History
A law (On the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation) which resulted in the creation of "Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies" was proposed by several members of the United Russia party on June 2007. The proposal passed its first reading in the State Duma on June 14 and final reading on July 4. The upper house, the Federation Council, approved it on July 6. Initially organised as a state corporation, the company was re-registered on March 11, 2011 as open joint-stock company RUSNANO.
In 2009 "Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies" established an international award in the “nano” field – RUSNANOPRIZE. The Prize is awarded annually in one of the following fields: Optics and Electronics; Nanomaterials and Surface Modification; Medicine, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies; Energy Efficiency and Green Technologies. Prize fund is 3 million rubles(over USD $90 000).
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