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TOMSK, Jan 16 – RIA Tomsk. The Russian Foundation for Basic
Research (RFBR) supported 14 scientific projects of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) for a total amount of 26.6 million rubles; projects of
polytechnicians concern the development of cities, telemedicine, fight against
malignant formations, the press service of the university said on Tuesday.
It is specified that in 2016, through a competition of initiative projects – the main RFBR competition – TPU received support for five of its scientific
projects (for 5.7 million rubles), in 2017 – six (for 11.9 million rubles), in
2018 the number of projects increased to 14.
"The total amount of project support is 26.6 million rubles, mainly grants
are designed for three years – until 2020", – is said in the report.
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It is noted that among the projects supported by RFBR, there are the
development of telemedical intellectual information systems for improving the
quality of medical care, as well as work on new approaches in the treatment of
malignant neoplasms. In addition, RFBR supported several projects devoted to
the theme of economic and innovative development of the country, as well as
certain regions and cities.
"The statistics of recent years shows that polytechnicians are
increasingly participating in various support programs, including those
contests of the two largest domestic funds, - Russian Science Foundation and
Russian Foundation for Basic Research <…> I am glad that the number
of the supported projects of Tomsk Polytechnic is growing", – the head of
the TPU Scientific and Technological Programs Office Denis Kurtenkov is quoted.