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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Grigory Gurov, and Hero of Russia, Chairman of the Board of the Movement of the First, and participant in the Time of Heroes program, Artur Orlov, discussed the results of scientific volunteering development in 2025.
There are 244,000 registered science volunteers on the Dobro.rf platform.
There are 244,000 registered science volunteers on the Dobro.rf platform.
There are 244,000 registered science volunteers on the Dobro.rf platform.
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There are 244,000 registered science volunteers on the Dobro.rf platform.
"By decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin, our country has declared a Decade of Science and Technology. One of its key areas is scientific volunteering. Russians, regardless of age or location, are participating in research projects, helping to collect and analyze scientific data, and update existing methodological frameworks. Around 244,000 science volunteers have already registered on Dobro.RF. We see interest in this area growing annually: by 2025, the number of such volunteers on the platform has increased by almost 14,000," noted Dmitry Chernyshenko.
Rosmolodezh is developing a scientific direction within the framework of the work of the Pole Center for Young Researchers.
"The year-round youth educational center 'Pole,' opened in 2024 by the President of Russia, offers young people the opportunity to develop in science and technology. Four thousand people from 76 regions of the country have participated in the center's educational programs. Their work has produced practical results. At the eponymous forum of young scientists, the students proposed 36 projects for the development and promotion of the Arctic zone and the Northern Sea Route—one of our country's priority development areas. These included research on shipbuilding technologies and the impact of oil and gas production on the environment of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug," said Grigory Gurov.
He added that in 2025, 24 educational and outreach programs were conducted at the Pole center, 10 of them as part of the national project “Youth and Children.”
The all-Russian project "First in Science" emerged as a systemic response to the strategic objective of achieving technological sovereignty and supporting young talent in Russia. The project was launched as part of the presentation of the national project "Youth and Children," which featured the digital platform "Scientific Universe of the First," styled like a spaceship control panel. Currently, the platform has over 160,000 active participants, and the overall reach of the "First in Science" project has reached over 200,000 schoolchildren and students. A network of over 600 "First in Science" science clubs has been established in 30 pilot regions. They operate through primary, local, and regional branches. "Our goal is to cultivate the 'researcher gene' in children and create conditions for the development of cognitive activity, a desire for scientific creativity, research, and invention in children and young people," noted Artur Orlov, Hero of Russia, Chairman of the Board of the Movement of the First, and participant in the Time of Heroes program.
The first scientific clubs implemented four areas of work: young researchers (Yunists), young engineers (Yuntechs), young IT specialists (Yunits), and young naturalists (Yunnaty). By 2026, the program is planned to expand to 89 regions of Russia. A total of 2,000 clubs are planned to open.
This summer, a competition was held to form a community of active mentors among teachers and young scientists to popularize science among children and young people. 600 winners received equipment and consumables for use in their first science clubs. In addition, educational modules for mentors in the clubs' areas of work were launched.
As part of their club work, activists from the "Movement of the First" studied how the amount of water consumed affects health and well-being, analyzed sound pollution in their area, designed comfortable and visually pleasing spaces, and created maps of allergenic plants in their community.
The winners of the All-Russian competition of scientific and technological projects "Technologies of the First" presented their promising developments at the 5th Congress of Young Scientists. Ivan Sidorenko from Donetsk presented his device for teaching music to children with disabilities. Maxim Zapara from the Moscow region developed an autonomous rodent repellent to improve the comfort of military personnel in the field.
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