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II. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPETITION



1.

 

General provisions

1.1.

 

This competition for grants of the Government for state support of scientific research 

conducted under the direction of leading scientists in Russian educational institutions of 

higher education, scientific institutions subordinate to the Federal Agency for Scientific 

Organizations, and state scientific centers of the Russian Federation

 (hereinafter referred to 

as «the competition») is launched in accordance with articles 4, 7 of the Statute on 

allocation of grants of the Government of the Russian Federation for state support of 

scientific research conducted under the direction of leading scientists in Russian educational 

institutions of higher education, scientific 

institutions 

subordinate to the Federal Agency for 

Scientific Organizations, and state scientific centers of the Russian Federation within the 

subprogram «Institutional development of science and research sector» of the state program  

«Development of science and technology» for years 2013 – 2020 approved by the decree of 

the Government of the Russian Federation No 220 of 09 April 2010. 

1.2.

 

The aim of this competition is to determine in a designated procedure those applicant(s) of 

the competition who offers the best scientific research project(s) for state support in the 

form of a grant from the Government of the Russian Federation.

 

1.3.

 

Grant of the Government of the Russian Federation are allocated in an amount of up to 90 

million rubles each for conducting scientific research over 3 years (2018 – 2020).

 

1.4.

 

Based on the results of competitive selection, a grant allocation agreement is signed by 

every winner of the competition. The form of the agreement was approved by the Decree 

No 1657 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on 27 

December 2016 (Appendix 1 to the tender documentation).  

1.5.

 

Legislation of the Russian Federation applies to all proceedings between parties within the 

competition. 

 

2.

 

Information about the organizer of the competition and specialized organization 

2.1.

 

The organizer of the competition is the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian 

Federation

 

 

Location and postal address of the organizer of the competition:: 11 Tverskaya str, Moscow, 

Russia, 125993.

 

 

The organizer’s executive officer for issues of conducting the competition – Mekhryakova 

Irina Konstantinovna, phone [phone] (ext. 4413).

 

2.2.

 

The organization performing organizational and technical support for the competition is  

LLC «Inconsult K». 

 

Location and postal address of LLC «Inconsult K»:  

6 bldg 2 3

rd

 Kadashevskiy per., Moscow, 115035. 

Executive officer for issues of conducting the competition

 on behalf of 

 

LLC «Inconsult K»  

– Suryadnova Olga Viktorovna, phone [phone]. 

 

3.

 

Requirements for participants of the competition

3.1.

 

Russian educational institutions of higher education (hereinafter referred to as «educational 

institutions») or scientific 

institutions 

subordinate to the Federal Agency for Scientific 

Organizations or state scientific centers of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as 

«scientific organizations») can enter the competition in collaboration with a Russian or 

foreign leading scientist occupying one of the top positions in a particular field of studies.  

Individuals who submit a joint application for the competition in accordance with article 

10.1 of the tender documentation, are treated as a single applicant for the purposes of the 

competition. 

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3.2.

 

A leading scientist can participate in one scientific research project. Number of scientific 

research projects conducted on the grounds of one educational institution or scientific 

organization is not limited. 

3.3.

 

To confirm his/her status for the purpose of the competition it is advised for the leading 

scientist to have scientometrical indicators above thresholds specified in the Appendix 2 of 

the tender documentation.

 

The leading scientist should specify [reflecting the current situation] information on his/her 

publications in scientific issues indexed by the Web of Science Core Collection database 

and personal profile at the ResearcherID information resource.  

 

3.4.

 

The following types of applicants can not enter the competition: 

1)

 

leading scientists who were winners of competitions for grants of the Government for state 

support of scientific research conducted under the direction of leading scientists in Russian 

educational institutions of higher education, scientific 

institutions 

subordinate to the Federal 

Agency for Scientific Organizations, and state scientific centers of the Russian Federation in 

2010 – 2016; 

2)

 

leading scientists who are members of the Council, as well as members of the competition 

commission formed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation to 

conduct the competition; 

3)

 

leading scientists who are managing projects (as chiefs of departments of complex scientific 

programs of the organization) supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation if their 

projects will not be finished until 31 December 2017; 

4)

 

educational or scientific institutions in respect of which a decision has been made to 

dissolve such an organization or to merge it into another organization. 

3.5.

 

Leading scientists who have been in labour relationship

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 with companies situated in a 

particular region of the Russian Federation since 2016 and until the day the tender 

documentation was published, cannot submit an application in collaboration with 

educational or scientific organizations situated in that region of the Russian Federation

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4.

 

Requirements for scientific research projects and order of conducting the 

projects

4.1.

 

Scientific research projects offered in an application should not repeat scientific research 

project conducted in the current or preceding periods using funding from the budget of the 

Russian Federation or other sources. 

4.2.

 

A scientific research project should be aimed at solution of particular tasks outlined in the 

Strategy of Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation (approved 

by the Order of the President of the Russian Federation No 642 of 01 December 2016). A 

scientific research project should allow to obtain scientific and technological results and to 

create technologies laying basis for innovational development of the goods and services 

internal market and assuring stable position of Russia on the international market. A 

scientific research project should make possible: 

a)

 

transfer to state-of-the-art digital, intellectual manufacturing technologies, robotics systems, 

new materials and construction methods, creation of big data processing systems, machine 

learning and artificial intelligence solutions; 

                                                 

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For the purposes of the competition, a «labour relationship» is a collaboration between the leading scientist 

and the organization based on a labour agreement or a general contract excluding delivering lectures by the leading 

scientist or short-term collaboration of parties (no longer than 3 moths per year)

 

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This limitation also applies to cases when both organizations (employer of the leading scientist and the 

educational/scientific institution) are situated:

 

 

in Moscow and the Moscow Region; 

 

or in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Region; 

 

or in Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea.

 

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