National Project "Science"

Purposes

The key goals of the national project in its passport are indicated:

• ensuring the presence of Russia among the five leading countries of the world carrying out scientific research and development in areas determined by the priorities of the country's scientific and technological development;
• ensuring the attractiveness of work in Russia for leading Russian and foreign scientists and young promising researchers;
• increased internal costs for scientific research and development.

Structure

The national project includes three federal projects:

• "Development of scientific and scientific-production cooperation";

The project involves the creation of a network of at least 15 world-class scientific and educational centers (RECs) based on the integration of universities and scientific organizations and their cooperation with organizations operating in the real sector of the economy. The project also involves the creation of world-class scientific centers, including a network of international mathematical centers and centers for genomic research.

• "Development of advanced infrastructure for research and development in the Russian Federation";

The project involves updating at least 50% of the instrument base of leading organizations performing scientific research and development. The project also involves the development of an advanced infrastructure for scientific research and development, innovative activities, including the creation and development of a network of unique installations of the "megacyence" class.

• "Development of Human Resources";

The project involves the formation of a holistic system of training and professional growth of scientific and scientific and pedagogical personnel, which provides conditions for young scientists to carry out scientific research and development, create scientific laboratories and competitive teams.

Financing

The total amount of project financing in the period 2019-2024. is 636 billion rubles. In 2019, it amounts to 49.8 billion rubles, in 2020 - 62.1 billion rubles, in 2021 - 76.5 billion rubles, in 2022 - 111.1 billion rubles, in 2023 - 148.1 billion rubles, in 2024 - 188.5 billion rubles.

History

2023: The Ministry of Education and Science has launched grant support for centers developing world-class technologies. They will receive 1.8 billion rubles

At the end of October 2023, the Ministry of Education and Science announced the start of competitive selection for the provision of grants to support world-class scientific and educational centers (RECs). More than 1.8 billion rubles have been allocated for the implementation of this project. The amount of support for each winner of the competition will be from 60 to 157 million rubles

The amount of grants for the winners will be determined in 2024 by the Council of World-Class Scientific and Educational Centers. The decision to rotate the REC, taking into account the winners of the selection, will be made on the basis of performance indicators and expert assessments based on the results of the work of the centers. The rotation will make it possible to rationally allocate resources for the effective implementation of the program, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers noted.

The Ministry of Education and Science announced the start of competitive selection for the provision of grants to support scientific and educational centers (REC)

The initiator of the creation of the REC is a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, developing a program of activities together with universities and (or) scientific organizations and submitting it to a competition for a grant. For the work of the scientific and educational site, it is necessary to form supervisory and managing councils (other governing bodies are created at the discretion of the center).

Centers can also be interregional. For example, REC "Engineering of the Future" implements projects in the field of aerospace technologies and intelligent transport systems in several regions.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko called the grant support of the REC an effective tool for realizing the scientific and technological potential of the regions and ensuring the technological sovereignty of the whole country. According to him, by the end of October 2023, within the framework of the national project "Science and Universities," 15 centers working in the vector "science - universities - business" with high-tech enterprises are financed. Among them are nine interregional, which means that they solve the problems of several subjects at once.^[1]

2021: Mishustin approved the program of fundamental scientific research

Mishustin The Prime Minister approved the program of basic scientific research until 2030. This was announced on January 9, 2021 by the press service of the Cabinet. More. here

2020

Accounts Chamber: there is not enough money for the Nauka national project

At the end of August 2020, the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation reported a lack of funding for the implementation of the national project "Science." The control department made this conclusion after inspections of budget execution in 2019 by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center.

According to the joint venture, the lack of sufficient money in the national project is associated with both a small amount of allocated funds and a significant plan for extrabudgetary investments. The auditors recognized that no one can guarantee the fulfillment of this condition.

The Accounts Chamber said that there is not enough money for the Nauka national project

This situation, as reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Accounts Chamber, leads to a lag in the level of wages in the scientific field, which additionally provokes a "brain drain." In addition, the pace of creation and renewal of scientific infrastructure is insufficient, and this directly affects the creation of competitive living and working conditions for scientists.

Scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) called for maintaining the main goals and indicators of the Nauka national project when adjusting it and allocating more money for fundamental research.

At the same time, the Accounts Chamber noted the positive results of the implementation of the Nauka national project. Among them:

• five pilot scientific and educational centers have been identified;
• 14 competence centers of the National Technology Initiative have been created;
• world-class laboratories have been created on the basis of 35 organizations;
• international scientific research has begun on unique scientific installations of the "megasience" class.

In addition, the joint venture included a high level of spending (98.5%) of funds allocated for the state program "Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation."^[2]

Approval of the list of grant recipients among world-class scientific and educational centers

The government approved a list of recipients of grants among world-class scientific and educational centers (RECs). The corresponding order on the government website was published on June 27, 2020. The activities of several centers in particular are related to digital technologies.

The following participants in scientific and educational centers will receive grants:

• Tyumen State University (West Siberian Interregional Scientific and Educational Center, created in the Tyumen Region. The center's activities are focused on the digital transformation of the oil and gas industry, developments in the field of agriculture, ecology and biology, as well as the study of the northern territories);

• Belgorod State National Research University (scientific and educational center "Innovative solutions in the agro-industrial complex," created in the Belgorod region; the center's activities are focused on biotechnology, healthy technologies, as well as selection and genetic research, cellular technologies and genetic engineering in the field of crop production and animal husbandry);

• Kemerovo State University (scientific and educational center "Kuzbass," created in the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass; the activities of the center focus on developments related to solid minerals, as well as medicine);

• Perm Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (world-class scientific and educational center "Rational Subsoil Use," created in the Perm Territory; the center's activities are focused on research and development related to solid minerals, hydrocarbons, chemical technologies, energy engineering, new materials and substances, ecology and safety of territories, in addition, the center is focused on digitalization and robotization of industries and services);

• ANO "REC Management Company" (scientific and educational center "Technoplatforma 2035," created in the Nizhny Novgorod Region; the center's activities are focused on innovative industries, the creation of components and materials, intelligent transport systems and other digital technologies, medicine, including medical instrumentation, as well as ecology).

The government order, in particular, approves the size of the grants themselves of world-class scientific and educational centers - it will amount to 144.2 million rubles for each recipient.

The government order also approves the size of the grants themselves of world-class scientific and educational centers - it will amount to 144.2 million rubles for each recipient. Thus, in general, more than 721 million rubles will be allocated for their support in 2020. As noted on the government's website, these funds are already included in the federal budget.

The total amount of funding for the federal project "Development of scientific and scientific and production cooperation" of the national project "Science," within the framework of which world-class scientific and educational centers are being created, in 2020 amounts to 11.4 billion rubles. The project also involves the creation of world-class scientific centers, including a network of international mathematical centers and centers for genomic research.

In 2019, state support was provided to scientific and educational centers created in the Perm Territory, Belgorod, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod and Tyumen regions, without competitive selection. These regions were determined in accordance with the message of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly made in February 2019.

World-class scientific and educational centers are innovative platforms that combine educational and scientific organizations with business. The goal is to build a modern research and development model for the technological development of the country. According to the presidential decree, in the coming years at least 15 such centers should be created in Russia within the framework of the national project "Science."

Approval of the list of directions of world-class scientific centers

The list of directions in which world-class scientific centers will be created was approved by the Council for State Support for the Creation and Development of These Centers within the framework of the meeting held on March 4, 2020^[3] which ^[4].

The list includes seven priority areas selected taking into account the main priorities outlined in the strategy of scientific and technological development approved by the president:

• Advanced digital technology and artificial intelligence, robotic systems, next-generation materials;
• Environmentally friendly resource-saving power, efficient regional use of subsoil and biological resources;
• Personalized medicine, high-tech healthcare and "health saving" technologies;
• Highly productive and environmentally friendly agricultural and water management, creation of safe, high-quality and functional food products;
• Technologies for ensuring national security (countering technogenic, biogenic, socio-cultural threats, terrorism and ideological extremism, as well as cyber threats and other sources of danger to society and the economy);
• Intelligent transport and telecommunications systems, research and efficient development of the earth's geosphere and the surrounding universe (space and airspace, world oceans, the Arctic and Antarctica);
• Humanitarian and social studies of the interaction of man and nature, man and technology, social institutions as effective responses of society to big challenges.

In addition, council members approved the procedure and criteria for competitive selection of winners for grants. The determining ones, in particular, will be the presence of research experience in the areas of activity of the center, the program of scientific research, personnel potential, as well as the scientific infrastructure of the center. Thus, not only the innovative base of the center, its integration into international scientific activities and the planned contribution to the implementation of priority areas for the development of Russia, but also the number of scientific publications of researchers, the relevance of the planned research, as well as the prospects for their further use will be taken into account.

According to the rules, the selection of applicants for subsidies from the federal budget will take place in three stages, the winners will be determined by the results of the competitive selection. To participate in the competition, the applicant must provide a program for the creation and development of the center, which will be evaluated by experts - members of the council.

2019

2019 results

The national project Science"" fully achieved its results and control points in 2019^[5] Science^[6]. This was told by the director Ministry of Education and Science Andrei Zarubin of the department of project activities at a meeting of the board of the department on December 18, 2019.

Within the framework of the federal project "Development of scientific and scientific and production cooperation" of the national project "Science," a network of five world-class scientific and educational centers (RECs) was formed and began to function.

The total revenue of engineering centers created within the framework of the federal project "Development of advanced infrastructure for research and development in the Russian Federation" in 2019 exceeded 1.9 billion rubles. At the same time, 2,414 jobs were created with the help of these centers, including about 1,800 for engineering specialists.

In 2019, according to the results of the grant competition for graduate students of the second year of training of the competition, held within the framework of the federal project "Development of personnel potential," 1,500 projects from 68 regions of Russia were supported. The size of one grant amounted to 1.2 million rubles for one graduate student, the project implementation period is two years.

The first scientific and educational centers that received state support

Five world-class pilot scientific and educational centers (RECs) created in the Perm Territory, Belgorod, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod and Tyumen regions will receive state support within the framework of the federal project "Development of scientific and scientific and production cooperation" of the Nauka national project. ^[7]. This became known on August 26, 2019, after the presentation to the members of the council of world-class scientific and educational centers, the programs of world-class pilot RECs were heard. The projects were presented by the governors of the regions in which the REC are located.

These regions were determined in accordance with the message of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly in February 2019. In general, in 2019, 5 billion rubles were planned for the implementation of the federal project "Development of Scientific and Scientific and Production Cooperation" in the federal budget.

The Governor of the Kemerovo Region Sergey Tsivilev presented the program of activities of the REC "Kuzbass." Its main goal is to achieve global leadership in the exploration, extraction and transportation of solid minerals, mining engineering, and the production of environmentally friendly energy without harm to the environment and the health of the workers themselves. Moreover, many heavy work is planned to be transferred to robotic devices. By 2024, Kuzbass will establish the largest production of prostheses for cardiovascular surgery in the Russian Federation (26% of the Russian market), biodegradable sutures (a third of the Russian market), biodegradable antispam membranes (1.5% of the world market).

Another ambitious goal is to turn Kuzbass into a tourist center. In 2019-2023, the Kuzbass Technology Valley will be created with a congress center, offices, classrooms, a children's educational and cultural center, a medical center, and an aqua park.

Leading scientists of the Kemerovo State University will lead all scientific developments. In addition to him, the project included eight more universities and scientific organizations of Kuzbass, including Tomsk Polytechnic University. Among the enterprises of the real sector of the economy, the center's participants in particular were the Siberian coal mining holding SDS Ugol (it will turn into a digital mining enterprise), Russian Aluminum, the Siberian Mining and Metallurgical Company, the Azot chemical plant, and Siberian Cement.

The program is planned to implement 14.5 billion rubles for 5 years.

Since the project's tasks cannot be solved without highly qualified personnel, the region provides for a system of advanced training - through the modernization of vocational education colleges, the creation of new university educational programs together with leading centers in Russia and the world.

It is planned that by the end of 2019 35 patents for inventions will be registered, and by 2020 the share of high-tech products will be 20%, 450 new jobs will be created.

The Perm Scientific and Educational Center also aimed at a breakthrough in mining, processing of minerals, mining, chemical industry and mechanical engineering. The main task is to robotize and digitalize all production to the maximum, focus on the production of new materials and substances and preserve the environment. The creation and introduction of new technologies should, in particular, be provided by the Perm Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, two National Research Universities (Perm State University and Perm Polytechnic University), Uralkali and Uralchem.

To attract talented youth (more than 6 thousand students and young specialists), a multifunctional modern student town, a Sirius center for working with gifted children, as well as a scientific and educational center in the city of Kogalym will be created in the region. There will also be a rock storage and research center, an engineering and scientific test site. All this should attract more than 800 billion rubles of investment to the region. At the same time, the number of new jobs should increase 9 times, to 1000, the share of high-tech products - up to 35%.

The head of the Tyumen region, Alexander Moor, presented the West Siberian Interregional Educational Center. Its priority is development in the oil and gas industry. For this, a fully automated center for the study and storage of rocks will be built. It will be put into operation by 2022. An agreement on this was signed last year with Gazpromneft. The new Digital Core technology will make it possible to predict the geological state of new fields on the basis of a digital rock database and significantly increase the efficiency of oil production.

In the Arctic, projects will be implemented to save and use resources (water, fish reserves), eliminate oil spills, etc. The research will be led in particular by scientists from the Tyumen Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Scientific Center for the Study of the Arctic, Tyumen State University, Tyumen State Medical University and the Ural Forestry Technical University. There will be a campus, a center for working with gifted children, laboratories, an experimental biostation.

Another scientific and educational cluster associated with the agro-industrial complex was created in the Belgorod region. The leading university for the coordination of all work was chosen. Belgorod State University Among the enterprises included in the center, a poultry producer, "Prioskole" a holding for the production of meat and dairy products, Agro-Belogorye a group of companies,. "Efko" Scientific and Technical Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture The Belgorod Scientific and Educational Center will develop new biotechnologies, plant protection products based on metal nanoparticles, research and creation of new healthy food products, including protein sugar substitute, etc. In five years, for 2019-2024, it is planned to create up to 3 thousand new jobs in the region and bring the share of high-tech products to 15%.

The Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin presented the development program of the Nizhny Novgorod Scientific and Educational Center.

It includes 27 largest organizations, including 3 institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, including Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of sciences 5 leading universities of the Nizhny Novgorod region, enterprises,, and Rosatom Nizhny Novgorod plant of the 70th anniversary of Victory Arzamas Instrument-Making Plant named after Plandin a joint engineering center. GAZ groups National Research Nizhny Novgorod State University named after Lobachevsky An international student campus for training will be created on the basis of and a number of others.

The main areas of development will be innovative industries, components and materials, intelligent transport systems, high-tech personalized medicine and medical instrumentation, including nuclear medicine. Another area of ​ ​ work of the Nizhny Novgorod REC will be the development of projects and technologies in the field of ecology: the disposal and processing of various types of waste, the elimination of accumulated environmental damage.

It is expected that the first results of the joint work of scientific and industrial enterprises in Nizhny Novgorod will appear in 2020.

Approval of the goals, procedure and conditions for granting grants to world-class scientific and educational centers

The government approved the goals, procedure and conditions for granting grants to world-class scientific and educational centers (RECs) on April 30, 2019. The corresponding decree was posted on the government website on May 13, 2019.

According to the document, grants will be provided to centers on a competitive basis. Their selection will be annually carried out by the council of world-class scientific and educational centers. The list of winners of the competition, the list of recipients and the size of grants provided to them annually will be approved by the government. The grant will be granted next year after the council approves the application. The initiators of the creation of scientific and educational centers should be the regions of Russia. To take part in the competition, they must provide the Ministry of Education and Science, among other documents, with a program of its activities.

The decree also establishes requirements for the content of programs for the activities of scientific and educational centers and the direction of spending.

In 2019, state support, according to plans, was to be provided to scientific and educational centers created in the Perm Territory, Belgorod, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod and Tyumen regions, without competitive selection. These regions were determined in accordance with the message of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly made in February 2019. In 2020 and 2021, the Ministry of Education and Science will conduct competitive selection of scientific and educational centers and finance grant payments.

In the federal budget for 2019 and 2020-2021, 5.022 billion rubles are provided for the implementation of the federal project "Development of scientific and scientific and production cooperation" of the national project "Science" in 2019, in 2020 - 11.429 billion rubles, in 2021 - 7.115 billion rubles.

See also

• National Education Project
• National Project Health Care
• National Project Housing and Urban Environment

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