UrFU "Mega-grants" were presented in St. Petersburg

12:15, September 25, 2014

The world's scientists believe that language training of young scientists will contribute to the development of science in Russia

Professor Marie-Pierre Rey, a scientific supervisor of the Laboratory for Studying Primary Sources of UrFU Institute of Humanities and Arts says, that it is extremely important to build a system of comprehensive measures to improve language training undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students in order improve development of Russian science.

At the meeting of the Russian government "mega-grants" leaders took place in St. Petersburg with the participation of Andrei Fursenko, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation, Lyudmila Ogorodova, the Deputy Minister of Education and Science, and Sergei Salihov, Director of the Department of Science and Technology Ministry of Education.

Discussion of priorities for the development of science and ways to improve the efficiency of the Russian scientists took place during the first international conference "Science of the Future". The results of two "mega-grants" implemented on the base of UrFU, Laboratory for Studying Primary Sources and Laboratory of Climate Physics, were also presented during the conference.

"Participation in these activities allows the research team to discuss the results with colleagues and plan ways of cooperation", - said Marie-Pierre Rey.

In particular, during the conference the participants agreed to cooperate in the field of economic innovation with the Laboratory of Social Relationships  and Society Diversity Studies, under the leadership of Shlomo Weber (NES, Moscow), who is also the Head of the International Economic Laboratory of UrFU Graduate School of Economics and Management.