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Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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The program for creating youth laboratories is an effective tool for attracting talented young people to science. 940 such laboratories have been created throughout the country, where thousands of young scientists, postgraduates, graduates and students solve the most important research problems and conduct developments for various industries.
The Ministry of Education and Science has announced the start of a competitive selection for the creation of new youth laboratories based at universities and research organizations subordinate to the ministry. Applications can be submitted until September 26 via unified information system.
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List of areas for the formation of applications within the framework of the selection for the creation of new laboratories for 2026
Let us recall that the program for creating youth laboratories was launched in 2018 as part of the national project "Science and Universities". On the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the initiative was extended in the new national project "Youth and Children".
"Our President Vladimir Putin regularly emphasizes the importance of supporting young scientists. The creation of youth laboratories, which is part of the national project "Youth and Children", helps to provide conditions for the development of the potential of such researchers. Currently, more than 9 thousand researchers are already working in them, including more than 6 thousand under the age of 39. This fall, a selection of new laboratories is being carried out. It is planned that it will allow the opening of another 200 such laboratories from 2026, where about 2 thousand jobs will be created," said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
As the head of the Ministry of Education and Science, Valery Falkov, noted, the program has shown itself to be quite successful since its first years of operation.
"Youth laboratories were opened on the basis of 254 scientific organizations and 119 universities. As they achieved results, scientists moved from fundamental research to applied tasks in close cooperation with industrial partners – leaders of various industries, such as Gazprom Neft, Biocad or Kaspersky Lab. Work is carried out in various scientific areas, including in accordance with the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development, where priorities include low-tonnage chemistry, artificial intelligence, instrumentation, and medicine. In a short period of time, pilot samples and prototypes of products have been developed. Thus, our brilliant young minds are strengthening the role of science and technology in solving the most important problems of the development of society and the country," the minister noted.
How to become part of the youth laboratory team?
To start working in a youth laboratory, a student must show initiative and interest in scientific activity, as well as meet the requirements established for a specific laboratory, including the availability of a scientific base and interest in a specific area of research.
This autumn, a selection process for the creation of new youth laboratories is being conducted, following which it is planned to create another 200 new laboratories, with their funding beginning in 2026.
Youth Laboratories in Numbers
Over six years (the last selection was held in 2024), the program covered all federal districts and 70 subjects of the country. Among the leaders in the number of laboratories are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions.
Laboratories operate on the basis of 254 scientific organizations and 119 universities. Leaders in the number of laboratories among scientific organizations and universities:
Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS (13 laboratories); Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (12 laboratories); Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS (11 laboratories); Perm Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of RAS (11 laboratories); MIREA – Russian Technological University (11); Kazan Scientific Center RAS (10 laboratories); Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod (10).
The teams conduct research. In particular, in 2022 and 2024 they were created in separate priority areas according to the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development, including: low-tonnage chemistry, artificial intelligence, instrumentation, microelectronics, new medicine, new energy, climate, agriculture, and oriental studies.
The team of scientists includes specialists from among postgraduate students, research engineers, university professors, research associates from industry departments and enterprises, and final-year students. Two-thirds of the team are young researchers. Today, more than 9,000 positions are open in 940 laboratories, including more than 6,200 positions for young researchers under 39 years of age. Students of different levels of study and young specialists can also be employed in the laboratory.
Applied results of young scientists
The teams are actively developing and are being replenished with new personnel. A number of laboratories created in 2019 have transformed into large research teams. As they achieved results, scientists moved from the stage of fundamental research to applied tasks. Today, they actively interact with industrial partners.
Among the largest industrial partners are PJSC Gazprom Neft, PJSC Tatneft, Gazprom Mezhregiongaz LLC, JSC Shchyolkovo Agrokhim, JSC Kaspersky Lab, Research and Production Holding AmarantAgro LLC, Rostov Agricultural Machinery Plant LLC, Marine Components and Systems CJSC, Project Systems LLC, Sberbank of Russia PJSC, Biocad JSC, InEnergy LLC, Arnika LLC, and Rusatom Healthcare JSC.
For example, in the laboratory of electrochemical devices and fuel cells of the Institute of High-Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a unique installation for the utilization of flue gases to produce synthetic fuel was developed and successfully tested by order of Gazprom Transgaz Yekaterinburg LLC. A test bench for conducting resource tests of solid oxide fuel cell stacks was manufactured at the site of Korvet JSC.
The team of the Scientific Instrument Engineering Laboratory of the Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences carries out a large volume of work in the interests of both small innovative companies (LLC Matrix Wave, LLC NPK TAIR, LLC NPC MKA) and large enterprises in the aerospace industry (JSC Reshetnev). Five machines operate at the laboratory's production site, with the help of which:
All components for ensuring the transmission of satellite communication signals within the framework of the national project "Sphere" are being created, payloads for the spacecraft "Express-AMU4", "Express-RV" and "Yamal-501" are being developed and manufactured, components of the ground infrastructure for "Marathon-IoT", "Skif", "Express-RV" are being developed.
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