The Governor of St. Petersburg announced this at a meeting with members of the Council of Rectors of Universities of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. At the event, the implementation of major urban projects and plans to support science and education, which allow St. Petersburg to strengthen its status as a leader in scientific and technological development, were also discussed by educational institutions.
Thus, the participants of the meeting noted that high results in the development of the city and higher education were achieved with the support of the federal center – St. Petersburg universities have good indicators of participation in their projects. Ten universities are participating in the Priority 2030 program. Of the fifty advanced engineering schools supported by the Ministry of Science and Education of the Russian Federation, six have been opened on the basis of St. Petersburg universities. Over the past three years, within the framework of the national project "Science and Universities", six youth laboratories in the field of artificial intelligence have been created in the city, led by young and promising researchers. Six mega-grants have been received to create world-class laboratories under the leadership of leading scientists for research in medicine, physics and astronomy, mechanics and mechanical engineering, and information technology. 25 scientific organizations and universities have received federal grants to upgrade the instrument base. Six projects are supported by subsidies for the creation of high-tech industries.
6.69 billion rubles from the federal budget are provided within the framework of the national project "Science and Universities" for the implementation of programs for the development of four world-class scientific centers: a world-class mathematical center and three centers for the priorities of scientific and technological development of the country. St. Petersburg State University, the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Agricultural Microbiology and the All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources named after N. I. Vavilov are part of the consortium of the world-class Scientific Center "Agrotechnologies of the Future".
- In his Message to the Federal Assembly, the President stressed that science is the foundation of technology development. St. Petersburg confidently holds positions in the top three regions of the national ranking of scientific and technological development. The city will support initiatives both in the field of personnel training and in the development and implementation of new technologies. Already, the amount of subsidies, awards and scholarships from the Government of St. Petersburg to students, postgraduates, young and active scientists for the development of scientific and educational activities has been doubled on average," Alexander Beglov stressed.
St. Petersburg is developing 12.4% of the total number of advanced manufacturing technologies in the Russian Federation. According to Rospatent, by the end of 2022, 2,881 patent applications were filed (9.1% of the number of applications filed in Russia). Patents have been issued – 2,280 units – this is the second place after Moscow. The share of researchers under the age of 39 in St. Petersburg in 2022 was 45.5%. This is 44% more than the national average. In 2022, 70.6 thousand people were engaged in scientific research and development.
According to the press service of the St. Petersburg Administration, in total, more than 202 million rubles will be allocated to science in St. Petersburg in 2024. Starting in 2025, the amount will grow to more than 217 million rubles. More than 1,800 projects will receive annual support.
* NCMU "Agrotechnologies of the Future" was created in the format of a consortium within the framework of the national project "Science and Universities". The parent organization is the K.A. Timiryazev Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education-MSHA, and the initiator of the creation of the center is its rector, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Vladimir Ivanovich Trukhachev. NCMU "Agrotechnologies of the Future" is included in the list of world-class scientific centers (approved on the basis of the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated October 24, 2020 No. 2744-R.) that carry out research and development on the priorities of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation.
