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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF FOUNDATION FROM DECEMBER 17, 2009

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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF FOUNDATION DATED DECEMBER 17, 2009

A meeting of the Board of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (“RFBR”) held on December 17, 2009 summed up RFBR's performance in 2009 and approved a budget plan for 2010. The Board noted that, during the past period, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (the "Foundation" or "RFBR"):

- worked to organize, fund and follow up projects of 2007-09, and is currently in the process of expert merit reviews of applications submitted to the main 2010 competition;

- held competitions under the program “Young Scientists Mobility”;

- worked to implement a program of regional competitions based on joint funding of research projects by the Foundation and relevant regional administrations and also merit-reviewed projects submitted to take part in regional competitions of 2010;

- the geography of RFBR’s regional competitions was expanded, cooperation with 29 foreign partners from 22 countries was effectuated; 912 applications were merit-reviewed, accepted for funding were 604 research projects by joint research teams; 181 research projects and 43 joint seminars were funded based on the results of earlier held competitions;

- accepted for review were 4,100 applications for Russian researchers to participate in foreign scientific events; 2,560 applications were funded, including 1,081 applications by young scientists;

- for the first time was announced and held together with CNRS and DFG a competition for tripartite Russian-French-German seminars;

- in 2009 the Foundation joined a multilateral program in chemistry initiative by the National Science Foundation of the USA;

- the Foundation took part in the preparation of an international competition planned for 2010 to be organized by the science foundations of the G8 nations;

- an agreement was reached for the Foundation to continue its participation in the Baltic states BONUS project;

- negotiations were held with the Helmholtz Association (Germany) on RFBR’s participation in the organization of an international multilateral competition in the XFEL interstate research project;

- an agreement was reached on holding in 2010 -- and for the first time ever in Russia -- a meeting of the heads of the leading basic research foundations of the G8 countries.

- within the framework of support for oriented interdisciplinary research arranged by the Foundation, bilateral competitions began to be held jointly with the National Science Council of Taiwan, the National Research Foundation of Bulgaria and the National Science Foundation of South Africa in areas agreed upon with the foreign partners. Similar proposals were made to the National Science Foundations of the United States and China;

- negotiations were held on establishing cooperation, and signing relevant agreements, with the National Science Foundation of South Africa, the National Research Foundation of Bulgaria, the National Research Foundation of Korea, the National Research Council of Italy.

- developed actively were competitions with the CIS states which included a new competition held jointly with the State Foundation for Basic Research of Ukraine and a tripartite interregional competition -- Russia / Byelorussia / Ukraine; 563 new applications were submitted under competitions with the CIS states in 2009;

- a program to support projects to organize Russian and international scientific events in the territory of the Russian Federation;

- a competition for projects to conduct oriented basic research was held as was a competition for projects to conduct basic oriented research coordinated with tasks of federal agencies, departments and state academies;

- a competition for projects to organize expeditions and field research in 2009;

- applications to take part in a competition for publishing projects began to be accepted continuously while the results of the competition are announced twice a year;

- a competition for publishing projects of 2009 (2nd stage) was held as well as a competition for publishing projects of 2010 (1st stage);

- as part of the program titled Electronic Research Library of RFBR was arranged subscription for 2010 to the electronic information resources of 9 foreign publications.

The Board of the RFBR does hereby resolve as follows:

1. It was resolved that the work of the Foundation for the period from March 30 to December 17, 2009 should be approved and that the effectiveness of the operations of RFBR on supporting the most important scientific research in all areas of basic research should be noted.

2. It was resolved that the organization and holding of a competition for projects to conduct oriented basic research in important interdisciplinary subjects and of a competition for projects to conduct oriented targeted research in the interests of Federal agencies and departments should be approved.

3. It was resolved that the high importance of the Foundation's policy to organize and hold regional competitions for the development of scientific research in Russia’s regions should be noted.

4. It was resolved that the signing of new agreements and supplementary agreements with the administrations and regional governments of the Irkutsk, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Sverdlovsk, Smolensk and Tula regions; the Krasnoyarsk and Perm Krays; the Republics of Karelia and Mariy El, Udmurtia; and with the Far Eastern and Urals Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences on joint competitions for projects should be approved.

6. RFBR’s efforts to hold competitions under existing agreements with foreign partners and also to prepare and enter into international agreements about scientific cooperation should be approved;

7. It was resolved that the conclusion of cooperation agreements with the National Research Foundation of South Africa, the National Research Foundation of Bulgaria, the National Agency for Scientific Research of France, the National Research Foundation of Korea (South Korea) on holding a multilateral competition jointly with the research foundations of the G8 nations (the National Science Foundation of the USA, the Research Council of Britain, the German Research Foundation, the Council for the Promotion of Scientific Research of Japan, the National Agency for Scientific Research of France, the National Council for Research / National Council for Scientific and Engineering Research of Canada) should be approved.

8. It was resolved that RFBR’s efforts to organize and hold competitions in the framework of existing agreements with organizations and departments of the CIS states and also its efforts to prepare new agreements and also the signing of agreements and supplementary agreements with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of South Osetia and the Academy of Tajikistan should be approved.

10. The activity of the Foundation carried out within the framework of membership in the International Association of Academies of Sciences (IAAS) should be approved.

11. It was resolved that RFBR’s efforts to support and develop its scientific electronic library in 2009 should be approved.

12. It was resolved that the final distribution of funding by type of activity for 2009 and the distribution of funding by type of activity for 2010 based on planned funding for the activity of the Foundation as per draft budget law of the Russian Federation should be approved.

18. It was finally resolved that the proposed distribution of funds by knowledge area under Initiative-Based Research Projects and Other RFBR Competitions for 2010 should be approved.

Chairman of the RFBR Board V. Ya. Panchenko

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