Russian Foundation for Basic Research

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Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) is a national science funding body of the Russian government{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/oise/europe/science_funding.jsp|title=Science Funding Agencies in Europe - NSF Europe Office - NSF - National Science Foundation|website=www.nsf.gov|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829010714/https://www.nsf.gov/od/oise/europe/science_funding.jsp|archive-date=August 29, 2017|df=mdy-all}} created on 27 April 1992 by a decree of the President of Russia.{{cite web | title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27.04.1992 г. № 426 |trans-title=Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 30, 2012 No. 1329 | website=President of Russia | date= 30 September 2012 | url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/1239 | language=ru | access-date=18 May 2020}}

Activities

{{quote box|align=right|width=30em|text="The RFBR provides on a competitive basis financial support to individual scientists and research teams, enabling them to select research topics independently, to set up academic teams, and to concentrate resources on the most promising research projects."

{{cite web | date=10 September 2008 | title=Panchenko assigned as President of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research | website=SPIE | url=http://spie.org/about-spie/press-room/spie-member-news/panchenko-9-10-08 | access-date=11 March 2018 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423115825/http://spie.org/about-spie/press-room/spie-member-news/panchenko-9-10-08 | archive-date=April 23, 2018 | df=mdy-all }}}}

The Russian Foundation for Basic Research financially sponsors conferences and research,{{cite book | editor-last=Kulchin | editor-first=Yuri N. | editor-last2=Ou | editor-first2=Jinping | editor-last3=Vitrik | editor-first3=Oleg B. | editor-last4=Zhou | editor-first4=Zhi | title=Fundamental Problems of Optoelectronics and Microelectronics III: 12-14 September, 2006, Harbin, China |series=Proceedings of SPIE |volume=6595 | location=Bellingham, Washington, USA |publisher=SPIE | date= 2007 | doi=10.1117/12.726858 | isbn=978-0-8194-6727-0 | page=i}}{{Cite book| publisher = Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA| isbn = 978-86-80321-32-5| last = Marković| first = Smilja| title = Program and the Book of Abstracts / Fifteenth Young Researchers' Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering, December 7-9, 2016, Belgrade| date = November 23, 2016}}{{Cite book| publisher = World Scientific| isbn = 978-981-4547-14-7| last1 = Michailovich| first1 = Dremin Igor| last2 = M| first2 = Semikhatov Alexei| title = Second International A D Sakharov Conference On Physics| date = April 15, 1997}} provides collective bargaining in negotiating access to research databases for Russian research institutions,{{cite web|url=https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/science-and-technology/russian-foundation-of-basic-research-chooses-elseviers-scopus-to-improve-russias-research-ranking-position|title=Russian Foundation of Basic Research Chooses Elsevier's Scopus to Improve Russia's Research Ranking Position|website=www.elsevier.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421054227/http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/science-and-technology/russian-foundation-of-basic-research-chooses-elseviers-scopus-to-improve-russias-research-ranking-position|archive-date=April 21, 2014|df=mdy-all}} and co-hosts the Scopus Awards with Elsevier for Russian scientists who score high in Elsevier's academic productivity and citation metrics and are strongly involved in RFBR's programs and grants.{{cite web|url=https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/science-and-technology/elsevier-and-russian-foundation-for-basic-research-announce-scival-scopus-award-russia-2012-winners|title=Elsevier and Russian Foundation for Basic Research Announce SciVal -Scopus Award Russia 2012 Winners|last=Elsevier|website=www.elsevier.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311201805/https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/science-and-technology/elsevier-and-russian-foundation-for-basic-research-announce-scival-scopus-award-russia-2012-winners|archive-date=March 11, 2018|df=mdy-all}}

RFBR research grants are usually only available to Russian researchers and their international collaborators.{{cite web|url=https://www.uarctic.org/news/2015/5/calls-announced-by-russian-foundation-for-basic-research-rfbr/|title=Calls announced by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116112648/https://www.uarctic.org/news/2015/5/calls-announced-by-russian-foundation-for-basic-research-rfbr/|archive-date=November 16, 2017|df=mdy-all}}{{better source needed|date=March 2018}}

International collaboration

RFBR collaborates with other research foundations around the world, including CRDF Global,{{cite web|url=http://www.crdf.org/newsroom/newsroom_show.htm?doc_id=1605814|title=CRDF Global: Newsroom: 6 Finalists Selected for 2010 CRDF Global - RFBR V Energy Grant Competition|date=September 9, 2011|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909132415/http://www.crdf.org/newsroom/newsroom_show.htm?doc_id=1605814|archive-date=September 9, 2011|df=mdy-all}} the National Science Foundation{{cite web|url=https://www.uarctic.org/news/2013/9/the-contest-of-research-projects-in-chemistry-2014/|title=The contest of research projects in chemistry - 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031530/https://www.uarctic.org/news/2013/9/the-contest-of-research-projects-in-chemistry-2014/|archive-date=March 13, 2018|df=mdy-all}} and National Institutes of Health{{cite web |last=Cialdella |first=Romina |date=March 28, 2016 |title=Bilateral Co-funding Programs: U.S.-Russia Bilateral Collaborative Research Partnerships on Cancer |location=USA |publisher=National Cancer Institute |url=https://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/bsa/0316/1300Pearlman.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312022510/https://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/bsa/0316/1300Pearlman.pdf |archive-date=March 12, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/organization/cgh/blog/2017/bilateral-partnerships|title=NCI supports 10 New Bilateral Collaborative Research Partnerships on Cancer|website=National Cancer Institute|date=August 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083107/https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/organization/cgh/blog/2017/bilateral-partnerships|archive-date=March 12, 2018|df=mdy-all}} in the United States, the French National Center for Scientific Research,{{cite web|url=http://www.rfbr.ru/rffi/eng/contests_international_announcement/o_1896350|title=Joint Russian-French initiative research projects competition of the Russian Foundation for Basic research (RFBR) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Contest search - The international competitions - Portal RFBR|website=www.rfbr.ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083434/http://www.rfbr.ru/rffi/eng/contests_international_announcement/o_1896350|archive-date=March 12, 2018|df=mdy-all}} the German Research Foundation{{cite web|url=https://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/2017/info_wissenschaft_17_91/|title=DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG-RFBR Cooperation: Possibility for Joint German-Russian Research Projects|website=www.dfg.de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312022634/http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/2017/info_wissenschaft_17_91/|archive-date=March 12, 2018|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rfbr.ru/rffi/eng/contests_international_announcement/o_1896349|title=Contest search - The international competitions - Portal RFBR|website=www.rfbr.ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083504/http://www.rfbr.ru/rffi/eng/contests_international_announcement/o_1896349|archive-date=March 12, 2018|df=mdy-all}}{{efn|The Russian Science Foundation has also formed partnerships with the German Research Foundation.}} the Royal Society of the United Kingdom,{{cite web|url=http://www.rfbr.ru/rffi/eng/contests_international_announcement/o_1896351|title=Joint initiative research projects competition of the Russian Foundation for Basic research (RFBR) and the Royal Society of London (CA) in 2014 - Contest search - The international competitions - Portal RFBR|website=www.rfbr.ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083431/http://www.rfbr.ru/rffi/eng/contests_international_announcement/o_1896351|archive-date=March 12, 2018|df=mdy-all}}{{cite magazine |last1=Grimes |first1=Robin |last2=Hennessey |first2=Emma |date= 2015 |title=Why science is in the diplomatic tool kit |magazine=Science in Parliament |volume=72 |number=2 |pages=10–11 |url=http://www.scienceinparliament.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WHY-SCIENCE-IS-IN-THE-DIPLOMATIC-TOOL-KIT-by-Professor-Robin-Grimes-and-Dr-Emma-Hennessey.pdf |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313032020/http://www.scienceinparliament.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WHY-SCIENCE-IS-IN-THE-DIPLOMATIC-TOOL-KIT-by-Professor-Robin-Grimes-and-Dr-Emma-Hennessey.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2018 |df=mdy-all }} the Iran National Science Foundation,{{cite web |url=http://en.insf.org/?pageid=9404&newsview=13223 |title=Irannian National Science Foundation - News > Zargham: INSF packages target Iranian human capitals |access-date=2018-03-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083121/http://en.insf.org/?pageid=9404&newsview=13223 |archive-date=March 12, 2018 |df=mdy-all }} the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology,{{cite web|url=http://indiaeducationdiary.in/10th-anniversary-celebrations-indo-russian-partnership-science-technology/|title=10th Anniversary Celebrations of Indo-Russian Partnership in Science and Technology - India Education Diary|first=India Education Diary Bureau|last=Admin|date=June 21, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083031/http://indiaeducationdiary.in/10th-anniversary-celebrations-indo-russian-partnership-science-technology/|archive-date=March 12, 2018|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rbth.com/economics/cooperation/2015/09/10/rusia-and-india-move-towards-common-scientific-research-domain_395879|title=Russia and India move towards common scientific research domain|first=S&T|last=RF|date=September 10, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313092314/https://www.rbth.com/economics/cooperation/2015/09/10/rusia-and-india-move-towards-common-scientific-research-domain_395879|archive-date=March 13, 2018|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rbth.com/economics/cooperation/2016/08/18/india-russia-increase-collaboration-in-technology-education_621987|title=India, Russia increase collaboration in technology & education|first=Rossiyskaya|last=Gazeta|date=August 18, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313092240/https://www.rbth.com/economics/cooperation/2016/08/18/india-russia-increase-collaboration-in-technology-education_621987|archive-date=March 13, 2018|df=mdy-all}} the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba,{{cite web|url=https://university.innopolis.ru/en/research/competitions-and-grants/the-2018-contest-for-the-best-scientific-projects-of-fundamental-scientific-research-conducted-by-th/|title=Открытые конкурсы и гранты|website=university.innopolis.ru|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313092142/https://university.innopolis.ru/en/research/competitions-and-grants/the-2018-contest-for-the-best-scientific-projects-of-fundamental-scientific-research-conducted-by-th/|archive-date=March 13, 2018|df=mdy-all}} the Academy of Finland,http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-1293 {{cite web |url=http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/nordic-cooperation-with-russia-in-education-and-research_tn2011-545 |title=Simple search |access-date=2018-03-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313100835/http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/nordic-cooperation-with-russia-in-education-and-research_tn2011-545 |archive-date=March 13, 2018 |df=mdy-all }} the Research Council of Norway,{{cite book | last=Korteniemi | first=Eeva | date= 2011 | title=Nordic Cooperation with Russia in Education and Research | publisher=Nordic Council of Ministers | isbn=978-92-893-2250-8 |doi=10.6027/tn2011-545 |series=TemaNord |issn=0908-6692 | pages=39–54| url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-1293 }} and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia.{{cite web|url=https://spacewatchme.com/2017/10/saudi-arabia-russia-deepen-space-cooperation-agree-joint-space-exploration-projects/|title=Saudi Arabia and Russia Deepen Space Cooperation, Agree on Joint Space Exploration Projects - SpaceWatch Middle East|website=spacewatchme.com|date=October 9, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312022613/https://spacewatchme.com/2017/10/saudi-arabia-russia-deepen-space-cooperation-agree-joint-space-exploration-projects/|archive-date=March 12, 2018|df=mdy-all}}

= International joint projects =

; BRICS STI Framework Programme

: BRICS is an association of the governments of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa which have met annually since 2009. In 2015, BRICS members completed a memorandum of understanding on collaboration in science, technology, and innovation.{{Citation| title = NRF_BRICS_2017_Call_SA_Guideline_Aug_2017.pdf| access-date = April 23, 2018| url = http://brics-sti.org/files/NRF_BRICS_2017_Call_SA_Guideline_Aug_2017.pdf| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180423115825/http://brics-sti.org/files/NRF_BRICS_2017_Call_SA_Guideline_Aug_2017.pdf| archive-date = April 23, 2018| df = mdy-all}}{{Cite web| last = Elsevier| title = 25 years in the service of Russian science| work = Elsevier Connect| access-date = April 23, 2018| url = https://www.elsevier.com/connect/25-years-in-the-service-of-russian-science| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170602062806/https://www.elsevier.com/connect/25-years-in-the-service-of-russian-science| archive-date = June 2, 2017| df = mdy-all}} The Russian Foundation for Basic Research is one of several Russian state agencies which are implementing these collaborations.{{Cite web| title = BRICS Science & Technology Ministers meeting begins today {{!}} Department Of Science & Technology| access-date = April 23, 2018| url = http://www.dst.gov.in/pressrelease/brics-science-technology-ministers-meeting-begins-today| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170120072301/http://www.dst.gov.in/pressrelease/brics-science-technology-ministers-meeting-begins-today| archive-date = January 20, 2017| df = mdy-all}}{{Cite web| title = International Multilateral Regional Cooperation Division| access-date = April 23, 2018| url = http://aistic.gov.in/ASEAN/imrcBRICS| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180423115825/http://aistic.gov.in/ASEAN/imrcBRICS| archive-date = April 23, 2018| df = mdy-all}}

; Lake Elgygytgyn

: While no Russian agency is a member of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, RFBR financially sponsors the International Drilling Program's work at Lake Elgygytgyn.{{cite journal |author=M. Melles |author2=J. Brigham-Grette |author3=P. Minyuk |author4=C. Koeberl |author5=A. Andreev |author6=T. Cook |author7=G. Fedorov |author8=C. Gebhardt |author9=E. Haltia-Hovi |author10=M. Kukkonen |author11=N. Nowaczyk |author12=G. Schwamborn |author13=B. Wennrich |collaboration=El'gygytgyn Scientific Party |title=The Lake El'gygytgyn Scientific Drilling Project – Conquering Arctic Challenges through Continental Drilling |journal=Scientific Drilling |doi=10.2204/iodp.sd.11.03.2011 |url=http://www.sci-dril.net/11/29/2011/sd-11-29-2011.pdf |date=March 2011 |volume=11 |number=11 |page=38 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208152708/http://www.sci-dril.net/11/29/2011/sd-11-29-2011.pdf |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |df=mdy-all |doi-access=free }}

; e-ASIA Joint Research Program

: The Russian Foundation for Basic Research is a member of the e-ASIA Joint Research Program, an effort to promote innovation in science and technology in the East Asian region as a means of spurring economic development.{{cite web |date=January 18, 2018 |title=e-ASIA Joint Research Program (the e-ASIA JRP) Research Cooperation in the field of "Health Research" On the topic of "Infectious Diseases, Cancer" |location=Khlong Nueng, Thailand |publisher=e-ASIA JRP Secretariat |url=https://www.amed.go.jp/content/000027248.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031719/https://www.amed.go.jp/content/000027248.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.crdfglobal.org/funding-opportunities/e-ASIA|title=e-ASIA Joint Research Program Call for Proposals - CRDF Global|website=www.crdfglobal.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031723/http://www.crdfglobal.org/funding-opportunities/e-ASIA|archive-date=March 13, 2018|df=mdy-all}}

; Global Research Council

:The RFBR be co-hosted the 2018 annual meeting of the Global Research Council with the National Research Foundation of Korea.{{cite web|url=https://www.globalresearchcouncil.org/news/the-russian-foundation-for-basic-research-and-the-national-research-foundation-of-korea-nrf/|title=The Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Global Research Council|website=www.globalresearchcouncil.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423115825/https://www.globalresearchcouncil.org/news/the-russian-foundation-for-basic-research-and-the-national-research-foundation-of-korea-nrf/|archive-date=April 23, 2018|df=mdy-all}}

Presidents

  • Vladislav Panchenko, 2008-

Related Russian government organizations

For a chart of Russian government organizations on science and technology, see {{cite book | last=Perret | first=J.K. | title=Knowledge as a driver of regional growth in the Russian Federation | publisher=Springer |year=2013 |isbn=978-3-642-40279-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Ei9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 |page=73}}

  • Presidential Council for Science and Education
  • Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
  • Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations - Created in 2013 and controls Russian Academy of Sciences property{{cite web|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/putin-decree-shakes-russian-science-funding|title=Putin Decree Shakes Up Russian Science Funding|date=January 22, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031733/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/01/putin-decree-shakes-russian-science-funding|archive-date=March 13, 2018|df=mdy-all}}
  • Russian Science Foundation - Established by Vladimir Putin in 2013 to support basic research and the development of science research teams{{cite magazine |magazine=Times Higher Education |last=Matthews |first=David |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/germany-and-russia-strengthen-research-ties |title=Germany and Russia strengthen research ties |url-access=subscription |date=September 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221114001159/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/germany-and-russia-strengthen-research-ties |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |df=mdy-all |access-date=March 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}
  • Russian Academy of Sciences - "Russia’s primary basic-research organization"
  • Skolkovo Foundation - "Russia's flagship science foundation and a pet project of... Dmitry Medvedev"{{cite web|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/russian-scientist-hounded-by-officials-after-buying-banned-substance-48243|title=Russian Scientist Hounded by Officials After Buying Banned Substance|date=July 17, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724212238/https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/russian-scientist-hounded-by-officials-after-buying-banned-substance-48243|archive-date=July 24, 2017|df=mdy-all}} which primarily has been developing a technology-focused district outside Moscow,{{cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/news/vote-seals-fate-of-russian-academy-of-sciences-1.13785|title=Vote seals fate of Russian Academy of Sciences|first=Quirin|last=Schiermeier|journal=Nature|doi=10.1038/nature.2013.13785|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923091054/http://www.nature.com/news/vote-seals-fate-of-russian-academy-of-sciences-1.13785|archive-date=September 23, 2017|df=mdy-all|year=2013|s2cid=183226549|url-access=subscription}}
  • Rosatom - Involved in nuclear energy research{{cite book | last1=Gorzka | first1=G. | last2=Piotrowski | first2=E. | title=Knowledge Transfer between Germany and Russia: Drivers, Instruments and Impact | publisher=Kassel University Press | series=Ost-West Dialog | year=2016 | isbn=978-3-7376-0064-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=McJQCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 | page=25 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423115825/https://books.google.com/books?id=McJQCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 | archive-date=April 23, 2018 | df=mdy-all }}
  • Rusnano - a nanotechnology investment company created by the Russian government
  • Russian Foundation for Humanities
  • Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises - founded in 1994
  • Russian Fund for Technological Development
  • State Committee on Science and Technology - Active until at least 1998Alympiyev V.N., Len’shin V.N, Technological Progress for Sustainable Development in Russia See State Committee of the Soviet Union.

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Further reading

  • {{cite book | last=Dezhina | first=Irina |date= 2015 |editor-last=Sinelnikov-Mourylev |editor-first=S. |chapter=The State of Science and Innovation in Russia in 2014 |chapter-url=https://ssrn.com/abstract=2672387 |title=Russian economy in 2014: Trends and outlooks |series=Russian economy: Trends and perspectives |volume=36 |location=Moscow |publisher=Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy |pages=316–338 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.2672387 |ssrn=2672387 |isbn=9785932554241 | s2cid=155466392 |url=https://www.iep.ru/ru/publikatcii/publication/7554.html }} {{small|Note: This work has two SSRN ids for the same document. The other is [https://ssrn.com/abstract{{=}}2684437 2684437].}}
  • {{cite book | last1=Graham | first1=L.R. | last2=Dezhina | first2=I. | title=Science in the New Russia: Crisis, Aid, Reform | publisher=Indiana University Press | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-253-21988-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwyVVnn9980C&pg=PA48}}
  • {{cite journal | last1=Komkov | first1=N. I. | last2=Ivashchenko | first2=N. P. | title=Institutional problems of introducing innovations | journal=Studies on Russian Economic Development | publisher=Pleiades | volume=20 | issue=5 | year=2009 | issn=1075-7007 | doi=10.1134/s1075700709050025 | pages=472–481| s2cid=154933095 }}
  • {{cite journal |last=Aasland |first=Aadne |year=2007 |title=Development in Research: An Outline of the Science Systems in Russia and the Baltic States |journal=Nordforsk Policy Briefs |location=Oslo |publisher=Nordic Council of Ministers / NordForsk |issn=1504-8640 |id=oai:DiVA.org:norden-3002 |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-3002}} [https://www.nordforsk.org/en/publications/publications_container/policy-brief-1-2007-development-in-research Publisher's webpage]