In early December, Universities participating in the Priority 2030 Strategic Leadership Program submitted reports to the Grants Council on the work conducted in 2021-2022. The NSU delegation consisted of NSU Rector and RAS Academician Mikhail Fedoruk, SESC NSU Director Ludmila Nekrasova, Vice-Rector for Research Dmitry Churkin, Dean of the NSU Department of Physics Vladimir Blinov, and Novosibirsk Region Governor Andrey Travnikov presented the University’s main scientific, industrial, and educational results.
The key results for the "Radiation Technologies of the Future" strategic project include the implementation of a full cycle of training for the Siberian Ring Photon Source (SKIF), successful experiments on the study of radiation aging of materials, radiocarbon dating of more than 8,000 objects related to archeology, geology, ecology, medicine etc., and experimental studies of the radiobiological effects of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) on an accelerator neutron source that demonstrated a cure for glioblastoma in domestic animals. NSU is also developing targeted payloads for heliophysics outer space monitoring that was commissioned by several state corporations.
Within the framework of the "Scientific Engineering" strategic project, a system of criteria was developed to assess deep aquifers in sedimentary basins at the regional, zonal, and local levels and to assess the geochemical consequences of this activity. The University is also implementing a series of events to generate and develop innovative projects by NSU students and graduate students and to popularize technology entrepreneurship.
Among the successful cases from the "Carbon-neutral Siberia-2040" strategic project, is calculating the sectoral carbon balance in the region. The first approach to manage the carbon balance is being developed. To economically implement the projects being developed and jointly test technologies with partners, a plot of agricultural land was identified.
As part of the “Digital Future” strategic project, the iOk platform was created that combines digital assistant services for automatic processing and analysis of scientific and technological images, machine learning algorithms were developed for a mode-locked fiber laser, and work continues on the creation of the Lavrentiev Supercomputing Center.
In accordance with NSU’s Third Mission New Challenges strategic project plans, the University continues to create online courses and expand the network of partner sites. A Geoschool was launched to prepare high school students to study NSU geological specialties.
Based on the results of the report defense, the University remains in the second Research Leadership track group. In 2023, NSU will receive 100 million rubles for development as part of our basic grant and will also receive a share of the 2.3 billion rubles from the special part of the grant along with other universities in this category.
