The Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic - Mr. Dusan Caplovic signed the first university research park in Slovakia - at the MTF STU.
On the13th March 2013 an agreement was signed between the Minister Čaplovič and the STU’s Rector Robert Redhammer, an irreclaimable grant worth more than 42 million Euros for the University’s Research Park at the MTF STU was granted and is the first research institution of its kind in Slovakia.
The project is primarily focused on the area of Materials Engineering of ion and plasma technologies and automation and the computerization of industrial processes. The project also includes two new buildings for research needs in the area situated on Bottova Street.
The project was prepared in cooperation with the MTF STU, HZDR Dresden-Rossendorf, IFW Dresden, TU Ilmenau in two competitive challenges within the Operational programme Research and Development, with the selection criteria for grant applications of NFP entitled "Building university science parks and research centres", this was passed in December 2012. The approved MTF STU grant application is for 39 993 517.64 Euros, the total expenditures are approved to the amount of 42 098 439.62 Euros.
The name of the project is a UNIVERSITY SCIENCE PARK "CAMPUS MTF STU" - CAMBO
The specific objectives of the project were defined as:
1/ Increasing the long term competitiveness of the Slovak Republic in the field of material research based on ion and plasma technologies.
2/ Educating and training of scientific and technical personnel for UVP CAMBO - Workplace of Materials Research.
In this project, the MTF STU will build two new buildings equipped with the latest technologies at a global level:
1/ Scientific workplace of materials research with laboratories:
Laboratory of ion beam technologies
Laboratory of plasma modification and deposition
Laboratory of analytical methods
Laboratory of computer modelling.
2/ The scientific workplace will be focused on automation and computerization of production processes and systems with laboratories:
Laboratory control systems
Laboratory ICIM
Laboratory for the integration of information and management systems.
In addition to the construction of the new facilities and the acquisition of unique technologies for materials research and for research in the field of automation and computerization of production processes and systems with laboratories, other activities are scheduled as follows:
3/ Applied research within these mentioned scientific workplaces
4/ Support for modern transfer of technologies into practice in the form of transfer of know-how, innovation and knowledge from academia to practice, start-up, spin-off.
It's an extraordinary achievement, not only for the faculty but also for the entire STU, and also to Slovakia. We made a major step in enhancing the contribution of science and technology in the development of our country, which will result in increasing the contribution from Slovakia to the overall growth of EU competitiveness.
Translation: Anthony James Ronald Atkinson
