The winner of one of the most prestigious Russian awards for scientists - Demidov prize – for 2018 is academician of RAS, Scientific Director of SFedU Vladimir Isaakovich Minkin.

On November 12, 2018, at a meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Committee on Demidov science Foundation awards announced the award of the national non-governmental Demidov prize 2018 to academician Vladimir Isaakovich Minkin for his outstanding contribution to the development of physical, organic and quantum chemistry.