The winners of the project competition of the Russian Science Foundation "Conducting fundamental scientific research and exploratory scientific research by individual scientific groups" have been announced. The winners are the scientists from the Institute of Mechanical and Power Engineering named after V.P. Goryachkin.

Costume dressage competitions were held in the arena of the equestrian complex of the Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev. The equestrian sports festival was dedicated to the Defender of the Fatherland Day.

The All-Russian Scientific and Educational Agrarian Forum organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia started its work in Stavropol. During two days, representatives of agrarian universities, research institutes, government and business will discuss a wide range of issues related to personnel and scientific support of the industry. Today the key event of the forum - the panel session "Education and science for agro-industrial complex: challenges and horizons of the future" took place, which was attended by the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut and Governor of Stavropol region Vladimir Vladimirov. The delegation of the Timiryazev Academy is headed by the Rector, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Vladimir Ivanovich Trukhachev.

The All-Russian Student Olympiad "I am a Professional" kicked off at the Timiryazev Academy with the forum "Development of the agro-industrial complex. Challenges of time". Its participants were 100 students from 48 universities representing 32 regions of Russia. "I am a Professional" is one of the projects of the presidential platform "Russia - a Country of Opportunities". The Olympiad is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.