The Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) is the administration of the Academy, a collegial executive body operating on a permanent basis.
Composition of the Presidium of the RAS
The governing body of the RAS includes: President, Vice President, 80 members of the Academy of Sciences. The subsidiary body of the Presidium is the apparatus with structural subdivisions.
The President is elected for 5 years at a general meeting. Currently acting The President is Kozlov Valery Vasilyevich. He issues orders, makes proposals for the appointment of vice-presidents and members of the Academy. The first are 10 academicians, elected at a general meeting of members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
80 members of the Academy are elected at a general meeting of members of the RAS from among the regional branches of the RAS. The President, general meetings of district branches may propose their candidates for this post. The RAS Presidium is elected for 5 years. Legal document of the Presidium - resolutions.
Powers of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Among the main ones, the following should be indicated:
- Conducts examinations of scientific projects and programs, approves the results of examinations and monitoring.
- Convenes a general meeting of RAS members.
- Develops, approves the statutes of the regional branches of the Russian Academy of Sciences, makes changes to them.
- Approves the chairmen of the regional branches of the Russian Academy of Sciences, scientific institutions and organizations.
- Makes decisions in the activities and meetings of which international organizations, congresses, public organizations, RAS will take part.
- Performs analysis and monitoring of the activities of scientific institutions and organizations.
Programs of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences
In 2001, the idea arose to form programs of priority areas of research in science. The country's President Vladimir Putin invited all the current leadership to discuss directions and prospects for further development and improvement of the work of the Russian Academy of Sciences. At the meeting, the President of the country noted that in the formation of plans for academic research, scientific work, research programs, it is necessary to strengthen the competitive basis.
Planning of fundamental research, scientific work in the RAS is competitive. Plans are approved at the institutes by scientific councils, then at the level of regional departments.
The spectrum of research has been significantly reduced in recent years, as funding for fundamental research has decreased. An idea arose to form a program that would make it possible to single out and financially support priority areas of science.
The Presidium in 2001 for the first time formed the first list of such programs. Thus, the approach has been successfully working for 16 years.highlighting priority research areas. The most relevant programs of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences in recent years have been devoted to the historical memory of the Russian people, the identity of Russians, the spiritual values of the Russian nation, the historical and cultural heritage of Russia, and many other issues.
