The following JINR annual prizes for the best papers in the fields of scientific research, methodology, research and technology, and applied research were awarded by the decision of the 139th session of the JINR Scientific Council that was held in the hybrid format on 19–20 February 2026:
I. Theoretical Physics Research
First prizes
- “A general approach to renormalization group equations in local quantum field theory”
Authors: D. Kazakov, L. Bork, A. Borlakov, D. Vlasenko, D. Tolkachev, V. Filippov, R. Iakhibbaev - “Angular momentum generation in fission fragments”
Authors: G. Adamian, A. Andreev, N. Antonenko, A. Bezbakh, A. Isaev, R. Mukhin, A. Rahmati Nejad, T. Shneidman
Second prize
- “Fourier modal method for calculating neutron scattering from surface-relief and bulk diffraction gratings”
Authors: M. Zakharov, A. Frank, G. Kulin
II. Experimental Physics Research
First prizes
- “Study of the production of hadrons (π+, K+, p) and light nuclei (d, t) in Ar + nucleus reactions in the BM@N experiment at the NICA accelerator complex”
Authors: M. Zavertyaev, A. Zinchenko, M. Kapishin, L. Kovachev, V. Kolesnikov, R. Lednicky, S. Merts, V. Plotnikov, M. Rumyantsev, I. Rufanov - “Investigation of reactions with 50Ti and 54Cr for the synthesis of new elements 119 and 120”
Authors: Yu. Oganessian, D. Solovyev, N. Kovrizhnykh, M. Shumeiko, D. Ibadullayev, A. Voinov, V. Utyonkov, A. Polyakov, Yu. Tsyganov, O. Petrushkin
Second prizes
- “Probing the Galactic neutrino flux at neutrino energies above 200 TeV with the Baikal gigaton volume detector”
Authors: I. Belolaptikov, V. Dik, T. Elzhov, D. Naumov, A. Sirenko, M. Sorokovikov, B. Shaibonov, Yu. Yablokova. - “Joint neutrino oscillation analysis from the T2K and NOvA experiments”
Authors: L. Kolupaeva, A. Kalitkina, N. Anfimov, A. Antoshkin, N. Balashov, I. Kakorin, V. Matveev, A. Olshevskiy, O. Samoylov, A. Sheshukov
Third prize
- “Measurement of differential and total scattering cross sections of 14.1 MeV neutrons on carbon nuclei: methodological aspects and results”
Authors: D. Grozdanov, P. Prusachenko, N. Fedorov, Yu. Kopatch, V. Skoy, T. Tretyakova, P. Kharlamov, A. Andreev, K. Hramco, P. Filonchik
III. Physics Instruments and Methods
First prize
- “Development and creation of superconducting magnets for the NICA Collider”
Authors: D. Nikiforov, P. Akishin, Yu. Bespalov, A. Bychkov, D. Zolotykh, S. Korovkin, G. Kuznetsov, A. Merkuryev, M. Petrov, A. Svidetelev
Second prizes
- “Photo-NETosis: biomodulation of programmed cell death”
Authors: G. Arzumanyan, K. Mamatkulov, Y. Arynbek, Huy Duc Le, A. Volkov, N. Vorobjeva - “Multi-nucleon transfer reaction studies with the velocity filter SHELS”
Authors: A. Svirikhin, H. Devaraja Malligenahalli, Yu. Popov, M. Chelnokov, B. Sailaubekov, A. Kuznetsova, O. Malyshev, V. Chepigin, E. Sokol, M. Tezekbayeva
Third prize
- “Hardware and software modernization for the INAA at the REGATA facility (IBR-2 reactor)”
Authors: D. Grozdov, V. Galustov, I. Zinicovscaia
IV. Applied Physics Research
First prize
- “A new approach to improving the efficiency of radiation therapy and nuclear medicine”
Authors: A. Boreyko, A. Bugay, I. Zamulaeva, R. Kozhina, E. Krasavin, E. Kuzmina, O. Matchuk, S. Tiounchik, T. Hramko (Bulanova), V. Chausov
Second prizes
- “Neutron diffraction in situ studies of structures and phase transitions in binary and ternary iron-based alloys”
Authors: A. Balagurov, T. Vershinina, B. Yerzhanov, B. Mukhametuly, N. Samoilova, A. Sohatsky, S. Sumnikov, I. Golovin, V. Palacheva, D. Chernyshov - “Long term remote reactor power and fuel composition monitoring using antineutrinos”
Authors: V. Belov, A. Bystryakov, I. Zhitnikov, S. Kazarсev, A. Kuznetsov, D. Medvedev, D. Ponomarev, E. Shevchik, M. Shirchenko
Third prize
- “Risk assessment of nanoparticle application: bioaccumulation, plant biochemical responses and trophic transfer”
Authors: A. Peshkova, I. Zinicovscaia, L. Cepoi, L. Rudi, T. Chiriac, N. Yushin, S. Corcimaru, L. Ganea, Ho Manh Dung