On February 26, 2025, Almaty hosted the awarding ceremony for laureates of prizes and state scientific scholarships in the field of science. The ceremony was held at the National Academy of Sciences under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The event was attended by Minister of Science and Higher Education Sayasat Nurbek, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Academician, President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Board – Rector of the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University Akylbek Kurishbayev, scientists and university professors.

Since May 2024, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been working to create a list of young scientists (up to and including 40 years old) in need of housing. About 300 applications have been received from scientific organizations and universities subordinate to government agencies located in Almaty. In pursuance of the President’s instructions, the commission for the allocation of apartments for young scientists of scientific organizations, organizations of higher and postgraduate education to provide housing in Almaty has identified another list of young scientists in need of housing. Our researcher at the aquaculture laboratory, Efim Bulavin, is also included in this list.

Akylbek Kurishbayev personally awarded the laureates of the state scientific scholarships and noted the contribution of each laureate to the development of science and education.