The main hall of the State Kremlin Palace has hosted the presentation of the Moscow Government Prize to young scientists. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin and Government officials awarded employees of leading scientific organizations and universities who presented their developments.

For the fifth consecutive year, the Moscow Government has selected the best applications for the award to postgraduate students, candidates of science, researchers, specialists under the age of 35 and doctors of science under the age of 40. This year, diplomas have been awarded to the 48 young scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow State University, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, MEPhI, Higher School of Economics, MISIS, etc.

The first diplomas were awarded by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin: "There are no fields of gas, oil, iron, and coal in Moscow, but Moscow has inexhaustible reserves of intelligence and knowledge, thanks to which our city rightfully occupies a leading position in domestic and world science."

Also the winners were awarded diplomas and were congratulated by the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva: "Today our science is one of the key resources of the national economy". Vasilyeva highlighted that outstanding research centers operate throughout Russia: Kazan, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, the Far East, but the focus of science in Moscow.

The President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev presented the third block of diplomas: "Since 1934 the Russian Academy of Sciences has been transferred to Moscow and since then it is inseparably connected with the city. It is the largest academic center of the country. If we compare it with the megacities of the world, we see that Moscow is as big political, cultural and financial center as New York, London and Tokyo. But if we consider science, Moscow is also a major scientific center. The concentration of intelligence is significantly higher than in other capitals."

Postgraduate students of the Institute of Nanoengineering in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI Stanislav Shostachenko and Roman Zakharchenko won in the category of "Electronics and Communications Tools" with the development of high-power microwave amplifier based on gallium nitride with a heat sink on the basis of graphene.

The device is intended for use in radio communication, power engineering, onboard equipment of spacecraft, and objects with the raised radiation level. To solve the problem of increasing the transistor’s power, young scientists proposed a heat-distributing layer on the working surface of the device, which allows to significantly reduce the temperature in the channel of the device and thereby improve its functional characteristics.

For the first time the Moscow Government Prize was awarded in 2013 in 8 nominations. At that time young scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences became winners of 7 nominations. This year 10 scientific organizations were represented in 18 nominations. One of the 33 awards can be taken by a young researcher or a research team of up to three people from Moscow.