This competition is meant to support students participating in federal creative and educational student events, as well as to promote ITMO University outside St. Petersburg. By winning this competition, students receive funding to cover their travel and/or accommodation costs.
The competition is open to tuition-free and tuition-paying students.
Participation conditions
The competition is open to undergraduate, master’s, and/or postgraduate tuition-free and tuition-paying students, who are not on academic leave.
Events you can apply for:
Your trip should fit within one day before and one day after the event.
You can apply for and receive funding no more than two times per a calendar year.
Additional documents might be required to consider your application. You need to provide these within five business days after you receive a corresponding request to the email address you indicated in your application.
There are several factors that influence the decision on your application:
How to submit an application
You need to submit your application on my.itmo.ru (Заявки/Applications - Внеучебная деятельность/Extracurricular activities - Заявка на конкурс на финансирование поездок обучающихся в рамках внеучебной деятельности/Application for funding competition for extracurricular activities) no later than 5 business days before the planned trip.
In your application, you should indicate:
In addition, you should attach an invitation (see example) addressed to the Rector of ITMO University written by the event’s organizers with the official letterhead and the following details:
Within 2 business days (excluding the day of application), you will receive an approval or rejection of your application with the indication of reasons for rejection.
Applications containing the following have priority:
The documents you will need if your application is approved
You will need to apply for the necessary documents on my.itmo.ru (Заявки/Applications - Внеучебная деятельность/Extracurricular activities - Оформление документов на поездку/Documents for a trip) within three business days after your application for funding is approved.
NB! At the time of your application, you need to have purchased the tickets for the round trip and booked the accommodation (if included in your application).
Once your application for travel documents is approved, you will be invited to the Student Services Office to sign the budget sheet, the appendix No. 2 to the order, and the letter of assignment. These have to be signed before your departure but no later than five business days after your application has been approved.
Accountability
Within three days after your return from the trip, you have to:
*If for some reason you don’t have a Bank Saint Petersburg issued card, you will have to apply for it at any office of the bank. After that, you will need to ask for an excerpt about your personal data (personal account number, etc.) and send it to [email protected].
Accountability after the trip
Participation in an event requires the student to post a personal publication on any open informational resources (including a personal page or the student club's page on social media), with at least 3-5 photos from the event. The following details must be included:
Failure to fulfill this obligation may result in a denial of funding, even if the application was previously approved.
Additional information about the competition (in Russian).