Abstract:

The issues of attracting students to scientific work and research projects always cause considerable discussion. This is explained by high competition of scientists and faculty for the right to publish their scientific achievements and also by the possibility to be among the winners in the distribution of grant funds for research and development. This state of affairs leads to a situation where the student community is actually “out of the brackets” of the scientific life of a higher educational institution. In fact, the student scientific community remains an underestimated resource for the research activities of an educational organization. As a result a difficult task appears concerning involvement of students in scientific and educational projects (scientific articles, monographs, conferences, scientific grants, etc.). Based on empirical data, the authors propose a methodology that takes into account the criteria for assessing the degree of student participation in research projects.