The Ukrainian government has allocated UAH 3 billion to support science
Kyiv • UNN
Funding will be provided to 246 institutions and higher education establishments, and over 50,000 scientists will receive additional allowances.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated UAH 3 billion for state support of Ukrainian science. The procedure for distributing funds to finance scientific institutions and university research has been approved. This was reported by UNN with reference to Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
Details
According to Svyrydenko, the money is directed in three main areas:
- stimulating scientific and scientific-pedagogical
workers;
- development of research infrastructure;
- modern equipment and institutional development.
As a result of state accreditation, 246 leading scientific institutions and higher education establishments will receive basic funding. More than 50,000 scientists will for the first time receive an additional salary supplement as recognition of the results of their institutions' work.
Svyrydenko added: the largest funding will be received by institutions and universities in key scientific centers of Ukraine - Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipro, and Sumy. A significant part of the research infrastructure and scientific teams are concentrated there, the Prime Minister added.
Recall
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