The Ural interregional Research and Education Centre "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" has a huge scientific potential and can make a significant contribution to the development of industry in the region. This was stated by Valery Charushin, the Chairman of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Supervisory Board of the Ural Federal University, on the World Science Day for Peace and Development.
We should mention that on November 9, the call for applications for the federal competition to create a new world-class research and education centre in the country was closed. The Ural REC is represented by the Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Kurgan regions. The success in the competition, the results of which will be announced in December, will allow REC to receive federal status and additional funding.
“The changes that are taking place in the Russian system of science and education are aimed at strengthening ties between universities, scientific organizations and industrial partners,” noted Valery Charushin. - Our application unites three regions, a wide range of industrial partners such as Roskosmos, Rosatom, Transneft, Rusnano, the largest metallurgical and machine-building enterprises in the country. This is a very powerful application that claims to achieve significant performance. The economic effect is estimated in billions of roubles. "
In particular, Charushin gave an example of a project of a rocket and space complex with a recoverable launch vehicle. By 2030, from the launch of such complexes, about 50-70 billion roubles will be received. Another major project is being implemented jointly with the Sinara Group – it is about production technologies for planning, modelling and implementing a fleet of bullet trains (a multi-billion dollar project that requires significant computing resources).
“The portfolio of the Ural REC also has the most promising projects in the field of regenerative medicine, the creation of the latest medicines, industrial ecology, etc. And such projects are growing every year. The Ural REC has a huge scientific potential - hundreds of thousands of students, tens of thousands of teachers and scientists,” said Valery Charushin.