Scholarships and Funding

The Sholarship of the Theoretical Physics and Mathematics Advancemet Foundation "BASIS"

The scholarship aims to attract talented domestic and international students to the program and support them during their studies. The scholarship will be granted for the entire duration of the program. However, each year the scholarship recipient will be required to provide evidence of good academic performance and research progress.  

The Foundation offers the following means of support:

  • monthly stipends of 20 000 - 50 000 RUB (after tax).

The scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis, and is open for all applicants to the program.

Application for Scholarships for 2024 will be open soon via the electronic system at the Foundation's website. Please check the curret page for the updates.

Funding by the Russian Government

A. Certain categories of foreign citizens have a right to be enrolled to the programme on equal terms with citizens of the Russian Federation (on a competitive basis) and have their tuition fees fully covered by the Russian State:

1. Foreign citizens having the right for admission to the state-funded positions.

  • Citizens of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic (Federal laws 1996 & 1998);
  • Citizens of the CIS region who have a right to reside on the territory of the Russian Federation (Federal Laws 1992 & 1995).

2. Russian citizens living abroad

  • Russian citizens permanently residing outside of Russia;
  • Former citizens of the USSR and their descendants living abroad;
  • Relatives (direct descendants) of people from the Russian Federation, the Russian Republic, RSFSR, USSR (Federal Law 1999).

For more information on how to confirm your compatriot status, please refer here (Russian language).