ITMO and Russian Science Foundation Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary of Collaboration

RSF has been providing funding to ITMO University researchers since its foundation. Over 10 years of the fund’s existence, RSF has offered grants to more than 300 research projects by the university’s scientists.

“Our grantees are young leaders in science who have opened their own laboratories, pursued new topics and fields of study; recognized scientists with strong research schools on the frontier of science; and researchers who are paving the way for the technologies of the future,” noted Vladimir Bespalov, the general director of the Russian Science Foundation. 

The mission of the lectures was to acquaint the audience with research by the foundation’s grantees. All in all, the event is to feature 300 presentations, 17 of which were already held at ITMO University. The university’s experts shed light on the projects funded by the foundation, which included the development of recording devices based on metal-organic frameworks; semantic modeling of data based on complex-valued matrix decompositions; design of functional materials for quantum processors; and creation of optically active indicators for smart packaging.

“Over seven years of its collaboration with RSF, ITMO’s Infochemistry Scientific Center has been awarded more than 10 grants. With the foundation’s support, the center is able to put its fundamental hypotheses to the test, which is vital for ensuring technological leadership. The first grant contributed to the starting of an infochemistry team; now, the center has 350+ employees, including students,” said Ekaterina Skorb, a senior researcher at ITMO’s Infochemistry Scientific Center. 

RSF finances fundamental, exploratory, and applied studies, as well as supports young scientists, and promotes Russian science. The funding covers the salaries of project leaders and executives, purchasing of equipment and consumables, travels to conferences and research events, publications, and outsourcing. 

The event was financed by a federal budget grant for higher education institutions to implement activities that support student scientific associations.