Sber has established its own scientific award for research and development in the field of IT, medicine, agricultural and natural sciences. The laureates will receive 20 million rubles each. There will be three winners in total. Both Russian and foreign scientists can be nominated for the award. They want to support the development with the award, the results of which seriously affect the scientific and technological progress of the country.
The total budget of the scientific award is 60 million rubles, according to the organization's website. It will be awarded in three nominations:
“Life Sciences” – covers areas such as biology, medicine and agricultural sciences; “Digital universe” – covers mathematics (including mathematical methods in economics), computer science and computer science (including artificial intelligence and machine learning); “Physical sciences” – the foundation for understanding the world and future discoveries in all scientific fields. We are talking about physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences and technical sciences.
After nominating, the applications will undergo an independent examination. The laureates will be selected by a committee that will include scientists and specialists in various fields of science.
The committee will be co-chaired by Sberbank CEO German Gref and Nobel Prize laureate in physics, professor at the National University of Singapore and the University of Manchester, Konstantin Novoselov. The award ceremony for the first laureates will take place in March 2022.
Earlier, “Secret” said that Russian President Vladimir Putin increased the cash bonus to 5 million rubles for strengthening the unity of the Russian nation. Those who conduct “fruitful activities aimed at strengthening the all-Russian civil consciousness and the spiritual community of the multinational people” will be able to apply for it.
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