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Russian Science Foundation awards 288M rubles worth in grants to Skoltech researchers

The Russian Science Foundation has named the scientists from Skoltech who will receive RSF grants to support their research. Most of the 16 grants amount to an annual 7 million rubles and are paid over the course of three years, with a minority of five grants limited to two years and/or smaller sums between 1.5 million and 6 million rubles per year. Congratulations to those whose proposals were selected as the best research projects!

The winners are:

  • Nikolay Gippius. Resonant approximation for compound systems in photonics
  • Albert Nasibulin. Novel approach to fabricate functional materials based on SWCNTs obtained by aerosol CVD method
  • Dmitry Gorin. Optical methods for monitoring the growth of the diatom algae and their activity in the carbon dioxide capturing.
  • Evgeny Chuvilin. Experimental modeling of the interaction of frozen hydrate-containing sediments with salt solutions and cryopegs
  • Petr Vorobev. Complex assessment of the effects of renewable energy sources integration into Russian power grid
  • Petr Vorobev. UNIFY: solUtions for clean energy iNtegration in power grids with Improved FlexibilitY
  • Olga Musharova. Search and characterisation of the novel bacterial immunity systems and viral anti-restriction proteins
  • Dmitry Pervouchine. Regulatory networks of unproductive splicing in wellness and disease
  • Gleb Sukhorukov. Photoconvertible fluorescent capsules as a new approach to the study of cell migration processes, their behavior and functions in fundamental biomedicine
  • Philipp Khaitovich. Mapping of the brain lipidome alterations in schizophrenia and depression
  • Dmitry Yudin. Variational quantum algorithms for machine learning and quantum simulation
  • Anatoly Dymarsky. Conformal field theories, classical and quantum codes, and sphere packings
  • Marat Kazanov. Mechanisms of the cancerogenic and antiviral activity of the APOBEC family cytidine deaminases
  • Konstantin Lukyanov. Fluorescent sensors of epigenome changes in live cells as a novel approach to study cell differentiation
  • Victoria Nikitina. Kinetic patterns and molecular aspects of mono- and polyvalent cations interfacial charge transfer and intercalation into cathode materials with Prussian blue structure
  • Sergey Abaimov. Graphene nano-structured reinforcement in fibrous composite materials combining functional properties with mechanical strength and toughness.

Out of 16 projects that have secured RSF funding, 15 are listed as Skoltech projects and in the remaining one, UNIFY, funding is provided for joint international research with the Ministry of Science and Technology of India. Two of the projects — those proposed by Victoria Nikitina and Sergey Abaimov — are financed under the regional funding program for small research groups.

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