The President declared this year the Year of Science and Technology. The Government pays special attention to the support of these fields. It is science that determines the image of the future. The way Russia will develop in the near future. How our citizens will live. Ultimately, it is the prestige of our country in the international arena.

We invest in high-tech megascience projects, such as NICA. We took part in the launch of the first stage of this complex last year. We also allocate funds for applied developments in various realms, like health care, education, industry, space. In total, the federal budget of this year has more than 350 billion rubles for holding applied scientific research.

The effectiveness of the activities of organizations that receive subsidies and grants from the budget for scientific research and experimental scientific developments for civil purposes will be evaluated. Discoveries and inventions acquired in such institutes and laboratories should have practical significance and should be protected by intellectual property legislation. At the same time, not less than half of the funds for their creation should be obtained from extra-budgetary sources.

Information about activities for which state money is used will be included in the unified state information system.

All this will allow controlling more effectively the way the budget funds are spent and supporting the most promising projects.”