THE VYZOV NATIONAL AWARD IN FUTURE TECHNOLOGY ESTABLISHED IN RUSSIA
The annual VYZOV National Award in Future Technology has been established at The Future Technologies Forum, announced the press service of Gazprombank, one of the largest Russian financial institutions, which co-founded the Award. Applications will be accepted until September 14, and the results will be announced in December.
The Award is currently one of the biggest events organized for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia. The award is designed to recognize fundamental breakthroughs, ideas, and inventions that change the landscape of modern science and people's lives.
The award and a ten-million-ruble prize will be presented to the developers of promising technologies in several categories: Scientist of the Year, Engineering Solution, Vision, and Breakthrough.
Dmitry Zauers, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprombank Board. Source: Roscongress Photobank
– The monetary prize is absolutely not the main point of this award. The main point is to help scientists enhance their contribution to the economy, inspire them, and involve them in the system of innovation and investment.
We are ready to provide a fairly broad range of investment and support solutions because we are a traditional bank that supports science and technology for charitable and investment reasons. We have large divisions that consider investment projects and finance them, so we at Gazprombank are ready to provide assistance that will take both small ideas and major infrastructure projects to an entirely new level. Moreover, our industrial partners will gladly consider investing in projects related to their respective industries. – said Dmitry Zauers, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprombank Board.
President of the Vyzov Foundation for the Development of Scientific and Cultural Relations (Award Founder), Leonid Shlyakhover emphasized that public recognition is of utmost importance both for the development of a scientist's career and for the technological progress of all humanity. He called the VYZOV National Award in Future Technology “a challenge to the established paradigm of the national scientific and socio-cultural field.”
The first Future Technologies Forum was held in Moscow from July 9 to July 14. The event brought together scientists from the world's leading universities and research centers, experts, and business representatives working on creating and implementing solutions based on quantum technologies. Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the plenary session held the day before.