Award ceremony for winners of 2019 Presidential Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists was held at the Kremlin, presidential web page reports.
Speaking to the audience, Vladimir Putin said, “The talent and enthusiasm of our young people can lead to a major breakthrough in the key spheres of technology in this decade and the 21st century as a whole. Of course, difficult and ambitious goals and an opportunity to come to the fore and play a crucial role in national development are very strong motives for anyone, but especially so for young people who choose the field of science. By the middle of the decade every second scientist in Russia will be under 40. Our academic community will be one of the youngest in the world.”
“We are to launch the NICA collider in Dubna outside Moscow before the end of 2022 and the SKIF synchrotron in Novosibirsk by late 2023,” he noted. “We are about to design and create an unparalleled installation that combines the capabilities of a synchrotron radiation source and a free-electron laser. This will make it possible for our country to conduct unmatched research in agriculture, next-generation materials and pharmaceuticals, as well as other areas that are critically important for technological development in Russia.”