"Chain Reaction of Success" (with the support of Rosatom State Corporation)
About the event
From October 5 to 7, 2025, a satellite event of the V Congress of Young Scientists "Chain Reaction of Success" will be held at the A.D. Sakharov Lighthouse Academy (Nizhny Novgorod) with the support of the state corporation "Rosatom".
Satellite events of the Congress of Young Scientists are held within the framework of the Decade of Science and Technology, declared by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated April 25, 2022, No. 231 "On the Declaration of the Decade of Science and Technology in the Russian Federation."
The goal of the satellite event is to involve young scientists and students in the agenda of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation through solving scientific tasks set by a qualified customer — the state corporation "Rosatom".
More than 170 young specialists, representatives of councils of young scientists and scientific organizations, as well as students of Advanced Engineering Schools will work on solving real problems of the nuclear industry and the region. The winners will receive grants and the opportunity to sign contracts with leading scientific organizations in the industry.
The program
The event will become a platform for generating breakthrough solutions in five areas:
- radiochemistry and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing,
- nuclear and high-tech medicine,
- new materials,
- photonics,
- special regional case: development of microelectronics technologies
Participants who propose the best ideas will be able to conclude contracts with scientific enterprises in the nuclear industry for the performance of research work. After defending their works, the winning teams will receive one million rubles each.
At the same time, the defense of projects in a new nomination in the grant competition of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs "Developing the Atom," dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the nuclear industry in Russia, will take place. The nomination supports projects that popularize nuclear technologies and develop youth employment in nuclear cities. Four winners will receive 1 million rubles each for the implementation of initiatives.
The program also includes speeches by the leaders of Rosatom, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, and the Russian Academy of Sciences, panel discussions on the role of science in technological sovereignty, as well as the summing up of the competition for the Rosatom State Corporation Prize in Science and Innovation for young scientists.
Technical tours and a cultural program will be organized for participants.
To participants
The State Corporation "Rosatom" pays for the transfer for technical tours and back, as well as the meals for participants during the satellite event. The travel expenses for the flight and accommodation are borne by the organization sending the participant.
The opportunity to participate in the event is by invitation of the organizers.
For more information on participation, please contact the Young Scientists Congress satellite event information center:
- mobile phone:+7 (987) 543-69-27,
- email:info@mayak-academy.ru
If you have received an invitation, please inform us of your consent to participate in the event by letter to the address:AnAYurkina@rosatom.ru:
- topic of the letter "Satellite Event_Nizhny Novgorod";
- In the letter, inform about your consent to participate, the full name of the participant/s, the full name of your organization, the city of residence, and contact details for feedback (phone and email).
Registration of participants will begin at the event venue on October 5. Each participant will be issued a personalized badge. The badge and identity document must be carried with you throughout your stay at the event venue.
For the media
Contacts for media accreditation:
Semenova Olga Sergeevna
Tel:+7 (925) 792-29-98
Email:OlSeSemenova@rosatom.ru
Photographic materials can be used free of charge by media representatives in their professional activities upon indication of the source: Rosatom State Corporation.
The organizers
The organizers of the satellite event of the V Congress of Young Scientists "Chain Reaction of Success" are the State Corporation "Rosatom", the National Center for Physics and Mathematics, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in the Scientific and Educational Spheres of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Science and Education, the operator of the Decade of Science and Technology ANO "National Priorities", and the Roscongress Foundation.
Playground
Venue:
Cultural and Educational Center "Mayak Academy" named after A.D. Sakharov
Address:
Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Volzhskaya Embankment, 11