The Russian Ministry of Education and Science has summed up the results of the selection among universities participating in the Priority 2030 program for a special part of the grant. The recipients of the special (increased) part of the grant were 48 universities from 22 regions, including MEPhI.

Meeting of the Presidium of the Council for Support of University Development Programs of the Priority 2030 Program. Photo by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
 

Our university was among the selected universities within group 1 of the Research Leadership track, which also included ITMO, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Tomsk State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University, MISiS, Higher School of Economics and Bauman Moscow State Technical University. In addition to the base part of the grant, the winners will receive a total of 7.3 billion rubles by the end of 2023. Last year, the 1st group of the track also included Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin.

In 2023, MEPhI will receive 919 million rubles for development under Priority 2030. Our university received the highest mark for the implementation of program indicators and the fourth mark for the quality of presentation of the development program.

“For three days, we have been listening to universities applying for a special part of the grant. Based on the results of the defenses, the members of the Council for the Support of Development Programs unanimously noted the significant successes of universities over the year. Most of the universities were pleasantly surprised, but there were some lagging behind. Priority 2030 participants have assumed the responsibility to become drivers of the development of the economy of our country and individual regions, to be on the frontier of science and higher education. And we expect universities to constantly move forward,” said Valery Falkov, head of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

The base part of the grant in the amount of 100 million rubles under the Priority 2030 program in 2022 was received by 106 Russian universities. In total, 129 Russian universities are participating in the Priority 2030 program, of which 106 receive the basic part of the grant, 8 receive funding for the Far East track in the amount of 71.25 million rubles, and another 15 participate in the status of a candidate.

Launched in 2021 for a 10-year period, the Priority 2030 project is the largest state university support program in the history of Russia, which aims to increase the competitiveness of Russia in the field of education, science and technology.