“…org/ 10.15405/epsbs.2021.09.02.66 Corresponding Author: V. A. Varfolomeeva Selection and peer-review under (Dmitriev, 2019;Ermolayev, 2018;Oborin, 2019;Smirnova, & Senderov, 2018;Teksler, 2018;Yeroshin & Klimentov, 2020). Increased efficiency of public funds allocation requires specialized studies to select and determine the conditions for multiple projects in various industries of the Russian economy (Talanova, 2016;Zagorodnikov, 2018), and also for projects aimed at improved social infrastructure (Nikonova, 2019;Popov et al, 2019). Another problem area is financial provisions, sources and schemes of funding for knowledge-intensive and innovative projects (Bulatova, 2018;Foundation for Small Business Development in Science and Technologies, 2021;Podernya, 2019;Shvidky & Miroshnichenko, 2016…”