For the second year in a row, the StGAU Startup Center team has been implementing a large-scale acceleration program «APK-360».

«APK-360» is an acceleration program for technological startup projects in the field of agro—industrial production and infrastructure support for the agro-industrial complex, including three specialized tracks for student teams at different stages of project development.

The program has been developed taking into account current educational trends and the specifics of building the process of additional education for young people. Young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who study at the university at different levels of programs: secondary special education, bachelor's degree, master's degree, postgraduate studies can take part.

Participants will be able to develop and present projects in priority thematic areas for Russia and the Stavropol Territory: agro- and biotechnology, alternative energy and energy conservation, technologies of simulation modeling, prototyping and engineering, additive technologies.

The acceleration program includes mandatory educational and tracking blocks, as well as additional expert consultations on startup projects and activities for the formation of entrepreneurial competencies.

— With the unprecedented support of the federal center, together with the leading industrial enterprises of the region, including Agroholding Step, LLC Uralchem Innovation, LLC Agroconsulting, LLC Innagro and the SKIP-Master Industrial Park, we will bring the ideas and projects of young entrepreneurs to the practical plane, — said the rector of StGAU Vladimir Sitnikov.