The Andrei Sakharov Science Endowment Fund
"Progress is indispensable…"
On November 05, 2025 our Board of Trustees held a vote on candidates submitted by MIPT. The Trustees noted that all the candidates presented had a high level of academic and scientific achievements. The following twelve scholars were elected by vote for Sakharov scholarships for 2025-2026 academic year: We congratulate all the scholars and the … Read more
We congratulate Kirill P. ZYBIN, our Board of Trustees Member, who was elected as a Full Academician of the Russain Academy of Sciences.We futher congratulate Mikhail A. VASILIEV, one of the founders of our Fund, who was elected as a Corresponding Member of the Russain Academy of Sciences. We wish them all the best in … Read more
On October 21 and 31, 2024 our Board of Trustees increased the number of available to MIPT scholarships from 12 to 14 and held a vote on candidates submitted by MIPT. The Trustees noted that all the candidates presented had a high level of academic and scientific achievements. The following 14 scholars were elected by … Read more
On October 31, 2023 our Board of Trustees held a vote on candidates submitted by MIPT. The Trustees noted that all the candidates presented had a high level of academic and scientific achievements. The following twelve scholars were elected by vote for Sakharov scholarships for 2023-2024 academic year: We congratulate all the scholars and the … Read more
On March 31, 2023 Our Board of Trustees considered the main financial results of FY2022. The net investment income from our two endowment funds in FY2022 reached 14.66 million Russian rubles. The net return on invested capital for two endowment funds exceeded 7.5%. The Board of Trustees decide to allocate 7.56 million Russian rubles for … Read more
On March 31, 2023 our Board of Trustees held a vote on candidates submitted by the Physics Department of MSU. The Trustees noted that all the candidates presented had a high level of academic and scientific achievements. The following four scholars were elected by vote: We congratulate all selected scholars and wish them further successes … Read more
On October 07, 2022 our Board of Trustees made a decision to increase the number of Sakharov scholars from 8 to 10 for the 2022-2023 academic year and held a vote on candidates submitted by MIPT. The Trustees noted that all the candidates presented had a high level of academic and scientific achievements. The following … Read more
On August 23, 2022 a prominent Russian and Italian physicist Lev P. Pitaevskii died aged 89. He was the Board of Trustees member of our Fund since inception. We express our deepest condolences to all his friends and family members. IN MEMORY OF LEV P. PITAEVSKII (from University of Trento)
Our Board of Trustees held a vote on six candidates submitted by the Physics Department of MSU for The Andrei Sakharov Scholarships. The Trustees noted that all the candidates presented had an extremely high level of academic and scientific achievements. The following four scholars were elected by vote: Roman V. ZAKHAROV (2nd year PhD student, … Read more