The Center for Cybernetic Medicine and Neuroprosthetics will receive 960 million rubles for scientific and technological development

In total, the commission reviewed 46 applications, eight of which were from medical schools and specialized research centers. For example, the selection included the Almazov National Medical Research Center, the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, the I.I. Dedov National Medical Research Center of Endocrinology, the B.V. Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery, the I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Samara State Medical University, and the St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. Their applications were not approved.

The main goal of the competition is to select and support scientific organizations that will conduct advanced research in key areas of science and technology. In 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved seven priority areas of scientific and technological development. Among other things, this includes preventive and personalized medicine, ensuring healthy longevity.

"When reviewing applications, the Scientific and Technical Council of the Commission and the Russian Academy of Sciences proceeded from the fact that each priority area should correspond to at least one world-class scientific center," explained RAS President Gennady Krasnikov. The first NCMUs were created in 2020 under the national project "Science and Universities." Now the development of such centers will take place under the state program "Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation."

The agreement on the establishment of the Center for Cybernetic Medicine and Neuroprosthetics was signed by representatives of the Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnology of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia and the Motorika Research Center in June 2024. The main objectives of the center were the development and implementation of domestic neurostimulators, the integration of the practice of using brain-computer interfaces, as well as the restoration of sensitivity after limb amputation using a prosthesis and setting up feedback between the nervous system and the computer. The center creates deep brain stimulation technologies to suppress the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, uses spinal stimulation to suppress neuropathic pain, stimulation of peripheral nerves to suppress phantom pain and the vagus nerve to suppress epileptic seizures.

At the end of May 2025, the Ministry of Education and Science published the results of the competition for subsidies from the federal budget to update the material and technical base of organizations conducting scientific research and development. Six medical universities and more than fifteen specialized research centers applied for the tranches. Almost all applications were considered appropriate, but the commission decided that "the requested amount of funds cannot be satisfied."

At the same time, the department summed up the results of the competition for grants for conducting research and development (R&D) in the field of civil instrument engineering. A total of 78 applications were submitted, including nine from medical universities and specialized research institutions, but in the end, only the I.M. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences will receive a grant among industry organizations. The institution requested 60 million rubles, and from 2025 to 2027 it will be issued 20 million rubles.