Foundation for Education Support

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Foundation for Education Support
Founder(s) Gazprom
Headquarters Saint Petersburg, Russia
Area served Throughout Russian Federation
Focus Advance Education in Russia
Method Grants, Funding
Website www.fobr.ru (Russian)
Logo of the Foundation.
Logo of the Foundation.

The Foundation for Education Support (Russian: Фонд Подде́ржки Образова́ния) is a non-profit government-supported organization created to fund educational programs that promote the cooperation and communication of Russian gimnaziums, lyceums and secondary schools with leading national universities.

Its current major program is the support and development of Gimnazium Union of Russia, an open network or Russian gimnaziums, lyceums and secondary schools.

Andrei Fursenko, the Russian Education Minister introduced the Gimnazium Union of Russia and related projects on November 6, 2007, at a major conference in education held at Saint Petersburg State University.[1][2]

The Foundation was founded and is mainly sponsored by Gazprom.[3] Its activities, such as several recently introduced National science competitions, are a part of the National Priority Projects and are directly supported by Russian President-elect Dmitry Medvedev[3] and the Russian Ministry of Education.[3][1][4]

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  1. ^ a b "Gimnazium Union unifies professors (Russian)", NTV Russia, 2007-11-06. Retrieved on 2008-02-13. 
  2. ^ "Forum of Gimnanium Union of Russia opened in Saint Petersburg (Russian)", Rosbalt, 2007-11-06. Retrieved on 2008-02-13. 
  3. ^ a b c A letter from Gazprom CEO A. Miller to Dmitry Medvedev (Russian)
  4. ^ Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation between Russian Education Minister Andrei Fursenko and the Foundation President Tatyana Golubeva. Fevruary 11, 2008. (Russian)

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