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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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The winners of the Student Startup competition of the University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform for 2025 have been determined. A grant of 1 million rubles will be received by 2.5 thousand students, residents and postgraduates to implement their business projects. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
The Student Startup competition has been held by the Innovation Assistance Foundation since 2022. The sixth wave of selection took place in 2025.
"To achieve technological leadership of Russia – a national goal set by President Vladimir Putin – it is important to ensure growth in the number of entrepreneurs implementing in-demand science-intensive developments. Thanks to the Student Startup competition, this year 2.5 thousand students, residents and postgraduates will receive grants of 1 million rubles to implement their business projects. Every second of them is dedicated to one of the areas of national projects of technological leadership," the Deputy Prime Minister noted.
According to Dmitry Chernyshenko, the winners of the competition were citizens of Russia and 11 other countries, including Egypt, India and Syria. He emphasized that students of Russian universities representing friendly countries have equal opportunities to implement their startup projects.
"Opportunities for self-realization in the field of technological entrepreneurship are now available to every student, regardless of their field of study. One of the effective tools for developing such competencies is the Student Startup competition, the geography of which this year covered 75 regions of the country, more than 320 universities and scientific organizations. Among the winners are students of advanced engineering schools and those who are already working in youth laboratories. We see that an interconnected ecosystem of talent support has been formed and is working in our country," said the head of the Ministry of Education and Science, Valery Falkov.
The Minister added that thanks to the integration of the University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform into the federal project “Technologies”, startups have access to many opportunities for further development – from acceleration programs to obtaining the status of a small technology company.
"This year, the Student Startup competition received over 11.6 thousand applications, of which we selected 2.5 thousand of the best solutions: most of the projects are dedicated to digital technologies, creative industries and biotechnology. It is important that about 150 winners of the competition already have a formed scientific background within the framework of the Smart Guy competition. In the future, selections for two popular programs for young scientists, which are implemented by the fund, will continue," said Andrey Zhizhin, CEO of the Foundation for Assistance to Innovations.
Applications for the 2025 competition were accepted from April 1 to June 2 in 7 thematic areas: digital technologies, medicine and health-preserving technologies, chemical technologies and new materials, new devices and intelligent production technologies, biotechnology, resource-saving energy and creative industries. The leaders in the number of submitted winning projects were universities from Moscow, Tatarstan, St. Petersburg, Bashkortostan, Stavropol Krai, Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Samara regions, Perm Krai, and Rostov Oblast.
The University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform was launched by the Ministry of Education and Science in 2022 with the aim of unlocking the entrepreneurial potential of young people and training professionals in the field of technological entrepreneurship. It is part of the federal project "Technologies" of the national project "Efficient and Competitive Economy". Website HTTPS: //univerttekh Procaed.ru.
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