International Competition of Scientific Research Works of Young Scientists and Students «Competitiveness of Territories»
Dubrovsky Valery Zhoresovich Scientific director of the Microeconomics department
The aim of the competition is to enhance the quality of specialized training, increase interest among young scientists and students in their chosen field, identify talented youth, and form human resources for research, administration, industry, and entrepreneurship.
Participants in the competition are students, graduate students, doctoral candidates, young researchers from universities and academic institutions in Russia and abroad, as well as employees from other interested organizations between the ages of 18 and 35.
Research papers submitted for the competition can only be authored by individual individuals.
Research papers and projects submitted to the competition cover the following areas:
- Microeconomics (the level of interactions between enterprises and organizations);
- Mesoeconomics (institutions at the regional and sectoral levels);
- Macroeconomics (institutions of the global and national economies).
Priority (in the form of additional points) will be given to competitive research papers submitted in the scientific fields of the Competition, within the framework of the EEYF topic.
Applications for participation in the Competition are accepted until March 20th, 2025, for those competitions that have a preliminary round; and until April 1st, 2025, for competitions that do not require a preliminary round, i.e., all applicants will participate in the final stage.
The finalists of the Competition who will be invited to present their work in person and participate in the concluding events of the Forum will be announced on the Competition website from April 1st to April 11th, 2025.
Face-to-face presentations will take place on April 23rd, 2025 from 10:30am to 15:30, with awards being presented on April 24th, 2025.
Winners and prize-winning participants in each category (section) of the Competition will be awarded with certificates, medals, and cash prizes:
- 10,000 rubles for first place
- 5,000 rubles for second place
- 5,000 rubles for third place
The winners of the competition, awarded with the Diploma of the first degree, shall be awarded points for their individual achievements when applying for admission to USUE master's programs (5 points). These points will be awarded for a period of two years following the award.
Based on the results of the final events, a collection of abstracts from the finalists will be published, with their placement in the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) and on the website of the Ural State University of Economics.