Published on: 2026-07-15
Source: Government of the Russian Federation –
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The winners of the “Student Startup” competition of the “University Technology Entrepreneurship Platform” – a project initiated by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in 2022 – have been determined.
“At the initiative of our President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, the Government is implementing a set of measures to support technological entrepreneurship within the university environment. These measures help involve students across the country in work towards achieving the national goal – technological leadership – and bring their own products to the market. This year, thanks to the grant competition “Student Startup,” more than 2,200 students, graduate students, and residents will receive 1 million rubles each for the development of high-tech projects. It is important that about 70% of these business projects correspond to the directions of the national projects for technological leadership,” emphasized Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
In addition to Russian citizens, representatives of eight other friendly countries also emerged victorious.
In terms of the number of winning projects among the regions, Moscow, the Republic of Tatarstan, Saint Petersburg, the Novosibirsk region, and the Republic of Bashkortostan are leading, noted the head of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Valery Falkov.
“Over four years, the University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform has created an environment in Russian universities that allows a student to go from an idea to creating a technological business. The ‘Student Startup’ competition is one of the platform’s key tools. This year, its winners were representatives from more than 300 universities across 79 regions of our country,” the minister said.
The organizer of the competition is the Foundation for Assistance to Innovations.
“Every year the popularity of the “Student Startup” competition grows, and the seventh round has become record-breaking – the fund received 12.6 thousand applications. It is important for us that the projects carry practical value and can be adapted to solve current problems: among the selected startup projects, most are dedicated to digital technologies, the creation of new devices, and developments in the field of biotechnology. And if your project did not make it to the final list, do not be upset – in a few months we plan to launch a new round of the competition,” said Andrey Zhizhin, General Director of the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises.
Applications for the 2026 competition were accepted in seven thematic areas: digital technologies, medicine and health-preserving technologies, chemical technologies and new materials, new instruments and intelligent production technologies, biotechnology, resource-saving energy, and creative industries.
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