Student Project Contest

The Student Initiative Support Centre conducts Student Project Contest twice a year.

Aims of the Contest

  • To involve HSE students in finding solutions to socially important issues, to develop social enterprise;
  • To support volunteering;
  • To develop leadership, teamwork and project management skills;
  • To support creativity among HSE students;
  • To promote HSE’s reputation.

Both individual and team applications from HSE students are accepted. Any student, graduate or staff member can participate, so long as the project is headed by an HSE student.

Winners get funding from the HSE Student Initiative Support Fund. The list of the winners and the amount of funding assigned is determined by the Fund Council.
In 2015 the maximum funding for one project was 200,000 roubles.

Please indicate the type of project in your application:

  • Education and skills development
  • Adaptation projects
  • Projects aimed at increasing social responsibility
  • Cultural events-related projects
  • Media projects
  • Sports and health


Stages of the contest

  • Application
  • Publication of the list of applications accepted for consideration
  • Written expertise of the applications
  • Publication of the list of projects selected for oral defense
  • Oral defense
  • Announcing the winners


To participate in the contest:

  • Email us at studsupport@hse.ru
  • Fill in the standard application form and attach the necessary files (please contact us for more information on the form and the attachments)
  • Bring the printed and signed application form together with other documents to the Student Initiative Support Centre (18 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, Room 500)

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or need help with filling in the application form!

Student Initiative Support Centre

18 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, Room 500

Phone: + 7 (495) 772 95 90, ext. 12037

Email: studsupport@hse.ru

Useful Documents

 Presentation Template for the Competition (PPTX, 101 Kb)

 Application Guidelines (PDF, 142 Kb)