To improve the training of highly qualified scientific staff, the Scientific and Educational Center of General and Inorganic Chemistry was established in the Institute in 2001. It includes the PhD school, inter-institutional basic departments, educational and scientific centers, and scientific and research departments of leading Russian scientific and educational institutions.
IGIC RAS has a license to conduct educational activities of higher education, i.e. to train highly qualified staff. The PhD school in the Kurnakov Institute provides training of highly qualified scientific and scientific-pedagogical staff of the highest qualification in the following specialties:
02.00.01 Inorganic Chemistry.
02.00.02 Analytical Chemistry.
02.00.04 Physical Chemistry.
02.00.21 Solid State Chemistry.
The Scientific and Educational Center at IGIC RAS works with PhD students and undergraduate students who undergo practical training in the laboratories of the Kurnakov Institute, performing term papers and graduate theses. Institute staff are actively involved in training the students of the Moscow State University (Department of Chemistry, Department of Materials Science), Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (Higher Chemical College, RAS), and Russian Technological University MIREA.
The creation of the Scientific and Educational Center of General and Inorganic Chemistry promoted to attract young staff interested in research work to the Kurnakov Institute. In the period from 2011 to 2021, more than 50 graduate students who defended their Master’s theses joined the staff of IGIC RAS.
The Council of Young Scientists at IGIC RAS is a scientific community based on voluntary membership. It was established in 2009 on the initiative of young scientists supported by Director of the Institute. The main purpose of the Council is to assist young scientists in conducting fundamental and applied research.
Each year, the Council, together with the Scientific and Educational Center, holds the Conference of Young Scientists on General and Inorganic Chemistry at IGIC RAS. During the Conference, a research project competition is carried out between the students of Moscow universities, who undergo practical training at IGIC RAS. XI Conference of Young Scientists on General and Inorganic Chemistry was held in 2021.
Currently, more than 100 undergraduates, PhD students, and young scientists are involved in research activities at IGIC RAS. Among them, there are awardees of prestigious competitions and programs, including:
- Competition for awarding Medals with Prizes for Young Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Competition for Scholarships and Grants of the President of the Russian Federation
- Presidential Program of Research Projects of the Russian Science Foundation
- Moscow Government Award for Young Scientists
- Competition of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research “My first grant”
- IGIC RAS competitions for Awards named after eminent scientists who worked in IGIC RAS
- Scientific and Innovative Competition of Young Scientists “Umnik”
- Competition for National Scholarships of L’Oreal-UNESCO “For women in science” Award
- Competition of the European Academy for Young Scientists of Russia
- Competitions of the Russian State Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) and Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM).
- Competitions of research projects within the conferences, forums, congresses, including international ones
- LG Chem Scholarship Competition
- Carl Zeiss Competition
One of the traditional activities of IGIC RAS is the interaction with Moscow schools as part of the implementation of additional pre-vocational education programs based on scientific experience of schoolchildren. The Institute staff introduce pupils to research (project) activities, the application of scientific knowledge and research results while studying real-life problems, which contributes to their conscious choice of modern professions in high-tech industries.
IGIC RAS interacts with the following Moscow schools and educational complexes:
- School No. 171
- School No. 429
- School No. 444
- School No. 887
- School No. 1056
- School No. 1374
- School No. 1499
- School No. 1502
- School No. 1520
- School No. 1533
- School No. 1534
- School No. 1541
- School No. 1552
- School No. 1553
- School No. 1568
- School No. 1574
- School No. 1575
- School No. 1583
- School No. 1811
- School No. 2109
- School No. 2120
- Moscow South-Eastern School named after Marshal V.I. Chuikov
- Vorobyevy Gory State Budgetary Professional Educational Institution
- Advanced Educational Scientific Center – Kolmogorov’s boarding school
The active participation of IGIC RAS in the implementation of additional pre-vocational education programs is commended by the Moscow City Methodological Center.