A campaign to apply for an increased state academic scholarship has started and will run until 10 February.

It should be noted that scholarships are awarded to students on a competitive basis for special achievements in one or more types of activities: academic, scientific, sports, social and cultural and creative activities.

Bachelors and Masters students who are studying full-time on a budgetary basis without academic debts or fines are eligible for an increased stipend. First-year students are also eligible for any nomination other than academic activities. All other students in this nomination require high academic performance, participation in Olympiads, competitions for the last two semesters.

To become a contestant and to compete for the scholarship, you need to meet a number of requirements, one of them is to create a portfolio, which must contain all the supporting documents.

Please note that the ORIGINAL application must be submitted to the Directorate by 13 February.

You may apply for an advanced scholarship only electronically in the ESBUS system, and you may start compiling your portfolio and uploading your supporting documents now, but please note that the 'competition' button will only become active on the 1st of February this year, the day of the official acceptance of applications.

In order to fully understand how to compile your portfolio, you should follow a number of steps:

● Log on to the University's website in the ESBUS system at: http://e-academy.sportacadem.ru

● Log in to your "My Account".

● Go to the section: "My Portfolio".

Click on the "Add" button (a link with detailed instructions will open).

Fill in all required fields in the form.

Depending on the category selected, a scan of the document confirming your achievement must be attached in pdf or jpg format (diploma, certificate, letter of commendation, published articles, etc.) and a link to the article. The date of receipt of the diploma should be indicated in the document when you fill it in.