Science budget - 2015

On September 30, 2014, the government introduced a draft law on the federal budget for 2015 and the planning period of 2016 and 2017 to the Duma. As one could expect in the current conditions, the government does not plan a noticeable increase in financing of science both next year and in the future. For fundamental research in the coming year, it is planned to allocate about 130 billion rubles, for civilian applied research - two times more.

The main area for which money is allocated for applied research is called “applied scientific research in the field of national economy” in accounting - 208 billion rubles. The main expenses for this article are associated with the financing of various civil space programs (about 80 billion rubles) and the development programs of civil aviation equipment (more than 40 billion rubles). Under the same article, money is allocated to finance the Bortnik Foundation, it is planned to provide 3.9 billion rubles to this fund. on "Innovation stimulation."

Minimously smaller funds for civilian applied research will go to other sections of the budget. It is planned to allocate 21.6 billion rubles for applied studies in the field of national defense, health care - 21.2 billion rubles, national issues - 15.3 billion rubles, education - 14.4 billion rubles.

In the field of fundamental studies, the main recipient of funds is predictable to the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (Fano), which this year subordinate to the Russian Academy of Sciences, RAMS and RAMS of the Organization was transferred - it will receive more than 68 billion rubles. According to this article. In total, the fan will be allocated 92.9 billion rubles. Shard of the former RAS - the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Russian Academy of Sciences" will receive 3.6 billion rubles. Approximately at this level, it is planned to maintain financing Fano and RAS in the next two years.

The draft budget does not say how much leading universities for scientific research from the federal budget will receive, only the total amount of financing is indicated (it mainly goes on “educational” articles). Moscow State University. M.V. In 2015, Lomonosov is planned to allocate 13 billion rubles., St. Petersburg State University-8.4 billion rubles.

The Kurchatov Institute next year is planned to allocate 10.8 billion rubles. (almost twice as much as last year), of which 1.5 billion rubles. for fundamental research, and 3.4 billion rubles. - On applied. The institute will also receive 3.7 billion rubles. on the development of intersectoral infrastructure of the research and development sector and 2.1 billion rubles. as capital investments.

Scientific funds, of course, are not as successful as the institute led by Mikhail Kovalchuk, but they cannot be attributed to the offended government. Financing the Russian Scientific Fund (RNF) formed a year ago in the coming year will grow by almost 6 billion rubles. and reach 17.2 billion rubles. Traditional funds - RFFFI and RGNF - will also receive a noticeable increase in the budget. The RFFI will receive 12.2 billion rubles in 2015, RGNF - 2 billion rubles, i.e. The budget of each of the funds will grow by about a third. However, in 2016 and 2017, budgets of scientific funds will increase very slightly, although earlier the prospects for the growth of their financing for these years were more rainbow.