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• Gamified Education and Blockchain for IPs: Winners of Potanin Foundation’s Grant Competition

  This year, the Potanin Foundation’s grant competition for Master’s-level educators has received 881 applications from 72 Russian universities. 100 participants of the competition will receive grants of up to 500,000 rubles. Of 28 applications submitted by ITMO University staff, three have been named among the winners. What are these projects? Learn below.

  02.04.2019

• Awardees of 2018-2019 Potanin Scholarship Reveal Their Winning Hacks

  The results of the 2018-2019 Vladimir Potanin scholarship contest have just been announced. Among the 500 awardees are 30 Master’s students of ITMO University. ITMO.NEWS met several lucky winners to talk the projects the judges liked more than the others, and to learn why just being yourself is the best tactic for winning the contest. 

  07.03.2019

• Over 300 Students From 14 Universities Compete for Potanin Scholarship at ITMO

  For the second year in a row, ITMO University became the only venue in St. Petersburg to host the onsite round of the Potanin scholarship contest. In the course of three days, some 360 Master’s students from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Krasnoyarsk, Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk competed in business games, learned to work in teams and presented their results to the expert panel of judges. Participants with the best results will be awarded with a monthly scholarship of 20,000 rubles. More on the contest in this article.

  12.02.2019

• Grant Applications No Longer a Headache: Potanin Scholarship Lifehacks from Successful Contestants

  The application process for the Potanin Scholarship Program for academic staff will close in two weeks. ITMO.NEWS has already covered the process of applying for a Vladimir Potanin Scholarship as a student. Now it is ITMO lecturers’ turn to share their experiences of winning the grant. Last year, Deputy Director of the Science Communication and Outreach Office Daria Denisova participated in the ‘New…’ category and won a scholarship for completing her ‘Navigator for a science popularizer’ project, while Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations professor Tatyana Maksimova, together with a group of colleagues, was awarded a grant in the ‘Study program’ category. Here are their tried-and-tested life hacks to help you increase your chances of success both in the Potanin Scholarship contests and other grants out there!

  08.11.2018

• ITMO University Hosts Potanin Foundation Competition

  This year, it will be the first time for ITMO University to host the final selection for the Vladimir Potanin Scholarship Program. From January 30 till February 3, the second onsite round is taking place at ITMO’s campus; 328 students from 11 Russian universities gathered in St. Petersburg to participate in the competition. Learn more about the event’s format, and what its participants expect from it!

  02.02.2018

• ITMO to Receive 2 Million Rubles For Endowment Fund Development

  ITMO University will receive two million rubles for the development of its endowment fund from Russian entrepreneur Vladimir Potanin. An endowment fund is a common source of funding for infrastructure, research, professors, students and postgraduates. This is not a common practice in Russia, but still, several contemporary university development funds are making use of it.

  08.06.2017