title: Foundation for Education Support
text: # Foundation for Education Support
  
  The Foundation for Education Support (Russian: Фонд Подде́ржки Образова́ния) is a non-profit government-supported organization created to fund educational programs that promote the cooperation and communication of Russian gimnaziums, lyceums and secondary schools with leading national universities.
  
  Its current major program is the support and development of Gimnazium Union of Russia, an open network or Russian gimnaziums, lyceums and secondary schools.
  
  Andrei Fursenko, the Russian Education Minister introduced the Gimnazium Union of Russia and related projects on November 6, 2007, at a major conference in education held at Saint Petersburg State University.
  
  The Foundation was founded and is mainly sponsored by Gazprom. Its activities, such as several recently introduced National science competitions, are a part of the National Priority Projects and are directly supported by Russian President-elect Dmitry Medvedev and the Russian Ministry of Education.
  
  