Two participants of the CASE-IN championship from Kazan became winners of the scholarship competition of the Potanin Foundation

The Potanin Foundation summed up the results of the 2025/2026 scholarship competition. Of the 15 masters of our university who qualified for the full-time final stage of the competition, five winners were identified at once. In the field of "Chemical technology" it is Ayrat Kasimov (Institute of Petroleum, Chemistry and Nanotechnology, gr. 441-PISH11), Sergey Martyugov (Institute of Polymers, gr. 551-PISH61). Firdus Minnakhmetov (INKHN, gr. 451-PISH22) and Leisan Khasanyanova (INKHN, gr. 451-M2 GPN).

Among the winners in the field of "Energy- and resource-saving processes in chemical technology, petrochemistry and biotechnology" - Ramilya Sayfutdinova (Engineering Chemical Technology Institute, c. 141-M11).

KNRTU fellows have received numerous awards for winning competitions, active public position, scientific research and practical developments.

Thus, Airat Kasimov became a prize-winner and the winner of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship in the field of Petrochemistry, as well as other competitions and case championships (MNPz-Gazpromneft, etc.), the prize-winner of the Olympiad "Ya.The pros." Airat has publications indexed in WoS/Scopus and is one of the TOP 100 graduates of KNRTU.

Sergey Martyugov is also a prize-winner of the engineering case championship from JSC MNPz-Gazpromneft, a two-time finalist of the Autumn Cup of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. "I am currently engaged in the synthesis of polyolefins, conducting research on the system of external donors for the production of polypropylene on Ziegler-Natta catalysts," said Sergey. – In addition to scientific work, I am engaged in sports activities – I am the captain of the KNRTU table tennis team."

In total, 1,000 people from 71 Russian universities became winners of the Potanin Foundation scholarship competition. The fellows represent 110 areas of study. They will receive a monthly Vladimir Potanin scholarship in the amount of 30 thousand rubles, starting in February 2026 and until graduation.

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