The Russian Science Foundation has summed up the results of three competitions to support fundamental and exploratory scientific research. Among them are the competition of laboratories carrying out genetic research, individual research groups and the extension of projects of individual research groups supported by grants in 2018. As a result, 11 genetic laboratories and more than 700 research groups will receive the support of the RNF. Among the beneficiaries is a project that is being implemented by a group of scientists led by Professor N.V. Smirnova.

It is known that 526 projects planned for implementation in 2021-2023 with a subsequent possible extension of the deadline for one or two years were supported within the framework of the competition. This list includes the project of our chemists "New carbon materials from waste processing of plant raw materials for hydrogen energy".

The amount of one grant will be up to 6 million rubles annually.

The list of winners can be found by clicking on the link: Document

It should be noted that the work of N.V. Smirnova's group is not the first time that it has been noted and supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation. Currently, the work on the two previous grants of the Russian Academy of Sciences is being successfully implemented, as evidenced by the regularly published scientific publications. Such attention of the Foundation's experts to the scientific achievements of our chemists is both an indicator of the undoubted talent of the NPI scientists, and an affirmation of the importance of their work for the breakthrough technological development of Russia. Working literally at the "cutting edge" of science, chemists of the YURSPU (NPI) are developing topics whose relevance will only grow over time.

It is great that the state sees and understands the real and promising significance of the ideas of our scientists. Timely support of projects allows successful chemists of the NPI to move forward and together with themselves lead a whole scientific direction to new heights.