Skoltech is an international graduate research-focused university that was founded by the group of world-renowned scientists in 2011. Skoltech's curriculum focuses on technology and innovation, offering Master's programs in 11 technological disciplines. Students receive rigorous theoretical and practical training, design their own research projects, participate in internships and gain entrepreneurial skills in English. The faculty is comprised of current researchers with international accreditation and achievements.

Read also

Skoltech Research Center selection process moves to next stage

The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) has invited thirteen outstanding research teams to submit full proposals for the next stage of competition for the first three Skoltech research centers. Invited full proposals are due on June 1, 2012, launching the next stage of the peer review and selection process, which will culminate in recommendations for funding and negotiation of contracts with Skoltech. The names of the first three research centers will be announced as agreements are reached. In addition to the thirteen full proposal invitations, teams are also being selected for planning awards to further develop research center concepts for submission in the next round, planned for late 2012.

Skolkovo Tech is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech will educate coming generations of researchers and entrepreneurs, advance scientific knowledge, and foster technological innovation to address critical issues facing Russia and the world in the new century.

Selection of the thirteen finalists was based on a peer review by more than 70 internationally recognized experts in relevant fields. Each proposal was evaluated on a variety of criteria, including collaborative research, education, and innovation components; impact on Russia; and building capacity at Skoltech. MIT also worked with Skoltech to facilitate the international peer review of current and future proposals. The reviewers noted the scientific and innovative quality of many of the submitted white papers. Mats Nordlund, VP of Research at Skoltech, said “Even though we could only invite a small number of full proposals in this first round, it is clear from the peer review that many more exciting and high potential Research Center ideas exist, which bodes well for our second round Call for Proposals.”

The research teams of the thirteen invited full proposals are drawn from many of the world’s leading universities and span the five strategic research fields of Skoltech: Biomedicine, Energy, Space, Nuclear and Information Sciences and Technologies. Each Research Center will partner Skoltech with an international co-lead institution and a Russian co-lead institution. International co-leads include the University of Groningen (NL), MIT (US), UC Berkeley (US), UCLA (US), LMU Munich (DE), University of Chicago (US), Cambridge University (UK), University of Helsinki (FI), and the University of Pennsylvania (US). Russian co-leads include Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Novosibirsk State University, Kazan Federal University, Nuclear Safety Institute RAS, Space Research Institute RAS, Institute of General Genetics RAS, and Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS.

As part of a three-year collaboration with MIT to develop Skoltech and its Research Centers, MIT and Skoltech will co-host the second Skoltech Research Center Proposers Conference on July 9-10, 2012 in Skolkovo, Russia. Submissions for the second round are due November 30, 2012.

For more information about submitting Skoltech Research Center proposals, please visit: http://www.skolkovotech.ru/ and http://web.mit.edu/sktech/rc-call/

Contact:

Ivan Sherstov

Share on VK