Currently, work is underway on amendments submitted to the State Duma to the bill on the Federal Contract System (FCS), which will replace the law on public procurement (94-FZ). There are many comments on this bill, including from scientists. The main complaints relate to the reluctance to take into account the specifics of scientific activity. Recently, a large package of amendments was introduced to the Duma, which were prepared with the direct participation of scientists.

From July 11 to July 15, 2012, the fifth open forum Euroscience (Euroscency Open Forum, Esof-2012) was held in the Irish Dublin. The previous ones took place in Stockholm (2004), Munich (2006), Barcelona (2008) and in Turin (2010). I happened to visit all five, but I do not think that I need to engage in their comparison.

Maxim Borisov , a graduate of the physical faculty of Moscow State University and the Literary Institute, comments on the column of Irina Yakutenko Our typical approach to writing school works is, of course, the heritage of the Soviet era (as, indeed, the whole system of education as a whole is good or bad).

At a meeting of the expert community on July 25, 2012 at the Higher School of Economics, at which the draft law “On Education in the Russian Federation” and the state program “Development of Education” were discussed, the conversation turned to corruption among teachers and plagiarism among students and graduate students.

Fighting the decile coefficient: the experience of St. Petersburg State University Vladimir Volokhonsky , host of the author’s blog “SPbSU News - spbgunews.ru ”, continues to follow the topic of low salaries for teachers in universities [1]. We are publishing his new article about what is happening in this regard at St. Petersburg State University.

Announcement of the issue Phantoms on the roads (page 1) Andrey Rostovtsev Summer. Everyone goes to the dacha and gets stuck in traffic jams. The issue of traffic jams has been studied in detail. In the article, the author returns to this topic and shows how a simple mathematical model of traffic jams works. KIAS: first impressions Users are horrified by the new system of applications for RFBR grants.

Articles in HTML: 06.11.2012 PDF: TrV No. 22 (116N) for 2012: In captivity of the absurd Announcement of the issue Captivated by the absurd (page 1) The editorial of the issue is devoted to the catastrophic situation that has arisen with the receipt of funds for a number of grant programs. At the same time, everything, as usual, must be spent before the end of the year...

Igor Fedyukin “For me, this is the first trip to the scientific center outside of Moscow,” the deputy noted. Minister of Science and Education Igor Fedyukin at a meeting with scientists of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

In the summer, Russian scientists encountered the KIAS system. Now applications for RFBR grants must be submitted through it, and not through the usual “Grant Express”, which, in the opinion of many scientists, has either been perfected, or they have become sufficiently accustomed to it that it begins to seem convenient.

Rice. M. Smagina On July 5, 2012, when submitting a new team of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, Dmitry Livanov proposed a vote for candidates for the Public Council on the website of the Radio station "Echo of Moscow". The site users were offered 657 candidates. 57 people put forward more than 5 users (but there are claims to be a short list, since for some reason A. Koval-Ji, who gained more than 5 votes).

In the summer, Russian scientists (mostly young so far) encountered the KIAS system ( kias.rfbr.ru ). Now applications for RFBR grants must be submitted through it, and not through the usual “Grant Express”, which, in the opinion of many scientists, has either been perfected, or they have become sufficiently accustomed to it that it begins to seem convenient. The new system is both unusual and, in many respects, extremely inconvenient.

According to a TrV source close to the Ministry of Education and Science, the ministry plans to soon announce its intention to conduct a competitive selection in 2012 of the most successful projects of the first wave of the megagrant competition (winners of 2010) to continue their financing. This became possible thanks to the decisions of the Russian Government on the development of the “megagrants” program (PP No. 531 of May 30, 2012).

Articles in HTML: 01/29/2013 PDF: TrV No. 2 (121N) for 2013: Two cultures, or Devastation in the minds Two cultures or devastation in our heads (editorial). Page 1Sergey Popov “Lectures are our duty” K. Severinov, V. Surdin, A. Oganov, Dm. answer questions from N. Demina and S. Popov. Wiebe, M. Krongauz and T. Chernigovskaya. Page 2-3 Economics...

Boxes with Ceratodon Purpureus spores are perfectly visible to the naked eye (http://en.wikipedia.org) Four hundred million years ago, the planets were not still full of flowers and butterflies did not curl over them. Ferners, horsetails and plans covered the ground, and mosses stuck between them. All these plants, although they got out on land, water was needed for sexual propagation. They are still growing in moist places. Mosses and ferns do not form pollen, reliably protected from drying.

On July 24, 2012, a draft order appeared on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science on increasing scholarships for graduate students - not all, but only in some specialties. This project caused a heated and angry discussion on many scientific Internet forums: scholarships were increased not for all natural science specialties, but only for some.