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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE RUSSIAN FOUNDATION FOR BASIC RESEARCH

History

Main Objectives of the Foundation

Areas and Working Principles

RFBR Competitive Selection Contests

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HISTORY

The Russian Foundation for Basic Research (the “RFBR”) was set up by decree No. 426 of the President of the Russian Federation, dated April 27, 1992, on the initiative of the nation’s leading scientists.
The Russian Foundation for Basic Research is a self-governing non-commercial government-run organization existing in the form of a federal institution under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Russian Federation whose main goal is to provide support and assistance to research work in all areas of fundamental science on a competitive basis and which is called upon to build new relationships between scientists and the state.
The creation of the RFBR marked the birth of an all-new organizational form for Russian science - one that has since opened to scientists wider opportunities for academic self-expression, enabled them to select research topics independently, to set up academic teams and to concentrate resources on the most promising research projects.
Over the years RFBR was headed by Russia’s leading scientists: Academician A. A. Gonchar, organizing director of the Foundation; Academician V. Ye. Fortov; Academician M. V. Alfimov, Academician V. Yu. Khomich. Since June 2008 the Russian Foundation for Basic Research has been headed by V. Ya. Panchenko.
During 1992 through 2008 the RFBR organized and held sixteen competitive selection cycles in all branches of natural and social sciences and also, since 2005, in the fundamentals of engineering sciences. In 1997 RFBR started to conduct joint regional competitions jointly with the administrations of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Since 2004 the Foundation has conducted competitions to select initiative-based targeted fundamental research projects aimed at promoting the use of the results of RFBR projects in applied knowledge areas. In 2006-08 the Foundation was actively engaged in holding joint competitions together with the government ministries and departments of the Russian Federation which, in turn, made it possible to attract additional money needed to fund research. In 2007 the Foundation started to implement its Program to Provide Support to Russian’s Young Scientists as well as to scientists from CIS states.
Scientists and researchers from over 4,000 Russian organizations and institutions have had productive contacts with RFBR. During 1993-2008 over 7,000 scientific conferences and seminars were held in Russia with help from RFBR. About 20,000 Russian scientists were able to use RFBR grants to travel abroad to take part in conferences. During 1993 to 2008 RFBR provided funds to support over 9,000 publishing projects, over 3,000 books were published. In 1998 through 2008, 18 seminars were conducted with the participation of RFBR under the general topic “Results of Fundamental Research for Investments”.
At the present time, RFBR conducts 13 types of competitions and competitive programs to provide support to scientists and researchers, including international competitions and programs (with 17 countries in 2007), regional competitions and programs with 60 constitutive entities in the Russian Federation, in all federal districts.
Over 450,000 scientific papers have been published based on the results of work conducted, including about 180,000 journal articles.
Realization by RFBR of certain principles, which were once new to our country, has made it possible to identify and support the most talented and promising scientists engaged in first-class basic research in the research institutions of State Academies, in universities, higher learning institutions and in industry institutes.

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