According to the Decree, starting in 2026, the republican contest "The Most Innovative Idea" will be held annually to identify ideas with high potential for transformation into a startup project.
The competition is held in state higher educational institutions, and the winners receive a grant of 100 million soums.
The republican stage is held in 10 directions, the prize fund is set at 10 billion soums at the expense of the Fund for Financing Science and Innovation Support.
Starting from September 1, 2026, the program "Universities - generators of startups" will be implemented in higher educational institutions. At the same time:
Student accelerators are being introduced in higher education institutions in cooperation with the IT Park and venture funds.;
Internship and exchange programs with prestigious international accelerators and universities are being established for students.;
Higher education institutions are given the right to invest their own funds in promising startup projects of students and researchers through incubation centers and student accelerators in the equivalent of up to 20 thousand US dollars per project;
positions of "startup manager" and "startup tracker" are provided in student accelerators.
