University science. Internal possibilities of stimulating scientific activity in Russian universities

Abstract

The statistics of research funding are reviewed, the experience of organizing research activities in Russian universities is summarized, and a model of its system support is proposed by the university itself. It is stated that in university science there is a “customer crisis”: the demand of the business sector does not provide the necessary volume of large and long-term orders for scientific research and studies rely mainly on the state budget. Organizational measures are proposed for a gradual transition from teaching to research with step-by-step confirmation of productivity: the creation of a new university subject – a “scientific unit” consisting of two or more employees, regardless of their academic title, with administrative rights and corresponding responsibility.

Keywords

• higher education
• university science
• stimulation
• research activities