Ural Research Education Center Receives High Praise in Federal Contest

16:46, December 3, 2020

Ural REC received federal status and additional funding for projects

Ural interregional research and education center of the world level "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" became one of the winners of the federal competition. Its goal was to select world-class scientific and educational centers created on the basis of the integration of universities, scientific organizations and enterprises of the real sector of the economy. In total, the Council of World-Class Research and Education Centers selected five winners out of 20 participants. The winning centers will receive federal status and the possibility of additional funding for projects.

Rector of the Ural Federal University Victor Koksharov notes that winning the competition will allow the center to develop even more actively and achieve its goals.

“The work of the Ural REC contributes to an increase in the volume of applied research, creates conditions for the development of competitive technologies and the development of mechanisms for their rapid implementation,” says Victor Koksharov. - The victory confirms the competitiveness of the center's projects and their demand by the industry.

The head of the university also thanked everyone who was involved in the creation and promotion of the REC and the work that was carried out in this direction in 2019-2020.

“We managed to create an effective structure in which scientists, teachers, engineers and managers of enterprises of the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan regions are involved,” added Victor Koksharov. “The competition showed that the projects of the center are able to make an important contribution to the economic growth of the Urals”.

The Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region, a member of the Supervisory Board of the UrFU Evgeny Kuyvashev notes that the work on the creation of the REC is quite fruitful in the region.

“It is important that our industrial enterprises, both large and small, have been working in cooperation for quite some time,” says Yevgeny Kuyvashev. - This also applies to space issues, and railway engineering, and mechanical engineering in general, and the processing of non-ferrous metals, as well as the production of high-tech products from them, and so on. The already established cooperative ties between the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan regions are giving results today, there is a product. Of course, binding the work that we are doing with an additional scientific framework will make it more effective and more interesting. "

President of the Sinara Group, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of UrFU Dmitry Pumpyansky emphasizes that the center's activities will give a significant economic effect in the coming years.

“This will become one of the drivers in the development of the regions. Enterprises will be able to modernize production and increase their competitiveness, both in Russia and globally. The center's breakthrough projects should have a stimulating effect on the regional economy and become a locomotive for its development, ”said Dmitry Pumpyansky.

The Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Alexei Teksler, who personally presented the application of the Ural REC at the competition, noted that this project was supported by the leading universities, research organizations and enterprises of the three regions.

“The key goal of the Ural REC is Russia's leadership in creating advanced production technologies and materials in the following areas - promising aerospace complexes, innovative transport systems, resource-saving and carbon-free energy, environmentally friendly production technologies and waste disposal,” said Alexei Teksler. - Currently, 58 organizations of the scientific, educational and industrial sectors are participants in the REC. In total, REC portfolio includes 42 projects, of which four are classified as breakthrough projects. In addition, it is planned to actively use advanced digital technologies, both in the implementation of REC projects and for personnel training."

The plan to create a network of 15 world-class research and educational centers were previously reflected in the May decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and are one of the tasks of the national project "Science". According to the goals of the national project, in 2024 Russia should become one of the five leading countries in the world carrying out research and development in areas determined by the priorities of scientific and technological development. Attractive conditions should be created for Russian and foreign leading scientists, as well as young promising researchers, to work in the Russian Federation; increased internal costs for research and development.