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 137th session of the JINR Scientific Council that was held in the hybrid format on 13–14 February 2025:

I. Theoretical Physics Research
First Prize
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“Theoretical advances in the structural characterization of complex systems: fractals, hierarchical and multiphase materials”
Author: E. M. Anitas
Second Prizes
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“High energy hadron elastic scattering (√s = 3.6 GeV up to √s = 13 000 GeV)”
Author: O. Selyugin
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“New physical effects caused by the gravitational field of objects moving at the speed of light”
Authors: E. Davydov, I. Pirozhenko, V. Tainov, D. Fursaev

II. Experimental Physics Research
First Prize
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“7He structure from the deuteron stripping reaction”
Authors: A. Bezbakh, R. Wolski, M. Golovkov, A. Gorshkov, A. Denikin, S. Krupko
Second Prizes
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“Nucleon and cluster transfer in reactions with the 9Be nucleus”
Authors: A. Azhibekov, D. Aznabayev, T. Zholdybayev, T. Issatayev, S. Lukyanov, V. Maslov, K. Mendibayev, M. Naumenko, Yu. Penionzhkevich, V. Samarin
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“Pressure-induced phase transitions in perovskite-like layered titanates”
Authors: A. Asadov, S. Kichanov, D. Kozlenko, E. Lukin, A. Mammadov, R. Mehdiyeva

III. Physics Instruments and Methods
First Prize
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“Development of the BM@N spectrometer at the NICA accelerator complex”
Authors: S. Bazylev, N. Zamyatin, M. Kapishin, E. Kulish, A. Makankin, S. Piyadin, M. Rumyantsev, S. Sedykh, S. Khabarov, V. Yurevich
Second Prizes
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“Development of the software complex for the implementation of a unified architecture for distributed data processing and storage at the BM@N/NICA experiment”
Authors: E. Alexandrov, I. Alexandrov, N. Balashov, K. Gertsenberger, P. Klimai, A. Moshkin, I. Pelevanyuk, I. Filozova, A. Chebotov, G. Shestakova
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“Creation of a full-cycle technological complex for the development, production and testing of Micromegas coordinate detectors”
Authors: A. Gongadze, I. Gongadze, L. Gongadze, D. Dedovich, N. Kaurtsev, N. Kovyazina, I. Lyashko, I. Minashvili, I. Potrap, T. Rudenko
Third Prizes
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“The MONUMENT experiment: ordinary muon capture studies for the 0νββ decay”
Authors: V. Belov, K. Gusev, I. Zhitnikov, D. Zinatulina, S. Kazartsev, N. Rumyantseva, E. Shevchik, M. Shirchenko, M. Fomina
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“Creation of a hardware and software complex to study the characteristics of the cathode strip chambers of the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton interactions and studying their performance under conditions of high background”
Authors: N. Voytishin, A. Golunov, N. Gorbunov, A. Kamenev, V. Karzhavin, A. Lanev, V. Matveev, V. Palchik, V. Perelygin, S. Shmatov
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“Numerical methods and problem-oriented program complexes for solving some partial differential equations of physical processes and systems”
Authors: A. Gusev, O. Chuluunbaatar, G. Chuluunbaatar, J. Buša Jr., S. Vinitsky, T. Zhanlav, B. Batgerel, V. Ulziibayar, L. Hai, P. Wen

IV. Applied Physics Research
First Prize
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“Deep learning methods for various problems in agriculture”
Authors: A. Uzhinskiy, G. Ososkov, A. Nechaevskiy
Second Prizes
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“Development of contrast agents for multi-energy computed tomography”
Authors: V. Rozhkov, R. Sotenskii, G. Shelkov, E. Suslova, D. Shashurin, O. Medvedev
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“Composite and hybrid functional nanomaterials based on track membranes”
Authors: A. Nechaev, P. Apel, A. Rossouw, I. Vinogradov, O. Kristavtchuk, E. Andreev, L. Kravets, V. Kukushkin, B. Gorberg, L. Petrik