vyzov award call for applications has started
The call for applications for the VYZOV annual national award was announced at The Future Technologies Forum. The award is designed to recognize fundamental breakthroughs, ideas, and inventions that change the landscape of modern science and the life of every single person. Applications will be accepted until September 14, and the results will be announced in Moscow on December 19.
The award and a ten-million-ruble prize will be presented to the developers of promising technologies in several categories: Scientist of the Year, Engineering Solution, Vision, and Breakthrough. Gazprombank, one of the largest financial institutions in Russia, became one of the originators and co-founders of the award.
– The monetary prize is absolutely not the main point of this award. The main point is to help scientists enhance their contribution to the economy, inspire them, and involve them in the system of innovation and investment.
We are ready to provide a fairly broad range of investment and support solutions because we are a traditional bank that supports science and technology for charitable and investment reasons. We have large divisions that consider investment projects and finance them, so we at Gazprombank are ready to provide assistance that will take both small ideas and major infrastructure projects to an entirely new level. Moreover, our industrial partners will gladly consider investing in projects related to their respective industries. – said Dmitry Zauers, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprombank Board.
Addressing the Future Technologies Forum, Vladimir Putin also spoke about supporting science and scientists. The President emphasized that many people would like to work in Russia and participate in exciting and meaningful research projects. He stressed that the state is responsible for supporting young scientists in every possible way.
– The goal of the award is to honor the most deserving ones, those who have worked hard and obtained the desired results so that others would find inspiration to try as hard and grind away at their own research..Inspiration is one of the most important things in life – you need to know what you live for, you need to have a drive, you need to have a goal, a dream. And we try to make this dream a reality. We do it honestly and transparently – our committee has stringent rules that exclude all lobbying and hidden agendas. – said Artem Oganov, Chairman of the VYZOV Award Scientific Committee, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, and Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences.