City
3 London
4 Toronto
5 Tel Aviv
6 Los Angeles
7 Singapore
8 Sao Paulo
9 Bangalore
Source: TechCrunch
10 Moscow11 Paris
12 Santiago
13 Seattle
14 Madrid
15 Chicago
16 Vancouver
17 Berlin
18 Boston
19 Austin
20 Mumbai
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Chile:
Stable and attractive country for living and investing
In relative terms, Chile has a large pool of highly skilled post
grads and professionals Innovation & applied R&D key elements of Chilean strategy to
become a developed country by 2020
Chile is becoming an Innovation Hub in Latinamerica
Key Points
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International Centers of Excellence (ICE) in R&D and TechTransfer:
1st Round 2009-11 attracted 4: Fraunhofer (GER), CSIRO(AUS), INRIA (FRA) and U. Wageningen (NDL)
2nd Round 2012-13: 6-10 new ICE (institutional andcorporate)
Between USD8-13m matching grant in 4-8 years(USD1,6-2m per year)
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International Centers ofExcellence
Gobierno de Chile | Corfo - Chilean Economic Development Agency
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Program to Attract International Centers
of Excellence (ICE) in ChileProgram is designed to facilitate the installation of International Centers
of Excellence (ICE) in R&D and Tech Transfer in Chile:
To help the local ecosystem develop science-business interaction, techinnovation capacities and a tech transfer culture
Establishing and promoting the development of local skills, through the
hiring of local talent, alliances with Chilean technological and scientific
researc cen ers, as we as e ean n us r es.
Focused in generating results, new knowledge and technological
breakthroughs
To create and maintain new capacities and infrastructure in applied
research and tech development
Grow operations significantly in time!
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Fraunhoffer-Chile
R&D being performed for morethan a year, more than 75 peoplecontributing to projects, extrafunding leveraged, signing ofadditional research contract withindustr amon others
CSIRO-Chile
Centre launched, staff hired, andstarting R&D activities in Santiagoand Antofagasta. Closed fundingfrom 5 major Mining companies.
First round A success! 2009-11
INRIA-Chile
Has become a Chilean legal entityand was formally launched asCIRIC in June 2012. Introducingnew activities with ALMA(Astronomy)
Wageningen-Chile.
Closing new funding with majorfood players. Officially launched inJuly 2012.
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Program to Attract International Centres ofExcellence 2.0 New Round!
This 2nd Call will not have ex-ante sector or industry prioritiesin place.
Proposals tackling high impact areas for Chiles economy (oreven with the potential of creating new industries and leverageregional platforms) will be valued better off
Proposals may leverage additional regional funds within the
country Projects should contribute to position Chile as an innovation
hub within Latam
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Institutional Track - Funding Model
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
Stage name Set up Operation Consolidation
Maximum time length 3 years 3 years 2 years
Average subsidy per year US$ 2 m US$ 1,6 m US$ 1,0 m
stageUS$ 6,0 m US$ 4,8 m US$ 2,0 m
% of financial contribution
of the ICE or ICE Chile
>50% ofInnova Subsidy
>87,5% ofInnova Subsidy
>200% ofInnova Subsidy
% of non financial
contribution of ICE, ICE
Chile, and associates
>50% ofInnova Subsidy
>62,5% ofInnova Subsidy
>100% ofInnova Subsidy
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Corporate Track - Funding Model
Stage 1
Stage name Set up
Maximum time length 4 years
,
Maximum total subsidy per stage US$ 8,0 m
% of financial contribution of the
ICE or ICE Chile
>200% of InnovaSubsidy
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Next steps
Reference terms to be published Aug-Sep 2012
You will be invited to attend a seminar in Chile with local
universities and industry (Date TBD, likely Oct-Nov 2012) Understanding of national and regional challenges
Matching rounds will be organized
Institutional ICE 2.0 will have roughly 6 months to presentproposals (Feb-Mar 2013)
Corporate ICE 2.0 will be evaluated on a first come first
served basis
Program is expected to support between 6-10 projects (bothinstitutional and corporate)
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