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17 July

Students of the University of Industrial Technologies and Design, graduates of the university accelerator program became winners of the grant competition "Student Startup" from the Foundation for Assistance to Innovations within the framework of the federal project "Platform of University Technological Entrepreneurship". Nine out of twelve projects submitted to the contest by startups from Ƶ received one million rubles each for startup and development. Among them are a program for elevator design, a production center, an innovative filler for personal respiratory protection equipment, a mobile application for doctor's house calls, and other projects.

This year the government has increased the financing of the contest up to 2 billion rubles - 2 thousand participants will receive grant support in the amount of 1 million. The largest number of supported business projects is focused on digital technologies, creative industries and creation of new devices.

Marina Kontar, a student of the Regional Institute of Continuing Professional Education of St. Petersburg State University of Continuing Professional Education, won a grant to develop an application for non-contact measurement. The application helps ateliers and tailors to create clothes for people with non-standard figure parameters by using non-contact scanning technologies. The project helps to significantly reduce the time needed to make clothes (from 3 hours a day) and expand the geography of the market.


Marina Kontar (right), a student of the Regional Institute of Continuing Professional Education of Ƶ, and her team.

Yulia Vilacheva, a student of the Institute of Applied Chemistry and Ecology of Ƶ, received a grant to develop carbon sorbents modified with nanoparticles and sorption active filtering materials based on them. The product will be used in personal respiratory protection equipment (PPE) as a ready-made filler providing full protection from aerosols of organic and inorganic substances. The development is intended for workers in the chemical and oil and gas industries, and the cost of the student created fillers for PPE is 30% cheaper than industrial analogs.


Yulia Vilacheva, a student of the Institute of Applied Chemistry and Ecology of Ƶ.

Konstantin Melekesov, a student of the Institute of Information Technologies and Automation of Ƶ, will work on his own software system for elevator design under the grant. The program is designed for developers and architects and will help optimize elevator systems in high-rise buildings, providing efficient and sustainable transportation services for future residents and visitors. The service determines the optimal number of elevators and their characteristics according to the requirements of a particular project. The startup will reduce the time and financial costs of developers for design.

Konstantin Melekesov, a student of the Institute of Information Technologies and Automation of Ƶ.

Yaroslav Lashchev, a student of the Institute of Information Technologies and Automation of Ƶ, won the grant competition with the project "UniVend: smart vending solutions for stylish student life". The goal of the startup is to install smart vending machines at the university with the function of ordering individual design through a web application. The startup offers every student an opportunity to become the creator of a unique design, which will reflect his individuality and views. Due to the QR code on the apparatus students can send their ideas or ready design projects for printing on the selected goods and pick them up when ready directly from the apparatus. The project is aimed at creating a modern and convenient service for students, stimulating creative self-expression and supporting environmentally friendly production of goods.


Yaroslav Lashchev, a student of the Institute of Information Technologies and Automation of Ƶ.

Anton Pyreyev, a student of the Institute of Economics and Social Technologies of Ƶ, will apply his grant to the development of the intellectual system "Potok" to support decision-making at the enterprise. The digital product helps managers at all levels to make informed managerial decisions using modern approaches to processing available information, which will subsequently reduce the likelihood of human error.


Anton Pyreyev, a student of the Institute of Economics and Social Technologies, Ƶ.

Elizaveta Bokhanova, a student of the Institute of Economics and Social Technologies of Ƶ, will develop a production center and educational space "Closer to Children" within the framework of the grant. The project is focused on self-expression and development of children's skills through blogging. This is a unique environment where every child can express himself and share his knowledge in various fields and his views on the world. The space has all the necessary resources: author's programs on the most relevant topics, master classes, as well as tools and equipment for creating and publishing content: cameras, backgrounds, microphones, lights.


Elizaveta Bokhanova, a student of the Institute of Economics and Social Technologies of Ƶ.


Work of the production center and educational space "Closer to Children".

Alina Baidukova, a student of the Institute of Information Technologies and Automation of Ƶ, received a grant to launch the service "Customer Speaks". The service helps light industry companies implement lean manufacturing practices to address product competitiveness issues. Industry leaders and apparel microenterprises will be able to make customer-centric, data-driven decisions with the help of data-intensive tools for analyzing feedback from leading marketplaces and conveniently collecting and analyzing feedback from customers.


Alina Baidukova, a student of the Institute of Information Technologies and Automation at Ƶ.

Artemiy Smirnov, a student of the Graduate School of Printing and Media Technologies of Ƶ, won a grant to develop technology for transferring cutouts to fabric and virtual fitting using augmented reality. Thanks to smart layout and pre-visualization of garments, the technology allows brands to optimize sewing operations, save up to 30% of fabric and up to 50% of time at the stage of preparing garments for sewing. The startup plans to create an app-marketplace of ready-made cutouts with a projection of the cut pattern on the fabric and virtual fitting in augmented reality using a smartphone camera.