Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Russian Foundation for Basic Research is a national science funding body of the Russian government created on 27 April 1992 by a decree of the President of Russia.
Activities
The Russian Foundation for Basic Research financially sponsors conferences and research, provides collective bargaining in negotiating access to research databases for Russian research institutions, 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.RFBR research grants are usually only available to Russian researchers and their international collaborators.
International collaboration
RFBR collaborates with other research foundations around the world, including CRDF Global, the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health in the United States, the French National Center for Scientific Research, the German Research Foundation the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, the Iran National Science Foundation, the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba, the Academy of Finland, the Research Council of Norway, and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia.International joint projects
; BRICS STI Framework Programme; Lake Elgygytgyn
; e-ASIA Joint Research Program
; Global Research Council
Presidents
- Vladislav Panchenko, 2008-
Related Russian government organizations
For a chart of Russian government organizations on science and technology, see- 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
- Russian Science Foundation - Established by Vladimir Putin in 2013 to support basic research and the development of science research teams
- Russian Academy of Sciences - "Russia’s primary basic-research organization"
- Skolkovo Foundation - "Russia's flagship science foundation and a pet project of... Dmitry Medvedev" which primarily has been developing a technology-focused district outside Moscow,
- Rosatom - Involved in nuclear energy research
- 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 1998 See State Committee of the Soviet Union.