June, 17th, 2013, Contest committee held a session on selecting constituent entities of the Russian Federation to grant subsidies in 2013 for the events in support of small and medium enterprises.
Applications from the Ulyanovsk region were presented by Alexander Smekalin, Minister of strategic development and innovations.
Among the projects, there was the project created by the cluster participants: Development of engineering activities of Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization Cluster Development Center; and Creation of engineering center for polymeric composite materials.