Science and Technology in the

Russian Federation

Global challenges of the modern world

Excellence vs Equity

Reliance on the

following principles:

multi-vector policy

transparency

(willingness to

conduct a

constructive

dialogue)

scientific excellence

Competition vs Cooperation

Participation in large-scale

international research

projects and support of

international programs for

scientific and technical

cooperation in frameworks

of UNIDO, APEC and

ASEAN

Global vs Local

Cooperation on the basis

of parity and mutual

benefit, enlargement of

S&T cooperation,

including cooperation

within BRICS

BRICS, Asia-Pacific Economic

Cooperation (APEC)

• building wider research networks

• ensure the integration of the Russian

sector of applied research & innovation

into global environment

Priority regions for S&T cooperation

EUROPE

• Attracting the most successful research

teams

• Addressing frontiers of science

• Support for the development of advanced

inter-disciplinary research in priority areas

CIS, Eurasian Economic

Community (EAEC)

• utilize complimentary research

schools and infrastructure

• raising wider S&T community to

address common issues

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Fundamental research

Applied research

Development and production

Interagency cooperation for research planning

Inn

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Business

Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and other Ministries, RUSNANO,

RVC

Мinistry of Education and Science of the

Russian Federation

RFH, RFBR, RSF,

FANO

Business

Business

Key funding bodies

Funding Landscape

for science and technology support

Mechanisms of funding research in the Russian Federation

State programs

(ex. «Development of Science and technology» for 2013 - 2020, «Development of Healthcare»,…)

Basic research Applied research

Supporting actions

• Long-term program for basic scientific research in the

Russian Federation (2013 – 2020) – coordinated by

the Russian Ministry of Education and Science

• Programs of the state academies of science for

supporting basic research for 2013-2020 (FASO,

RAS, Russian Ministry of Education and Science,

Russian Ministry of Construction Industry, Housing

and Utilities)

• Scientific funds (RSF, RFBR, RFH)

• Russian Federal Targeted Program "R&D in Priority

Areas of Development of the Russian S&T Complex

2014-2020“

• Sectoral Federal Programs (such as the Federal Target

Program "Development of the pharmaceutical and

medical industry of the Russian Federation for the

period up to 2020 and beyond")

• Programmes for leading universities “5 to top 100”

• Mega-grants aimed to attract leading scientists to Russian universities and

scientific institutions ((Decree №220)

• Network of centres of collective usage of scientific equipment

• Mega-science research infrastructure

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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

OF THE RUSSIAN FEDEREATION:

MODALITIES OF COOPERATION

Modalities of cooperation:

Bottom-up approach

Bilateral joint and co-ordinated calls in

selected priority areas of cooperation

Multilaterial S&T and Innovation Calls

(e.g. ERA.NET)

Mobility of researchers

Russian Federal Targeted Program "R&D in

Priority Areas of Development of the Russian

S&T Complex 2014-2020“

Mega-grants for leading scientist

(Decree 220)

Programmes for leading universities

“5 to top 100”

Megascience projects

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Key funds

Russian science foundation (RSF)

www.rscf.ru

Russian fund for basic research (RFBR) http://www.rfbr.ru/

Russian Foundation for Humanities (RFH)

www.rfh.ru/

Fund for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE)

www.fasie.ru/

Skolkovo foundation

https://sk.ru/foundation/

Priorities of the scientific research

• Security and terrorism counteraction

• Nanosystems

• ICT

• Life sciences

• Transport and Space Systems

• Prospective weapons, military and

specialized equipment

• Efficient use of natural resources

• Energy efficiency, energy

conservation, nuclear power

Priority fields of science and technology development

in the Russian Federation

Overview of EU-Russia comparison

Cooperation Statistics in FP7 •FP7 participation of Russia in to other non-EU Countries

*Excluding People and Ideas Spercific Programmes

*Excluding People and Ideas Spercific Programmes

• Tokamak "Ignitor “

• High flux research reactor, PIK complex

• Special Synchrotron Radiation Source of the

4th generation, SSRS-4

• Complex of Superconducting Rings for Heavy

Ion Colliding Beams, NICA complex

• eXawatt Center for Extreme Light Studies

(XCELS)

• Electron-Positron Collider (Super-Tau- Charm

Factory)

Development of advanced research

infrastructure in the Russian Federation

Russia’s involvement in the development of

Mega-Science research infrastructure

• The European X-ray Free

Electron Laser (XFEL)

• European Organization for

Nuclear Research (CERN)

• Facility for Antiproton and Ion

Research (FAIR)

• International Thermonuclear

Experimental Reactor (ITER)

Mega-Science research

infrastructure

Open collaboration with international facilities:

perspectives

for the Future

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Russia

At the moment

In prospect

GrandSasso: LVD; Borexino; Opera.

GrandSasso: Gerda+; Dark Side; Xenon. EPOS MMC IMPC

Russia

United Kingdom

ELIXIR

Japan

CHIKYU

China

BEPC-II

Germany

PETRA III

EC

ESO

Brazil

CTBE

LNNANO

Canada

WindEEE

CHARS

France

SPIRAL 2

Facilities identified

Awardees of Russian Mega-grants (Decree No.220

“On the Measures Aimed to Attract Leading Scientists to the Russian Establishments of Higher Professional Education, Scientific Institutions of the State

Science Academies and State Research Centers of the Russian Federation”)

1st call (2010): 39 grant contracts were signed. Among the

grantees 21 are Russian (including 11 with double residence), 12 EU citizens, 3 winners from USA and 3 from other countries.

2nd call (2011): 38 grant contracts were signed. Among the

grantees 18 are Russian (including 12 double citizenships), 12 EU citizens, 7 winners from USA and 1 from Japan.

3rd call (2012): 41 grant contracts were signed. Among the

grantees 19 are Russian (including 9 double citizenships), 9 EU citizens, 5 winners from USA and 8 from other countries.

4th call (2013): 42 grant contracts were signed. Among the

grantees 19 are Russian (including 11 double citizenships), 19 EU citizens, 2 winners from USA and 1 from Japan.

Russian 48%

EU 33%

USA 11%

Japan 1%

Other 7%

Were created 160 laboratories in various scientific fields, where leading scientists from more then 15 countries, including Nobel prize winners and

winners of the Fields Medal are currently working

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Research areas

conducted by leading world scientists

involved in the Russian Instittutions

in the framework of calls 2010-2011

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Russian Mega-grants: projects geography

PROJECT “5 to top 100 UNIVERSITIES”:

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

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The Project 5-100 participants include 4 universities of Moscow, 3 universities of Saint Petersburg, and 8 universities located in the other cities of many regions

International partners of S&T projects (2011-2013)

Implementation of international coordinated

calls in the priority areas by the Ministry of

Education and Science of the Russian

Federation

in 2007-2013 Distribution of S&T projects by

international partners within

FTP on R&D (2007-2013)

Distribution of S&T

projects by the targeted

priority areas within FTP

on R&D (2007-2013)

Distribution of S&T projects

by allocated funding within

FTP on R&D (2007-2013)

14%

8%

12%

47%

9%

10%

EU

USA-Canada

CIS

Latin America

Southeastern

Asia

Other countries

64%

8%

7%

6%9%

6%

EU

USA-Canada

CIS

Latin America

Southeastern Asia

Other countries

21%

12%

28% 27%

12%

Nanosystems, Industry

Information and

telecommunication systems

Life sciences

Energy Effectiveness, Energy

Saving, Nuclear Energy

Rational Nature Explotation

Mapping of new FTP projects starting 2014

Sweden(3)

Finland(2)

Estonia(1) Great Britain(6)

Greece(1)

Poland(1)

Spain(2) Portugal(1)

The Czech

Republic(2)

Italy(2)

Netherlands(1)

Germany(21) Belgium(1)

France(9) Moscow(38)

Moscow region(2)

Saint

Petersburg(3)

Tomsk(2)

FTP R&D 2014-2020

Германия 23

Франция 9

Швеция 3

Швейцария 1

Италия 2

Нидерланды 1

Финляндия 2

Чехия 2

Польша 0%

Великобритания 6

Испания 2

Бельгия 1

Португалия 0% Греция

1

Эстония 0%

Китайская Народная Республика

14 Республика Корея

2

Аргентина 2

Индия 13

Япония 10

Мексика 1 страны СНГ

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США 2

Joint S&T projects

The FTP «Development of pharmaceutical

and medical industry of the Russian Federation

for the period up to 2020 and beyond»

The overall objective: To advance innovation in the Russian pharmaceutical and

medical industry.

Objectives:

Introduce modern technologies into the production process

Ensure that the most important medications, medical

equipment and devices (used to treat most

common/serious/life threatening diseases) are produced

domestically (overcome dependence on imports)

Support the marketing of innovative products

Increase the export potential of domestic medical and

pharmaceutical industry

Pre-clinical research into

innovative medications

Funding from the Ministry–

($353.7 million)

Development of new

educational programs

Funding from the Ministry–

($7.8 million)

Resource & technology

base for production Funding

from the Ministry -

($103.6 million)

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