Innovations of the competition:
- focus on priority topics according to the list of main scientific (scientific and technical) problems of key ministries, public services and bodies to solve real problems of defense, security, economy and society;
- holding a competition in the new module of the National Electronic Scientific Information System https://nauka.gov.ua, which makes it possible to clearly identify projects/scientists/experts and protect data through the EDS, Bank ID or Action.Signature;
- automatic distribution of projects between experts and distribution of expert conclusions to project managers in their electronic accounts after the completion of the competition;
- the principles for distributing funding between sections have been determined, taking into account the need to support strategically important sectors for the Ukrainian economy and increase its defense capability;
- the principles and mechanism for involving the Expert Ethics Commission have been determined;
Project financing is planned to begin in early 2024.