Immanual Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU), Kaliningrad, Russia

Homepage: http://eng.kantiana.ru/home/research
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU) was established in 2010, however the history of thie University dates back to the 1947 when the Kaliningrad State Pedagogical Institute was founded. The University was later transformed into Kaliningrad State University in 1966 and Immanuel Kant State University of Russia in 2005 prior to becoming IKBFU. At the moment, IKBFU is one of the innovative institutions of higher education in the Russian Federation, which tends to preserve and elaborate on academic traditions of its predecessor - "Albertina" Konigsberg University.
Currently, IKBFU is the largest institution of higher education in the Kaliningrad region and one of the 9 federal universities in the Russian Federation on top of being the scientific center of the Northwest and the scientific and education bridge between Europe and Russia. The University conducts research in 36 major research fields. Over the last 5 years, research funding has increased 6.5-fold. More than 140 research topics were developed in 2013 with a total funding of more 180 mln roubles. More than half of these topics focus on applied studies in natural and exact sciences.
Overall, 140 postdoctoral and 500 doctoral students, young scientists, graduate and undergraduate students contribute to the University's research activities. The University trains highly qualified staff, specifically doctoral and postdoctoral students. Over 600 students annually undertake their doctoral studies at IKBFU. The University offers 5 postdoctoral programmes. There are several doctoral and postdoctoral thesis panels in IKBFU. Numerous doctoral students and young teachers have received grants from Russian and international research foundations.
Research results are published in the leading national and international research journals. With respect to this, the University introduced the system of incentives for its employees for publishing articles in the Scopus and Web of Science-indexed journals at the beginning of 2013. By the end of 2013, the number of research articles published in the leading scientific periodicals increased (2.96 publications per author) in comparison with 2011 (2.75 publications per author) and 2012 (2.80 publications per author).
In 2008-2011, IKBFU scholars published 150 monographs, more than 400 course books and teaching materials, and more than 2,500 research articles. The University Press publishes scientific journals included in the list of Russia's High Attestation Commission - IKBFU's Vestnik (in all research fields), Kantovsky Sbornik, and The Baltic Region (published in collaboration with Saint Petersburg University in Russian and English).
Additionally, the following research institutions function at IKBFU:
• Science Park;
• Research Institute for Applied Informatics and Mathematical Geophysics;
• Baltic Studies Institute.
The Science Park was set up at the University in 2008 as a platform for efficient science-industry cooperation in the region. The Park hosts the Laboratory for 3D prototyping on its premises, and also focuses on research in:
1. materials science and biotechnology (research areas include nanobiotechnology, nanoelectronics, nanotechnology in energy saving).
Within this field of research, in collaboration with Russian and EU partners, IKBFU is implementing a project in the framework of governmental decree No.218 on the development of X-ray optics materials and devices. Major partners of this project include ESRF (European Synchrotorn Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France), Bochvar Hi-Tech Institute of Inorganic Materials (Moscow, Russia), Lebedev Institute of Physics.
2. medicine and medical biotechnology (research areas include genomics, proteomics, molecular biomedicine; immunology; cell technology; bioinformatics and medical statistics; preclinical testing of drug candidates).
IKBFU also hosts a range of laboratories which are listed here: http://eng.kantiana.ru/home/research/laboratories.