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June 20, 2025
Application process for 2025/2026 Doctoral Studies started at KarRC RAS

On June 20, Karelian Research Centre RAS began accepting papers from applicants for its Doctoral Courses. This year, university graduates can choose from ten academic specialties in the STEM, natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
From June 20 to July 3, 2025, KarRC RAS Doctoral Studies Department is accepting applications for higher education programs for training research and research-educational personnel for the 2025/2026 academic year.

A total of 17 full-time positions are available this year, most of which are state-funded. Applications are open for the following academic specialties:

1.2.2. Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Methods, and Software Systems
1.5.4. Biochemistry
1.5.12. Zoology
1.5.15. Ecology
1.5.21. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
1.6.3. Petrology, Volcanology
4.1.6. Forest Science, Silviculture, Forest Crops, Forest Drainage, Landscaping, Forest Fire Science, and Forest Valuation
5.2.3. Regional and Sectoral Economics
5.6.1. Russian History
5.9.5. Russian Language. Languages of the Peoples of Russia

In accordance with Russian law, doctoral students are eligible for deferment from military conscription, and those admitted to state-funded positions who maintain good academic standing receive a monthly stipend.

The application deadline is July 3, 2025. Entrance exams will be held from September 1 to 10. Studies at the KarRC RAS Doctoral Studies Department begin on October 1.

Detailed information regarding admissions in 2025, including the timeline, number of positions available, and submission requirements, is posted on the KarRC RAS Doctoral Studies Department website. For admission-related questions please contact the Doctoral Studies Department by calling 8(8142)76-55-91, via e-mail , or at Office 504, 11 Pushkinskaya St., Petrozavodsk.

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Staff of the Vilga Laboratory presented scientific developments in agritech at the year-end 2025 meeting at Agriculture Ministry

Staff of the Vilga Agrotechnology Laboratory of the Department for Multidisciplinary Research KarRC RAS took part in the session “Results of the agricultural season 2025 and plans for 2026” held in the Village of Ladva. They presented the laboratory’s major research areas and scientific developments.
December 5, 2025
Olga Bakhmet proposed KarRC RAS as the host for the scientific conference on the study of Karelia’s water bodies

Doctor of Biological Sciences Olga Bakhmet took part in a meeting of the Council on Fish and Fisheries Sector Development held in Petrozavodsk on December 2nd. Active participants of the meeting were representatives of the executive and legislative authorities of the Republic of Karelia, scientists, and members of the business community. The meeting focused on prospects for the development of the sector in Karelia, utilization of seaweed resources in the White Sea, increasing production volumes, and introducing new types of products.
December 4, 2025
Project to roll out artificial instream egg incubators wins the Green Prize 2025

The Russian Environmental Operator awarded the winners of the Green Prize 2025. The project recognized as the best in the "Sustainable Practices in the Agricultural Industry" category is "An Integrated Technology with Artificial Nests for Fish Egg Incubation". The devices for the reproduction of young salmonid populations were designed at the Karelian Scientific Center RAS and tested in collaboration with Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company JSC (part of Nornickel). The incubators are being successfully used on rivers in northern Karelia and the Murmansk Region.
December 3, 2025
Literature scholar Alexander Pigin was awarded Makarius’s Prize for his treatise “17th-18th Century Tales of the Kargopol Land”

Leading Researcher of the Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History KarRC RAS Alexander Pigin was awarded The First Prize in Memoriam of Metropolitan Macarius (Bulgakov) of Moscow and Kolomna for his treatise “17th-18th Century Tales of the Kargopol Land. Saints and Sanctities of Chelmogorskaya, Hergozerskaya, Kenskaya and Lebyazhiia Monasteries”. The Macarius Prize is one of the main awards in the humanities in Russia.