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Russia govt presidium to discuss program on support to scientists
MOSCOW, June 23 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian government presidium will
meet on Monday to discuss the federal program on scientific and
pedagogical personnel in innovative Russia in 2009-2013 and the
establishment of federal universities. Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko will deliver a report on the issues, a source in the Russian government said.
The government is planning to allocate more than 80 billion roubles from the federal budget for this federal program, the source said. The program aims at "creating conditions for the effective replenishment of personnel and encouraging young people to work in the sphere of science, education and high technologies," the source said.
The average age of Russian scientists is 50 years that "should go down four years as a result of the program's implementation." The share of highly qualified researchers is expected to increase by 2-4 percent, the share of highly qualified professors - by 4-6 percent. The number of publications in the leading world scientific magazines should increase by 50 percent. At present articles of Russian scientists make only five percent of all scientific papers in the world.
"Though the target parameters look quite moderate, the most important thing is to reverse the staff ageing tendency and the slowdown in scientific activity," the source said.
Under the program concrete scientific research conducted at the
scientific educational centres (scientific groups in universities and
research institutes) will be funded. According to the source, the program envisages the funding of about 1,000 research works a year under the supervision of the leading Russian scientists and about 800 research works conducted by young scientists, including Russian compatriots invited from abroad.
Meanwhile, federal universities will become centres for the science development at the state level. The Cabinet should approve the procedure of establishing these universities and their scope of activity. Ten federal universities are planned to establish before 2020.
Currently the government is discussing the establishment of three
federal universities: a Far Eastern (regional) University, a Federal
Nuclear University (on the basis of the Moscow Engineering Physics
Institute) and a Federal Technological University (on the basis of the
Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys).
"These universities should become the backbone of higher education," the source said. The foresaid universities "will be empowered to organize the educational process under their standards, grant diploma and scientific titles, establish limited liability companies and closed joint stock companies for the implementation of scientific developments," he said.
"This will allow creating an innovative environment connecting science, education and scientific research results," the source in the
Russian government believes.
meet on Monday to discuss the federal program on scientific and
pedagogical personnel in innovative Russia in 2009-2013 and the
establishment of federal universities. Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko will deliver a report on the issues, a source in the Russian government said.
The government is planning to allocate more than 80 billion roubles from the federal budget for this federal program, the source said. The program aims at "creating conditions for the effective replenishment of personnel and encouraging young people to work in the sphere of science, education and high technologies," the source said.
The average age of Russian scientists is 50 years that "should go down four years as a result of the program's implementation." The share of highly qualified researchers is expected to increase by 2-4 percent, the share of highly qualified professors - by 4-6 percent. The number of publications in the leading world scientific magazines should increase by 50 percent. At present articles of Russian scientists make only five percent of all scientific papers in the world.
"Though the target parameters look quite moderate, the most important thing is to reverse the staff ageing tendency and the slowdown in scientific activity," the source said.
Under the program concrete scientific research conducted at the
scientific educational centres (scientific groups in universities and
research institutes) will be funded. According to the source, the program envisages the funding of about 1,000 research works a year under the supervision of the leading Russian scientists and about 800 research works conducted by young scientists, including Russian compatriots invited from abroad.
Meanwhile, federal universities will become centres for the science development at the state level. The Cabinet should approve the procedure of establishing these universities and their scope of activity. Ten federal universities are planned to establish before 2020.
Currently the government is discussing the establishment of three
federal universities: a Far Eastern (regional) University, a Federal
Nuclear University (on the basis of the Moscow Engineering Physics
Institute) and a Federal Technological University (on the basis of the
Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys).
"These universities should become the backbone of higher education," the source said. The foresaid universities "will be empowered to organize the educational process under their standards, grant diploma and scientific titles, establish limited liability companies and closed joint stock companies for the implementation of scientific developments," he said.
"This will allow creating an innovative environment connecting science, education and scientific research results," the source in the
Russian government believes.
