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The MIT-Skoltech Initiative
Building the Future of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Overview
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➜ MIT is enthusiastic about Skoltech’s vision, mission and concept.
➜ MIT is working closely with Skoltech to help build its faculty, students, research, education, entrepreneurship and innovation, and administrative structures and programs.
➜ We encourage others to join and help Skoltech in this effort.
Skoltech Mission and Vision
➜ MISSION ➜ To have educational, scholarly and economic impact in the Russian
Federation and around the world,➜ By educating leading graduate students and conducting research
programs to address key challenges in science, technology, engineering and innovation,
➜ Using a fusion of exceptional talent, and building the university to be an integral part of the Skolkovo innovation ecosystem.
➜ VISION: Bridges from Science to Innovation ➜ Research with both a firm foundation in fundamental research and a
consideration for innovation that bridges functions to bring ideas to impact
➜ Education for innovation that grounds students in fundamentals and the innovation process, so that they can be leaders in bridging ideas to impact
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Skoltech Concept
➜ CONCEPT ➜ Creation of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
(Skoltech) in Russia—an independently-governed, research-intensive, graduate university integrating science, engineering, technology, and innovation
KEY COMPONENTS: Triple Helix Graduate educational programs organized around broad themes
rather than traditional academic disciplines, integrating science and engineering
Multi-university, multi-disciplinary research focused on important problem areas
Industrial impact by integrating education, research, and practice in entrepreneurship, innovation and commercialization
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Skoltech—Integrating Education, Research, and Innovation
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Research with a Consideration of Innovation
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➜ GOAL ➜ Discover new ideas and develop new technologies that address the
pressing needs of members of society and society as a whole, and which build upon fundamental science and technology, yet are guided by a consideration for innovation
➜ STRATEGY: Create at least 15 Centers for Research, Education, and Innovation (CREI)➜ Collaborative efforts partnering Skoltech with both
international and Russian institutes (universities and Russian Academy of Sciences)
➜ Concentrated excellence in one of five strategic themes, solving real problems in biomedicine, energy, IT, nuclear, and space
➜ Building capacity at Skoltech and attracting top talent
➜ Integrating education and accelerating innovation
Each center fundedat $6-12m USD/year
Skoltech Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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➜ Engage Skoltech with industry, both existing and new (startups)
➜ Adapt and implement best practice models, policies, and mechanisms from MIT and elsewhere at Skoltech
➜ Education and student programs➜ Administrative and interface
functions➜ Commercialization paths
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
MIT Skoltech Initiative: Collaboration Framework and People at MIT
➜ MIT has committed the energy, attention, and time of faculty, senior administration, key offices, and staff to the collaboration.
➜ 35 staff, led by 10 faculty: the core of the MIT Skoltech Initiative
➜ MIT headquarters: Building E70, 12th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139
➜ Over 70 additional faculty across MIT, with senior administrators from Technology Licensing, Sponsored Programs, Campus Planning and Design, VP Research, School of Engineering, Center for Entrepreneurship, and many other key offices and departments throughout MIT.
➜ Working closely in collaboration to create and build up Skoltech as a new, unique, world-class research university in Russia.
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MIT Skoltech Initiative—2012-2013 Highlights➜ Lead partner in design and establishment of Skoltech
➜ Administration structure, governance, leadership➜ Skoltech faculty recruiting and development➜ Advice on campus planning and laboratory design
➜ Design and transfer of graduate MS and PhD degree programs➜ Core master’s degree curricula in 5 program areas➜ CREIs contribute to advanced curricula development in multiple tracks
➜ Design, and participate in a subset of, joint research centers (CREIs)➜ Build Skoltech through globally distributed research centers that create
presence and capacity in research connected to education and innovation➜ Establish Skoltech as a leader through joint research with
international and Russian universities and institutions
➜ Create a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation at Skoltech➜ Education & students: cross-cut or shared degree requirements, clubs,
business plan competitions, venture mentoring➜ Administrative functions and mechanisms: Technology Licensing
Office, Office of Sponsored Programs, Industrial Liaison Program…➜ Commercialization paths: innovation research funding as step in the
pipeline leading to Techopark startups, venture funding, etc.
Administration& Faculty
Education & Students
Research
Entrepreneurship& Innovation
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Administration and Operations
2011 2012 2013
Outstanding initial board with Russian,
MIT, and international leaders
Skoltech Board of Trustees recruited
Attract staff, serve as university modelCapacity built in
administrative skills at Skoltech
Business model, ramp-up plan at Skoltech
MIT experience & know-how connected
to Skoltech
Collaboration office opens at MIT
First MIT immersion (ACEP) training of
senior Skoltech staff
39 initial policies drafted
Executive VP, Senior VP for Research & Innovation
hired (Fall 2012)
Search for key Skoltech officers
Ensure campus facilities will function to
enable world-class research and education
at Skoltech
MIT campus design & EHS advising
Operating plan, financial model,
organization structure
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Skoltech Staff Training at MIT: Administrator Capacity Enhancement Program (ACEP)
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Faculty
2011 2012 2013
780 total applications through December;
50 interviews planned for early 2013
Fall round of Skoltech faculty
applications
Experts from around the world engaged by Skoltech for
advice and network-building
First Skoltech Founding Faculty Fellows recruited
(17 total)
By July 2012, 400 applications, 20
interviews at MIT
International Skoltech faculty recruitment
launched
Recruitment effort launch in 2013
Initial design of MIT/Skoltech
postdoctoral program
20+ MIT faculty, 9 FFF, and 3 firms recruit top candidates; First faculty hired at Skoltech
Skoltech faculty search committees established; expanded for CREI
director/senior faculty search
Customized FDP design to build careers
of Skoltech faculty
First 3 Skoltech faculty begin faculty development program
(FDP) posting at MIT
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Faculty—International Search and Recruiting
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More than 25 MIT faculty, Skoltech faculty, and Skoltech Founding Faculty Fellows serving on search committees for junior and senior faculty, CREI director searches.
Faculty Search Committee
Space
IT/SoftwareIT/Hardware
NuclearE & I
EnergyBiomed
Faculty Search “Pipeline”: first round (early 2012)
Faculty Search “Pipeline”:second round (2012–2013)
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Faculty—International Search and Recruiting
Skoltech Faculty Development at MIT
1st year postingat MIT Move to Skoltech
2-year collaborative
research project with MIT faculty
host
Master’s and PhD educational programs at
Skoltech
SkoltechCenter for Research, Education
& Innovation
Join/teach in educationprogram at Skoltech
Join a Skoltech CREI
Time
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50 newSkoltech Faculty Hires
➜ Skoltech Faculty Development Program (FDP) at MIT:➜ Research collaboration➜ Participate in Skoltech/MIT
curriculum & education development
➜ Entrepreneurship and innovation development
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Faculty Development Program—Skoltech Faculty Engaged at MIT
12.S680/16.S899 Spring 2013: Space Physics, Space Environment, and Space HazardsYuri Shprits, Kerri Cahoy
16.89J/ESD.352 Spring 2013: Space Systems EngineeringJeff Hoffman, Alessandro Golkar
15.S12 Spring 2013 SSIM: Systems Optimization, Models, and ComputationBrian Anthony, Victor Lempitsky
Year-Long Posting at MIT 1. Education/Teaching Skills
2. Research Collaboration & Mentoring
(Two-year joint research with host MIT
faculty)
3. Develop Innovation, Entrepre-neurship,
Leadership Skills
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Education
2011 2012 2013
First courses in IT and Energy ready to
be taught at Skoltech in fall 2013
New and adapted Skoltech courses
piloted at MIT
Learning outcomes for first Skoltech master’s programs
(IT, Energy)
Skoltech learning outcomes, degree requirements, academic
year structure defined
Skoltech education outcomes identified to
meet Russian needs with world-class standards
Skoltech Educational Outcomes Workshop in
Moscow
Influence Russian undergraduate engineering education reform, to prepare
students for Skoltech graduate education
Russian undergraduate education interface visit & workshop at MIT
Skoltech best practices developed as model for Russia
Skoltech educational quality assurance system initiated
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Skoltech Master’s and PhD Education
➜ Education is deeply entwined with Research and Innovation➜ Skoltech education depends on both MIT core/E&I and advanced tracks with CREIs➜ MIT also engaged in some Skoltech CREIs in order to help develop/transfer Skoltech curricula
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Organizing Streams of a Skoltech Master’s Program
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➜ Orient the student in the process of, provide skills for, and experience with innovation—so that graduates know how to innovate and are prepared to take the risks necessary to be successful➜ Innovation, Design, Manufacturing, Entrepreneuring
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Knowledge and Experience
➜ Orient the students to how a sector works, and how innovation works in the sector➜ Technical aspects of the sector➜ Ecosystem aspects of a sector
Sector, Knowledge and Experience
➜ Provide solid foundation of the scientific and engineering fundamentals
Scientific and Technical Specialization, Knowledge and Experience
Curricular Elements in a Skoltech Master’s Program
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Knowledge and Experience
Sector, Knowledge and Experience
Scientific and Technical Specialization, Knowledge and Experience ➜ ~8 courses➜ Research project in CREI (~2 course equivalent)
➜ ~2 courses➜ Development project in sector-based entity (~2 course equivalent)
➜ ~3 courses
Capstone Thesis
(prior project + ~4 course equivalent
extension)
Education—2013 Goals/Plans
➜ Delivery of first classes at Skoltech (IT & Energy) in Fall 2013➜ MIT faculty/staff to assist in teaching
5 of these first 6 courses at Skoltech
➜ Pilot and transfer courses for Spring 2014 at Skoltech
➜ Define, develop and pilot Biomed and Manufacturing courses (to start delivery in Fall 2014 at Skoltech)➜ Host Skoltech Biomed Year 0
students at Skoltech partner universities, including MIT (Fall ’13)
➜ Pilot the Manufacturing and Product Realization program (Fall ’13) with Skoltech students hosted at MIT
Energy – Track 1
Fall Spring2013
Fall Spring2014
Fall Spring2015
Fall Spring2016
IT – Track 1
Bio – Year 0Bio – Track 1
Energy – Track 2
IT – Track 2
Mixed Programs (e.g., Energy + IT)
Space Year 0Space
Nuclear, Y0 Nuclear
Acad
emic
Pro
gram
sInternal Candidate Doctoral Program
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Students
2011 2012 2013
First Skoltech PhD student admitted (enrolls in early
2013)
PhD admissions process and website developed
13 MIT students travel with Skoltech for entrepreneurial student recruiting (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan univ.)
First student exchange through MISTI-Russia program
MIT faculty/staff ensure rigorous standards to attract
top students to Skoltech
Skoltech admissions campaign launched
Inaugural class of 20 Skoltech
master’s students
First Skoltech student selection
weekend
Skoltech students absorb classes and E&I culture
Inaugural Skoltech master’s students spend 2012-2013 academic year at
MIT, ICL, HKUST, ETHZ
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Students—Admissions, Recruitment
➜ Spring admissions cycle for Skoltech master’s programs➜ Rolling admissions for Skoltech PhD students
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Students—Pilot Year (Year 0) at MIT
Skoltech students join/excel in entrepreneurship contests and
activities, MIT classes, student lifeStudents absorb MIT innovative
culture to bring to Skoltech
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Research
2011 2012 2013
Skoltech CREI process attracts international
participants
143 CREI-2 white papers from 381 institutions
(and 10 Nobel Laureates)
Targeted collaborations synchronized with Skoltech
strategy for future CREIs
CREI-2 Proposers’ Conference attracts
600+ to Moscow
New connections between potential research partners
Initial 25 planning grants (PGs)
awarded
129 CREI-1 white papers received from
260 institutions
CREI-1 Proposers’ Conference at MIT
attracts 300 participants
Outstanding CREI-1 centers to attract
faculty and launch Skoltech research
First 3 CREIs selected via
international peer review process
New collaboration unites researchers
in Russia, Netherlands, US to
build Skoltech
Stem Cell Center launched (2013)
Strategic target areas and partners
for Skoltech impact identified
Skoltech 2030 Workshop and strategy development
Joint research networks seeded to
build Skoltech capacity
First 9 Strategic Development
Projects (SDPs) launch
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➜ Each Skoltech CREI brings together, in a globally distributed model, leading institutions focused on a shared strategic problem or research area important to Russia. The Skoltech CREIs will accelerate development of, and provide transitional Skoltech capacity in:➜ Research expertise and research infrastructure➜ Educational programs: both formal and informal➜ Entrepreneurship and innovation: to move ideas to economic impact➜ Faculty: attracting, recruiting, mentoring Skoltech faculty➜ Students: admitting and nurturing top Russian and non-Russian talent➜ Industry capacity: to engage, understand needs, enlist involvement➜ Convening capacity: define agendas and enlist world community➜ Funding: attract non-Russian international funding➜ Reputation
Skoltech Centers for Research, Education and Innovation (CREIs)
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➜ Biomedicine➜ Computational and systems biology➜ Immunology and infectious disease➜ Gene- and nano-medicine➜ Regenerative medicine
➜ Energy➜ Hydrocarbon fuel production and
transportation➜ Hydrocarbon processing➜ Electrical power systems generation
and distribution➜ Electrical energy storage
➜ Nuclear➜ Nuclear energy safety➜ Materials for extreme environments➜ Non-energy applications
Defining the Skoltech 2030 Strategy:Summary of High Priority CREI Investments
➜ IT➜ Machine learning and AI➜ Advanced computing systems➜ Big Data➜ Electronics materials and device➜ Quantum physics/technology
➜ Space➜ Supporting humans in long term
space exploration➜ Small satellites➜ Utilization of space data
➜ Cross-cutting➜ Advanced materials➜ Computational and data-intensive
science & engineering ➜ Human engineering and cognition
* Topics in italics are under negotiation
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Call For CREI ProposalsSkoltech as Russia’s Gateway to International Scientific Excellence
CREI-1 Proposal Roundo 129 white papers from 260 institutionso 13 finalistso 3 CREI awards
• Stem Cell Research • Infectious Disease & RNA Therapeutics • Electro-Chemical Energy Storage
CREI-2 Proposal Roundo 143 white papers from 381 institutionso 15 finalistso Industry CREI candidates identifiedo CREI awards to be selected in May 2013
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Strategic Development ProjectsBuilding Capacity & Networks for Skoltech
MIT / A.M. Prokhorov Institute, RASBaldo/TikhodeevLow Energy Information Technology
MIT / INM RAS, MSUWhite/TyrtyshnikovComprehensive Computational Engineering
MIT / Institute of Applied Physics, RASSo/SergeevNext Generation Biophotonics for Biology, Pharmacology, and Medicine
MIT / New Economic SchoolMicali/IzmalkovSecure Markets and Services
MIT / MAIYoung/EfremovSpace Exploration
MIT / MSUPoggio/KonushinBrains, Minds and Machines
MIT / MIPTBarzilay/VorontsovMassive Data Analysis and Processing
MIT / MEPhi (2013)Li/StrikhanovNuclear Systems and Materials
MIT / Irkutsk RAS (2013)Turitsyn/VoropaiEfficient and reliable energy networks with distributed and heterogeneous resources
MIT / NSULeeb/FedorukAdvanced Modeling and Control of Intelligent Power Systems
MIT / MSUChakraborty/NedospasovVaccine Design and Development
➜ Nine teams of 3 MIT + 3 Russian researchers launched in mid-2012➜ Seeds network for research and capacity building for Skoltech across all
five thematic areas (biomed, energy, IT, nuclear, space)
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation
2011 2012 2013
Russian university/institute entrepreneurs receive
mentoring to speed development
Successful US-based entrepreneurs recruited
as pilot Skoltech Catalysts
Skoltech to address invent-to-manufacture
full value chain
CEI expansion to include Manufacturing Systems
82 pre-proposals, 11 semifinalists, and 4 finalist
projects launched to improve research commercialization
Russia-wide call for proposals for pilot Skoltech Innovation
Sponsorship Program (ISP)
60 MIT contributors, 200+ hours of lectures,
and 40 off-campus activities create new Skoltech E&I content
First month-long intensive “Innovation Workshop” at MIT for Skoltech students
Best practice sites identified
Phase 1 benchmarking
study of university based E&I
Resolution of key governance and IP ownership, license,
revenue share issues to enable research-innovation
Template CREI contract (Master Partnership Agreement – MPA)
Strategy and plans defined to
create unique Skoltech model
Workshop to design
CEI@Skoltech
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Innovation Workshop at MIT
➜ Intensive month-long program for Skoltech students
➜ Develop an experiential learning curriculum➜ Hands-on, team-oriented activities➜ Fuses multiple MIT approaches to
innovation➜ Reconciles technology & vehicles
(company, startup, paper, grants, …)
➜ Empower students and develop the student culture of Skoltech➜ Intensity, curiosity and adventure,
centers on innovation, founded on firm disciplinary fundamentals
➜ Refine a Mens et Manus (Hand and Mind) approach to innovation
Over 62 people from 15 MIT labs and departments
contributed to the delivery of the workshop
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Intangible Value of MIT Collaboration
➜ Brand and Platform➜ Attracts world-wide involvement and people to Skoltech, in all areas and activities
(faculty, students, research, education, industry, innovation, …)➜ In addition to direct Collaboration activities, indirect or independent activities of
Skoltech are enabled and amplified by the association with MIT➜ Culture
➜ Fundamental: a leading model for a high-impact, economically generative, research university—tying research, education and industry/innovation together
➜ Impact not only Skoltech, but culture of other Russian universities, research institutes, and industry: innovation, collaboration
➜ MIT engagement accelerates transformative changes that might otherwise take much longer to develop on their own
➜ Networks➜ Bring Skoltech into contact with all corners of MIT, and with MIT’s partners
throughout the world (universities, industry, policy) to build and foster Skoltech communities (internal, Skolkovo, region, and world)
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Impact of MIT-Skoltech Collaboration
➜ Contribute to a potentially high impact social/economic initiative in an important country
➜ Gain exposure to new problems and approaches➜ Experiment with integrated research, education, innovation models➜ Provide MIT students and faculty with new opportunities for
international engagement and experience➜ Design and use new, state-of-the-art research facilities at Skoltech➜ Help educate future global leaders➜ Connect to Russian industry and multinational companies in Russia,
including technology companies (established & startups) in Skolkovo➜ Interact with a deep Russian talent pool of scientists/engineers➜ Create a key hub or portal for long-term MIT collaborations with
multiple Russian and international universities
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Summary
➜ MIT is committed to the success of Skoltech➜ Unique opportunity for research, education and innovation
collaboration with existing and new researchers and industries in Russia
➜ MIT assisting with:➜ Faculty (and students, postdoc) recruiting and development➜ Novel educational program development➜ Adapting known models for research contracts, IP management,
commercialization to Skoltech and Russia➜ Powerful concept and international collaborations in the Centers
for Research, Education and Innovation (CREIs)
➜ MIT encourages others to join with Skoltech in this unique opportunity
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