Students of Moscow Polytech are invited to the All-Russian Competition of Aviation Creativity

The Registration for the fifth jubilee season of the All-Russian Students’ Competition of Aviation Creativity is underway. This is the first competition in Russia, at which the participants undergo a full cycle of the creation of an unmanned flying vehicle – from the concept up to the operational flying model. The main goal of the competition is the identification of talented youth inclined to research and engineering activity and the formation of personnel reserve for high-technology enterprises and scientific entities of the country.

The organizers remind about the obligatory requirement - that the team has an adult consultant (supervisor). A postgraduate student, a University employee or a representative of the aviation industry may play this role.

The competition will be held in two stages:

The correspondence stage (March - July 2026): the teams will have to develop an unmanned aircraft, as well as to present and defend before the industry experts the selected engineering solutions and techniques.

Face-to-face finals (August 2026): the finalists will get access to the infrastructure of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology for refining their devices, after what they will face competitive flights and the fight for the Prize Fund.

The winners of the main track of the competition will be awarded with cash bonuses:

1st place - 250 000 Rubles

2nd place - 150 000 Rubles

3rd. place - 100 000 Rubles

For the participation, it is necessary to submit a team application at the official site of the competition until April 01, 2026.

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The competition is held annually under the support of the Federal Air Transport Agency, the MIPT Endowment Fund and the leading enterprises of the aviation industry.