Astrakhan students will receive 12 federal grants for 10.5 million rubles
Among the ideas supported are a smart system for managing household appliances using eye movement, biodegradable packaging from agro-waste and other projects.
Twelve projects of Astrakhan students will receive federal grants following the results of the UMNIK-2026 and Student Startup-2026 competitions. The Innovation Promotion Fund summed up the results of the competitions, and the Astrakhan region was among the winning regions, the regional Ministry of Economic Development reported.
In the competition “UMNIK-2026” the winners were three projects from the Astrakhan State Technical University. Their authors will receive 500 thousand rubles for the development of their ideas.
Another nine projects were recognized as the best in the Student Startup-2026 competition. Among the authors are representatives of the Astrakhan State Medical University, ASU named after V. N. Tatishchev and the Technical University. The grant for each winner is 1 million rubles.
Among the ideas supported are a smart system for managing household appliances using eye movement, biodegradable packaging from agro-waste and other projects.
Read about the events in the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions in the paper number "MK in Volgograd".
