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The Grant Competition for Teachers, administered by the Vladimir Potanin Foundation under the Vladimir Potanin Scholarship Program, aims to transform and redesign higher education products to provide students with relevant, practice-oriented learning experiences. Operating since 2001, the program supports university instructors in updating courses to meet contemporary professional demands, fostering lasting positive social impact, strengthening academic environments, and promoting professional growth and knowledge exchange. The funding scope covers projects focused on improving or redesigning educational products, with eligible activities including curriculum updates and subsequent promotion within and beyond the university through educational or scientific events. The geographic focus centers on Russian universities, targeting full-time master's degree and specialized higher education students as beneficiaries. Successful applicants receive grants of up to 500,000 rubles to support project implementation over a duration of 12 months, alongside potential additional support for promotional activities.

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Applicants must be instructors of full-time master's programs and specialized higher education programs, which includes academic or scientific program directors as well as instructors of individual courses, special courses, and seminars within these full-time programs. Government officials are strictly ineligible to apply. Furthermore, applicants whose submissions were excluded from any Foundation competition for plagiarism within the previous two calendar years, or for ethical violations at any time, are also ineligible. Evaluation considerations focus on the project's potential to enhance practice-oriented learning, meet contemporary professional demands, and create a lasting positive social impact within the academic environment.

Post Date: October 27, 2026