NTU “KhPI” has become one of the university leaders of Ukraine among the winners of the competition of scientific projects of higher education institutions in 2025, held by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Kharkiv Polytechnic University demonstrated high results in the main selection of fundamental and applied research, among the works of young scientists, as well as within the framework of the program for frontline HEIs. In total, 23 projects of the National Technical University “Khipi” will receive state support, which are recommended for funding from January 2026. 75 universities of Ukraine took part in the competition, 258 research initiatives were approved.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine approved the lists of winners of the competitions of scientific research of universities: for young scientists, main and frontline directions according to the results of 2025. The selection of projects was carried out with the participation of independent experts using the National Electronic Scientific Information System, which guaranteed the transparency of the procedure. The National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” demonstrated high competitiveness among the country’s universities for state support of science. According to the results of the selection in the main scientific research competition, KPI entered the ranks of the leaders, taking third place among Ukrainian HEIs – 11 scientific projects received support. As for the competition for young scientists, Kharkiv Polytechnics entered the top group, receiving funding for 6 scientific initiatives and 3rd place overall. Within the framework of the front-line program, KPI also took third place among Ukrainian higher education institutions, six scientific projects were approved. It should be noted that the Kharkiv region became the undisputed leader of this competition, which indicates the scientific power of the region.
We remind you that according to the results of the state certification of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” received the highest category “A” in 2025, taking first place among higher education institutions of Ukraine in the engineering and technological direction.
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The general selection of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine was attended by 75 higher education institutions and scientific institutions, which submitted 357 projects that received state support. In particular, 258 initiatives were approved within the framework of the main competition, including 78 in the front-line direction, as well as 99 initiatives in competitions for young scientists. The selected works are recommended for funding from January 2026 in accordance with the updated Regulations of the Ministry of Education and Science.
The main innovations of the scientific project competitions of the Ministry of Education and Science according to the new Regulations: +40% increase in the total amount of funding for competitions in the 2026 budget; additional 100 million UAH to support projects of frontline and border HEIs/NUs; the maximum cost of the project has been increased to 4.5 million UAH; for the first time – 100% funding of winners at the request of the scientific team; for the first time – the start of funding from January to preserve and develop human resources; maximum adaptation of the competition forms with the EU Framework Program “Horizon Europe”; each project was evaluated by three independent experts with automatic conflict of interest check; clear requirements for academic integrity and the use of AI; the practice of formal use of scientometric indicators has been abolished, the focus is on the quality of projects and results.