{"id":218,"date":"2017-07-20T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T07:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yessenovfoundation.org\/?p=218"},"modified":"2017-11-23T10:10:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T07:10:59","slug":"vperedi-nasyishhennyiy-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yessenovfoundation.org\/en\/vperedi-nasyishhennyiy-god\/","title":{"rendered":"A BUSY YEAR AHEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is the foundation\u2019s strategic plan for development?<\/h2>\n

\u2014 It remains focused on supporting talented young people specializing in natural sciences and technical specialties. Our main emphasis is on grants for the Kazakhstanis to undertake internships at world\u2019s best laboratories and innovative enterprises. Why? Because the program has shown the greatest synergistic effect and our mission, to develop the country\u2019s \u00a0intellectual potential, is possible only if the foundation\u2019s activity has synergy and a long lasting impact.<\/p>\n

Which directions are you planning to further pursue?<\/h2>\n

\u2014 Given the current growth of demand for specialists in big data and data analysis and the fastest-growing IT, \u00a0we are planning to expand the IT direction in our matrix of program. In the coming winter we are planning to announce a sponsorship competition for studies in a master\u2019s program. The number of the grants per year is small, just two and is because of the tuition cost. A ballpark cost of the program starts from 40 thousand US dollars and that\u2019s excluding accommodation expenses.<\/p>\n

Also, in 2018 the Foundation decided to close its travel grants program. Reasons behind the decision are several, number of eligible applications is relatively small whilst the resources spent on processing them and the outcomes of the travels indicate the program as ineffective.<\/p>\n

Next what we learned from Ms. Malysheva is that the 2018 will not change the Foundation\u2019s practice of of inviting well-known scientists for guest lectures at Kazakhstan\u2019s universities. For example, this year the \u201cYessenov Lectures” program invited biologist\u00a0Peter Vlasov<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0, who is currently working for the European\u00a0Centre for Genomic Regulation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in Spain.\u00a0He did a series of lectures for students of biological faculty of KazNU al-Farabi university. Meeting him was a great success according to the students attended the lectures.<\/p>\n

Will the foundation continue its collaboration with China?<\/h2>\n

\u2014 That\u2019s a definite yes. We plan to continue the internships in China. We have already organized internships for three Kazakhstanis in robotic startup\u00a0Makeblock<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in Shenzhen. Talks are ongoing with Chinese universities and other innovative companies about their participation in the project.<\/p>\n

In 2017 the Shakhmardan Yessenov Foundation organized internships in the research laboratories of Britain\u2019s\u00a0Open University<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for students majoring in chemistry and oil and gas. Based on the results and the feedback to come from the students and host professors, the foundation\u2019s team will make a decisions on program\u2019s update. The foundation has plans to hold talks with a number of other British universities in order to expand the range of specialties to have more Kazakhstani students undertake the research practice.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, the foundation will hold competitions for the Yessenov scholarship program as well as the internships in IT-startups in the US program. Five winners of the last year\u2019s competition have just returned from the Silicon Valley with most satisfactory practical results. Abai Nussipbekov and Yernar Amergaliyev, for example, continue working for their host startups remotely, with Yernar opening a branch office of the start-up in Astana. Alexandra Kim is now enrolled at a master\u2019s program in one of Canada\u2019s universities and Aigul Imadildayeva accepted an offer to stay in the Valley to work at \u201cher\u201d startup.<\/p>\n

All the programs that you mentioned, they are 100% approved for 2018 or their future is in question so far?<\/h2>\n

\u2014 All of these programs are now at the stage of discussion and approval with the founders,\u00a0Galimzhan Yessenov and Aizhan Yessim<\/a><\/strong>, and the members of the Board of Trustees. In September we will make the decisions public so you will know what new programs we will be implementing. All in all, both the foundation and the future participants of our programs can expect one busy and exciting year ahead of us, \u2014 concludes the foundation\u2019s manager Aiganym Malisheva on upbeat note.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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