National Scientific Foundations as Agents of Scientific Policy of Countries of West and East

Abstract

The review of the collection of scientific papers “Socio-political function of the national scientific foundations” is presented. The edition was prepared by the group of domestic researchers with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (RFFR) and published in 2016.

Keywords

• national research foundations
• funding for fundamental research
• self-government of scientific community
• scientific policy