The scholarships are awarded for a period from one to three years.

The monthly payments are 22,800 rubles.

Here is the list of this year’s winners of the prestigious contest:

Denis Kogogin, Department of Radio Electronics – ‘Complex research of the influence of ionosphere excited by strong shortwave radiation on the spread and reception of signals of GLONASS, GPS, Galileo and Beidou’;

Dmitry Bolmatenkov, Institute of Chemistry – ‘Fast optimization of the storage conditions for amorphous medical preparations’;

Sergey Sitnov, Department of Heavy Hydrocarbon Extraction and Exploitation – ‘Technology of thermochemical treatment to enhance oil extraction of carbonate deposits’;

Al-Mountasser Amin Ahmed Mohammed, Rheological and Thermochemical Research Lab – ‘Compositions for the intensification of in-situ refining of heavy oils as a non-traditional energy source and studies of their effectiveness in steam-assisted treatment’;

Dmitry Yemelyanov, Rheological and Thermochemical Research Lab – ‘Processes of oxidation of a model oil system to enhance methods of heat treatment of heavy hydrocarbons with the use of catalytic compositions based on transition metals’;

Aisylu Ibragimova, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology and Paleomagnetism Lab – ‘Changes in taphocenoses of Cladocera during Holocene as a sign of the increase of anthropogenic influence and environmental and climatic change in the region’;

Kseniya Klochkova, Department of Machine Building – ‘Knowledge base for the control of properties of components made from thermoreactive composite materials during production preparations’;

Liya Valeeva, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology – ‘Plant prenyltransferase and their role in the regulation of growth of multicellular plants’;

Marina Gomzikova, Gene and Cell Technologies Lab – ‘Biomimetic microvesicles from activated cells of natural killers for immunotherapy of solid tumors’;

Yury Kuzin, Organic Compounds Lab – ‘Combining polyelectrolyte complexes and polymers with molecular imprints to improve characteristics of electrochemical sensors’;

Alyona Khaliullina, Department of Pharmacy – ‘Technological specifications of producting pharmaceutical substances derived from plants which could be promising as new medications with antimicrobial activity’;

Artur Khannanov, Department of Inorganic Chemistry – ‘Encapsulation of medical preparations into a monomicellar polymer matrix to increase bioavailability’;

Irina Khilyas, Department of Microbiology – ‘Biotransformation of estrogens by actinobacteria of the genus Rhodococcus’;

Liliya Chernova, Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms Lab – ‘Stress proteins of pathogenic microorganisms of plants and animals as factors of virulence and persistence of bacteria and potential targets for the controls of Mycoplasma infections’;

Darya Chulpanova, Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms Lab – ‘Medication based on biomimetic microvesicles of genetically modified stem cells for the therapy of triple-negative breast cancer’;

Dmitry Shurpik, Department of Medical Chemistry – ‘Monitoring of nerve and muscle blocking in anesthesiology: fluorescent system of diagnostics of relieving nerve and muscle blockade based on macrocyclic systems with fluorescent tags.’

Source text: Larisa Busil

Translation: Yury Nurmeev