In 2020 the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia announced the 8th edition of the competition for «mega-grants». The competition is held as part of the National Project «Science». The Government of the Russian Federation allocated grants of up to 90 million rubles each to conduct scientific research over the period between 2020 and 2022.
Participants of the competition were Russian universities and scientific organizations in collaboration with foreign or Russian leading scientists occupying commanding positions in specific areas of studies.
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Hosting organization
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Field of studies
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City
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Invited researcher
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Time span of the project
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Laboratory of Self-healing Construction Materials
Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University |
Mechanics and machinery |
St. Petersburg |
Kordas Georgios
Greece |
2021-2023 |
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Centre for Laboratory Astrophysics
P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
Space sciences |
Moscow |
Ralf Ingo Kaiser
USA |
2021-2023 |
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International Research Centre «Piezo- and Magnetoelectric Materials»
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University |
Material Technology |
Tomsk |
Andrei Leonidovich Kholkin |
2021-2023 |
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Laboratory of Climate Predictability
A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheris Physics Russian Academy of Sciences |
Earth studies and related Ecological sciences |
Moscow |
Keenlyside Noel
Australia |
2021-2023 |
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Research Laboratory for the Mechanics of Bio-compatible Materials and Devices
Perm National Research Polytechnic University |
Mechanics and machinery |
Perm |
Silberschmidt Vadim
United Kingdom |
2021-2023 |
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International Research Laboratory «Non-valent Interaction in Materials Chemistry»
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University |
Chemistry |
Tomsk |
Resnati Giuseppе
Italy |
2021-2023 |
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Computer Synthesis of Chemical Compounds
G. A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
Computer science and information technologies |
Ivanovo |
Tetko Igor |
2021-2023 |
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Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
ITMO University |
Health studies |
St. Petersburg |
Bendahan David
France |
2021-2023 |
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Laboratory of Microwave Activation of Catalytic Processes
N.D.Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academu of Sciences |
Chemistry |
Moscow |
Salmi Tapio Olavi
Finland |
2021-2023 |
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Laboratory for the Inter-disciplinary Study of Space
Tyumen state University |
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Tyumen |
Bassin Mark
USA |
2021-2023 |