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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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AREAS AND WORKING PRINCIPLES

The Foundation carries on its activity in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, other federal laws, decrees and directives of the President of the Russian Federation, as well as in accordance with enactments and directives of the Government of the Russian Federation and in accordance with the Charter of the Foundation.
In its activity the Fund shall adhere to the principle of providing scientists with creative freedom, a free choice of issue areas and methods for conducting basic scientific research.
The primary objective of the Foundation is the provision of support for basic scientific research.
To achieve its primary objective, the Foundation will:

1. select projects on a competitive basis
2. develop and approve the procedure for merit review of projects submitted for consideration on a competitive basis, the procedure for expert examination of projects and proposals
3. provide funding to selected projects and events and shall supervise the use of allocated funds
4. support international scientific cooperation in the field of basic research, including the funding of joint research projects
5. effect the preparation, publishing and distribution of information and other materials about the activity of the Foundation and shall distribute information in the field of basic research within the territory of the Russian Federation and beyond its limits
6. publish and distribute a bulletin to inform the general public and scientists about its activity and to publish methodology, analytical and other materials of the Foundation, the results of the most topical and most important research conducted with the aid of funds provided by the Foundation. The bulletin shall be distributed free of charge among state-run research libraries, the bodies and agencies of State power and leading State scientific institutions
7. participate in the development of proposals for the articulation and definition of the State scientific and technical policy in the field of basic scientific research

Furthermore, the Foundation shall have the right to arrange, at the expense of the customer, expert examination of science projects and select projects on a competitive basis if ordered or requested by federal executive power agencies and bodies, by the executive bodies and agencies of the constitutive entities of the Russian Federation, or by Russian and foreign organizations.
Announcements on the holding of competitions, results of the competitive selection process, decisions of the Foundation on funding projects and events as well as other materials about the activity of the Foundation shall be published in print media and distributed via electronic media.
RFBR places a special emphasis in its activity on feedback with scientists: their queries, comments and recommendations are always taken into consideration, thoroughly analyzed and are used to improve the operation of the Foundation. Meetings and discussions involving the chairperson of the Board of RFBR, staff employees of the Foundation and members of the scientific community are regularly held: such meetings and discussions have already been held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, Tver, Kaluga, Perm, Petrozavodsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Nalchik, Tomsk and other cities. The work of the Foundation has been discussed in all departments of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and in the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

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