Main impediment?
Malaysia has industry has
the potential technological knowledge gap
for SMEs to
increase their Impact to industry
productivity • Unable to adopt state of the art production methods
and move • No market for technological knowledge
companies • This makes it hard to
up the value –adopt and develop frontier technologies
chain –offer new products and services
–enter in new geographic markets
–increase efficiency of production methods
71,000
IHL lecturers
resources
24,000
PhD
PPRN will optimize & leverage resources and expertise available at IHLs and RIs
2. Projects that involves product that need and require the development of
innovative technological solutions must be at commercial stage i.e ready in
market but may need improvement in term of process or product itself.
4. There is no field restriction. Projects may involve any area of applied science or
engineering.
5. Priority will be given to projects that can be completed within six months, but
the secretariat may accept project duration up to a year if they have significant
social and business value.
70:30
compan
• Research
– small 25% Researchers
y materials/tools
• Facilities
• Infrastructure
• In-kind
50:50
– medium & large 5% Institutions
* Size of company is based on new definition of SME by SME Corp Malaysia which in effect from 1 January 2014
Manufacturing <RM50 million <RM300,000 RM300,000-<RM15 million RM15 million- <RM50 million
<200 employees <5 employees 5-75 employees 75-200 employees
Services <RM20 million <RM300,000 RM300,000-<RM3 million RM3 million - <RM20 million
<75 employees <5 employees 5-30 employees 30-75 employees
Primary <RM20 million <RM300,000 RM300,000-<RM3 million RM3 million - <RM20 million
Agriculture <75 employees <5 employees 5-30 employees 30-75 employees
Construction <RM20 million <RM300,000 RM300,000-<RM3 million RM3 million - <RM20 million
<75 employees <5 employees 5-30 employees 30-75 employees
Mining & <RM20 million <RM300,000 RM300,000-<RM3 million RM3 million - <RM20 million
quarrying <75 employees <5 employees 5-30 employees 30-75 employees
NOTE:
A business will be deemed as an SME if it meets either one of the two specified qualifying criteria, namely sales turnover or full-time
employees, whichever is lower.
SOURCE :
SME Corp. Malaysia, October 2013
Working experience
25% professional fee
with industry
- Of total PPRN
- Criteria for
funding
promotion
• Researcher –
Interim & Final
Will be paid through project report
research Institution • Company –
Productivity
achievement
pprn@moe.gov.my
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