70 laureates of the Kazan Mayor's scholarship awarded in the capital of Tatarstan

Results of the competition of scientific, research and practical works for the receipt of the Mayor's scholarships among schoolchildren, students, and graduate students were summed up in Kazan. Ilsur Metshin, the head of the city, awarded the winners in the City Hall today.

This year, more than 160 works were submitted for the competition, 68 of which passed to the intramural stage. At the second stage, the finalists presented their scientific work to the expert commission, whose decision was to award a nominal scholarship to 27 students and 13 graduate students of higher and professional educational institutions of the city this year. Students of the KSAU, the KFU, the PSAPST, the KNITU, the TISBI, the KCI RUC, the KIU (IEML), the KPEU, the KSUAE, the KLI MIA, the KSMU, the KNITU-KAI, the IOPC, and other universities and colleges of Kazan are among them.

30 schoolchildren who study at children's music and art schools have also become scholars.

Ilsur Metshin noted that he is pleased to see so many young people again in the Kazan City Hall who gives confidence in the future of the Tatarstan’s capital and the whole republic by their achievements. “Noting your work, we strive to support you and show that your work brings significant benefits already now and is a guide for all young people. You can say the same about scientific talents. Our future is directly connected to the extent, to which we will be able to introduce scientific and technological achievements in the ordinary daily life, in the development of industry, the environment, and the economy. Therefore, I want to thank you for the work and for the results that you have been achieved”, said the Mayor.

The Mayor of Kazan particularly emphasized the practical benefits of developments, based on the work of scholars. “We already have a very successful experience in implementation of such ideas. For example, the joint work of Azamat Minibaev with the scientific team of the energy university formed the basis for improving the functioning of Kazan CGP-3. Such examples confirm that the development of young Kazan residents is not only viable but also significantly affect the standard of living in our city”, marked I. Metshin.

In conclusion, he thanked all the mentors and parents of the scholars.

Since 1994, the annual competition is held to attract students to research in the field of urban economy, social sphere, and youth policy of Kazan.

This year, the scholarships was: for graduate students – 30 thousand rubles, for students of universities and specialists of youth public associations – 20 thousand rubles, for students of PEI – 10 thousand rubles, for schoolchildren who study in children's music and art schools – 10 thousand rubles.