Winners of the 2024 Youth Contests of the Presidential Program of the Russian Science Foundation

11.07.2024

The Russian Science Foundation announced the results of the contest for receiving grants for "Young Scientists' Independent Research" and "Scientific Groups' Research under the Guidance of Young Scientists" of the Presidential Program of Research Projects.

Five projects of young scientists of ISC RAS will receive funding from the Russian Science Foundation.

Winners of the "Young Scientists' Independent Research" contest:

1. "Machine Learning Algorithms for accurate prediction of spectral properties of BODIPY luminophores". Project leader: Senior Researcher, Candidate of Chemical Sciences Aleksandr Ksenofontov.

2. "Interaction of Peptides of different structures with nucleosides in liquid media as the basis of their biological function". Project leader: Junior Researcher, Candidate of Chemical Sciences Marina Kurbatova.

3. "Development of novel meso-modified boron(III)dipyrromethenates for luminescent detection
of toxic derivatives of 1,3,5-triazine (melamine, cyanuric acid) in foodstuff and domestic waters" Project leader: Junior Researcher, Candidate of Chemical Sciences Aleksandr Kalyagin.

4. Design and properties of "smart" composite hydrogels for injection". Project leader: Researcher, Candidate of Chemical Sciences Mikhail Agafonov.

Winner of the "Scientific Groups' Research under the Guidance of Young Scientists" contest: "Organometallic frameworks as delivery systems for new-generation immunomodulators". Project leader: Researcher, Candidate of Chemical Sciences Ekaterina Delyagina.

Congratulations to the contest winners and good luck in the implementation of the projects!