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Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University –
The Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University hosted a roadshow of the National Prize in Future Technologies “Challenge”. The organizers explained what the new scientific award is and what the criteria for selecting the winners are. The special guest of the meeting was the 2024 laureate of the prize in the “Perspective” nomination, the outstanding Russian chemist Leonid Fershtat, who gave a lecture on his scientific developments.
Opening the event, the first vice-rector of SPbPU, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vitaly Sergeev noted that the future of the country depends on the level of development of science, the quality and quantity of innovative developments. Vitaly Vladimirovich called on young scientists to actively follow the example of the participants of the “Challenge” award, and not only generate ideas, but also popularize science.
“Behind every seemingly simple and obvious solution, such as this laser pointer, there are scientific discoveries of its time,” Vitaly Sergeev emphasized. “That is why I would like today’s meeting to give you motivation and a desire to do science, to realize how high the prestige of a scientist is in our country, and to inspire you to new achievements.”
In her welcoming speech, First Deputy Chairperson of the Committee for Science and Higher Education of St. Petersburg Irina Ganus noted the importance of creativity in the activities of young people and the significance of projects such as the National Challenge Prize for motivating young scientists.
In turn, the Vice President of the Foundation for the Development of Scientific and Cultural Relations “Challenge” Elena Eremenko emphasized that stimulating creativity and involving young people in scientific activities is the main goal of the award, and expressed hope for an increase in the number of applications from scientists in St. Petersburg in general and from SPbPU in particular.
“We see our mission in creating an environment in which science, technology and knowledge are the most important values of society for solving the social and technological problems of the country,” said Elena Eremenko. “It is important that scientists become heroes of our time, real stars and role models for the younger generation. We show with real examples that it is possible to achieve success in science and be in demand.”
Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the National Prize in the Field of Future Technologies “Challenge”, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Materials Design Laboratory, Distinguished Professor of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Materials Science of Semiconductors and Dielectrics of the University of MISiS Artem Oganov spoke about the features of submitting applications for the “Challenge” Prize and the differences between the prize and other scientific awards.
“Awards are needed, on the one hand, to attract scientists’ attention to certain areas, and on the other hand, to attract investment in science,” said Artem Oganov, emphasizing that the quality of the award depends on the quality of its laureates. And in the case of the “Challenge” award, according to him, all the laureates are real, active and successful scientists.
The application procedure for participation in the award is very simple: you just need to write a short message to the committee about your development. You don’t need to collect any documents. And then experts will take over, check everything and make a decision. Applications for the award are open on the website premiumchallenge.rf until May 21.
The roadshow was completed by the winner of the 2024 National Prize in the Field of Future Technologies “Challenge” in the “Perspective” nomination, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds of the N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Joint Department of the N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the National Research University Higher School of Economics Leonid Fershtat. In the lecture “There is no such thing as too much nitrogen: why are heterocycles with a high nitrogen content needed?” the scientist presented his developments in the field of creating new organic substances based on nitrogen-oxygen heterocyclic compounds. Heterocyclic compounds are widespread in living organisms, so these studies can contribute to the creation of new drugs. On the other hand, the bonds “carbon – nitrogen”, “nitrogen – nitrogen” and “nitrogen – oxygen” have high energy, which makes it possible to create energy-intensive materials on their basis that can be useful in the aerospace and mining industries.
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