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National policies

The basic strategic document for R&D at the present time is the Basic Principles of the Policy of the Russian Federation in the Field of Development of Science and Technologies for the Period up to 2010 and further, approved by the President of the Russian Federation on March 30, 2002 (Pr-576). It states that S&T development is one of the highest priorities and should ensure social and economic progress in Russia. The strategic goal is the transition to the path of innovative economic development of Russia based on certain priorities. But the state policy directions are defined in a very vague manner for basic research and the most important applied research and development and the creation of the national innovation system.

 

Priority areas

Russia's national interests at seas and oceans, which historically evolved in all main spheres of activity political, economic, scientific, and military also extend to inland waters, territorial seas, the exclusive economic zone, and the continental shelf as well as areas at seas and oceans that are outside the jurisdiction of littoral states. Technologies and technical means of developing many new natural resources (hydrocarbons and minerals of the seabed, the energy potential of tides and waves, etc.) are so important and so specific that R&D projects and appropriate production facilities are keys to national economic development as a whole. Furthermore, organization of ongoing and future maritime activity did not factor in the possibility of a sharp change in the country's geopolitical situation, international conditions in and around the world oceans, and other factors.

 

Funding organisations

Russian Ministry of Education and Science (Ministry for Science and Technological Policy)

Multilateral cooperation occupies an ever greater place in the international relations system of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science since it is the main body which coordinates on a permanent basis the interaction in education and science. The Ministry carried out multilateral programmes with the participation of Russian research organisations.

 

Russian Foundation for Technological Development (RFTD)

Established in 1992, this Foundation was funded through an R&D financing tax. The RFTD mainly financed R&D and innovation projects on a competitive and reimbursable basis thus ensuring additional inflow of funds. Since 2002 due to the change in the taxation system and the de facto elimination of the “R&D financing tax” this source of financing has disappeared and a legal vacuum ensued as regards the activities of this Foundation. From 2003 competitions stopped and at present the Foundation mainly deals with returning back the funds it had provided. So far its future is unclear. Altogether during 1992-2002 the RFTD financed 805 projects.

 

Programme information

The Federal Goal-Oriented Programmes, elaborated and financed by branch ministries and agencies, contain also some funds for R&D within the respective programme. The main directions of the Federal Goal-Oriented Programmes are: infrastructure development; the promotion of young scientists (new generation); judicial system reform; safety of life and protection of the environment; new economy; regional parity. The list of programmes involving R&D and the respective agencies responsible for its financing is given on the www.programsgov.ru... website (only in Russian).

 

The S&T policymaking body has its own additional special Federal Goal-Oriented S&T Programme “R&D on Priority Directions of S&T Progress in 2002-2006.” The goals of the Programme are: to obtain new knowledge; to provide a scientific and technological support in the transition of the industries to qualitatively new technological levels; entering the domestic and world high technologies markets; to develop the scientific and technical intellectual potential of Russia; to preserve the leading scientific schools and collectives; to preserve Russia’s priority in a number of important areas of science and technology.

 

 

Russian Ministry of Education and Science (formerly Russian Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology)
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
11 Brusov pereulok
Moscow 103905 RUSSIA

Contact Person: Konstantin P. Chinkov - Head of the Division of Bilateral Cooperation, Department of International Cooperation in Education and Science
Tel: + 7 (095) 229 - 58 - 37
Fax: + 7 (095) 230 - 28 - 23/26 - 60
Email: troshanov@minstp.ru
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