Competition for Support of Extracurricular Student Initiatives 2024



The Competition for Support of Extracurricular Student Initiatives is a mechanism of financial support for non-commercial student projects. A student, a team of students, or several student communities can submit a project and receive funding for its implementation.


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  • Up to500,000₽ 

    For individual and collective projects

  • Up to1,000,000₽ 

    For co-operative projects

collective project project is an extracurricular student initiative coming from a group of students or from a student community. A project is considered co-operative when two or more student communities submit an application with one extracurricular student initiative to the Competition. Participants and project leaders must be HSE students. Projects must not be aimed at profit-making, violate the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as local HSE bylaws.

The Competition is open to students from all HSE campuses.

Step 1. Make up a project

Step 2. Consult the Student Initiative Support Centre on the application process

Step 3. Submit an application

Step 4. Defend your project in the Expert Committee

Where do I go if I have questions during the drafting process?

For advice on any issues you may have during the application process, please send an email at studentproject@hse.ru with ‘KPVSI Consultation’ in the subject line

  • 20 

    COMPETITIONS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED SINCE 2014

  • 881 

    PROJECTS WENT THROUGH THE TENDER

  • 229 

    PROJECTS BECAME WINNERS

  • 32,307,183₽ 

    WERE ALLOCATED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS

The competition will be held from 29 May to 29 June, 2024. Acceptance of applications for the Competition for Support of Extracurricular Student Initiatives will start on May 29 and will end on  7 June.

What kind of projects can participate?

You can apply for any non-commercial project or initiative. Projects can be: individual (initiative of one student), collective (initiative of a group of individuals or students from one student community), co-operative (initiative of several student communities).

What is the procedure of the Competition?

The competition consists of three stages: call for applications, independent evaluation of the projects by members of the Commission (extramural stage), and online defence before the members of the Expert Committee (in-person stage). At any stage, contestants may consult the Student Initiative Support Centre.

Can I refine my project after I have already submitted my application?

Within five working days after submission, SISC will check your application for compliance with the requirements, after which it is either approved or returned to the applicant for correction and amendment. After the publication of the applications that have passed the extramural stage on the SISC website, project leaders can work on their presentations, the final version of which must be submitted one working day before the in-person defence.

How is the defence organised?

The defence takes place online. Contestants can join the conference 15 minutes before the start.

Evaluation criteria for extracurricular student projects

Evaluation criteria for the extramural stage

1. The extracurricular initiative (EI) corresponds to the declared category of the Competition (individual/collective or co-operative);
2. The goal of the EI is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound;
3. The implementation success of the EI can be measured both quantitatively and qualitatively;
4. The EI calendar is detailed and appropriate to the scope of the tasks to be accomplished;
5. The budget for the EI is realistic and adequate; the planned costs are justified and correlated with the expected results of the EI.

Evaluation criteria for the in-person stage

1. Relevance of the proposed EI;
2. Justification of the proposed EI, correspondence of the stated goals and objectives of the initiative to the selected target audience;
3. Completeness and degree of feasibility of the EI implementation plan;
4. Feasibility of the planned costs of the initiative;
5. Ability of the team to implement the EI;
6. Feasibility of the initiative's schedule;
7. Logical interconnection of all parts of the initiative's competition application;
8. Uniqueness and novelty of the proposed initiative;
9. Significance of the project for the development of extracurricular life of the university;
10. Quality of presentation of the EI.

Roadmap—Season 2024

29 May

Call for applications. Start of the period of consultations with SISC managers on submission of applications and project implementation

7 June

Application deadline

10 June

Results of admission to the extramural stage of project evaluation

17 June

Results of admission to the in-person stage of project defence

27 June

Start of project defence

29 June

End of project defence

5 July

Publication of the Competition results

15 July

Start of projects implementations

10 December

End of projects implementations. End of the period of consultations with SISC managers on submission of applications and project implementation

Members of the Expert Committee

Denis Migunov

Tutor at the Department of Physical Training

Zhanna Sorokina

Director of the Support and Career Centre for International Students and Alumni

Sergey Ivanov

Manager of the HSE Business Incubator

Anna Martynenko

Deputy Director of the Centre for Leadership and Volunteer Work

Natalia Mikhina

Director of the Student Initiative Support Center

Yana Zakharova

Senior specialist on PR of the Cultural Centre of HSE

Dmitry Shminke

Deputy Vice Rector

Marina Lebed

Director of the Centre of Music Projects

Polina Osipova

Manager of the Centre for Student Academic Development

Aleksandr Ugriumov

Head of the Unit for Extracurricular Activities at HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Stepan Shmelev

Head of the Unit for Extracurricular Activities at HSE Campus in Nizhny Novgorod

Natalya Schekoldina

Head of the Students and Alumni Centre at HSE Campus in Perm

 

Before submitting an application, please read the contest regulations, which contains all important details


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Evaluation results of extracurricular student projects

Applications selected for the extramural stage of the Competition

Results of the evaluation of applications at the extramural stage with the points scored by participants

Applications selected for the in-person stage of the Competition

Student projects—winners of the Competition for Support of Extracurricular Student Initiatives

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