In Summer-Autumn, the period of structural reforms in Russian science began, that is, establishment of a new Federal Agency of Research Institutions, reforming of the system of three state academies and development of a new Russian Research Fund. The lines of the reforms are not brought in...

Two ongoing parallel processes marked the year 2016. The first one had to do with the continuing implementation of previously planned measures, although it clearly fell behind the earlier established schedule. The scientific research community defined it as progressive stagnation. The second...

The main topic related to science in the previous year was the National Project (NP) “Science” and federal projects implemented under its framework. Considering the speed of budget funds allocation, NP “Science” was one of the most dynamic one among projects of similar status. The...

At present, several strategies addressing the sphere of science and technology are being elaborated. If one looks away from strategies and attempts to examine more thoroughly the actual practice and those issues that are being actively discussed by the specialists involved in that sphere, the...

Over the recent six months the impact of economic sanctions on Russian science has begun manifesting itself, directly and indirectly, in increased prices and restrictions on exports to Russia of research tools, equipment, materials, and pulling out of the country of some of the foundations which...

In 2014, key events in the field of science were unfolding around the continuing reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the associated assessment and restructuring of academic institutions, together with the first competitive tenders run by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) and...

The performance assessment system for scientific research organizations, which is currently being developed in Russia, has become an integral part of the ongoing reform in this country's scientific research complex. The assessment principles and criteria are determined by the RF Government's...

The conference of representatives of Russia's academic diaspora that took place in late 2014 was second of its kind held over the past four years. It demonstrated the prominent role played by the new foreign political and economic contexts in shaping the views on the current situation and the...

At present, efforts are being taken to form Russia's new R&D Strategy. Goals, formation principles and the main provisions of the document are being debated. The main idea consists in a switchover to management on the basis of challenges. Alternative approaches to development of the Strategy...

The past year was marked by the alteration of former trends and priorities following the change of the President and the Government. State policies for supporting science came to the fore while the encouragement of innovative activities and technological development lost in the frequency of its...