The Andrei Sakharov Science Endowment Fund
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On January 20, 2022, we held an online meeting of our Board of Trustees led by the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander M. SERGEEV. At the meeting, the MSU committee representative, Professor of the Department of Quantum Electronics and Vice-Rector Andrey A. FEDYANIN spoke about the competition process and the selected 6 … Read more
Our Board of Trustees held a vote on ten candidates submitted by MIPT 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 eight scholars were elected by vote: Elizaveta S. ANDRIYAKHINA (5th year student, Department of Problems of Theoretical … Read more
On November 15, 2021, the Physics Department of MSU announced a competition for The Andrei Sakharov Scholarships. The submission deadline expired on November 27, 2021. A total of 63 applications were submitted for 4 scholarships available. The competition exceeded 15 applications per place available. The final list of candidates will be presented to us by … Read more
On November 30, 2021, we held an online meeting of our Board of Trustees led by the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander M. SERGEEV. At the meeting, the MIPT committee representative and the RAS Corresponding Member Dmitry I. KAZAKOV spoke about the competition process and the selected 10 finalists. Voting on 8 … Read more
On September 20, 2021, MIPT announced a competition for The Andrei Sakharov Scholarships. The submission deadline expired on October 21, 2021. A total of 108 applications were submitted for 8 scholarships available. The competition exceeded 13 applications per place available. The final list of candidates was presented to us on November 19, 2021. The discussion … Read more
On November 15, 2021 the MSU Faculty of Physics announced The Andrei Sakharov Scholarship competition. Applications are open till November 27, 2021 after which they will be reviewed and selected candidates will be submitted for final approval to the Board of Trustees of The Andrei Sakharov Science Endowment Fund.
“Mayak” Academy in N.Novgorod to be named after Andrei Sakharov The ceremony is devoted to the World Science Day for Peace and Development NIZHNY NOVGOROD, November 10. /TASS/. The “Mayak” Academy, Rosatom’s educational center in Nizhny Novgorod, will be named after the Soviet physicist and human rights activist Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov. The ceremony, which will … Read more
A unique sculpture of Andrei Sakharov has been finally found in the UK after many years of search. The quest was led by Marina SAKHAROV-LIBERMAN with the help of some other Trustees of our Fund. This unbelievable story was aired by Channel One in Russia.
On September 20, 2021 MIPT announced The Andrei Sakharov Scholarship competition. Applications are open till October 21, 2021 after which they will be reviewed and selected candidates will be submitted for final approval to the Board of Trustees of The Andrei Sakharov Science Endowment Fund.
Rosenergoatom, the Russian nuclear power plant (NPP) operator, has made a donation and supported our Fund. Previously, our Fund was supported by a number of large Russian private corporations as well as by several well-known entrepreneurs.