Presidium of RAS and the fundamental programs of the Presidium of RAS

The Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) is the management of the Academy, a collegial executive body acting on a permanent basis.

Composition of the Presidium of RAS

The composition of the governing body of RAS Includes: President, Vice President, 80 members of the Academy of Sciences. Subsidiary body of the Presidium is the apparatus with structural units.

The president is elected for 5 years at a general meeting.Currently, and. President is Kozlov Valery Vasilyevich. He issues orders, makes proposals on the appointment of vice-presidents and members of the Academy. The first are 10 academicians, elected at the general meeting of the members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

80 members of the Academy are elected at the general meetingmembers of the RAS from the regional offices of the RAS. The president, general meetings of district offices may propose candidates for the post. The Presidium of the RAS is elected for 5 years. Legal document of the Presidium - Resolution.

Powers of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Among the main should be the following:

• Conducts examinations of scientific projects and programs, confirms the results of examinations and monitoring.
• Convenes the convening of a general meeting of members of the RAS.
• Develops, approves the statutes of the regional offices 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.
• Takes decisions in activities and meetings of which international organizations, congresses, public organizations, the RAS will take part.
• Carries out the analysis and monitoring of the activities of scientific institutions and organizations.

Programs of the Presidium of RAS

In 2001, the idea to form programspriority areas of research in science. President Vladimir Putin invited all current leadership to discuss areas and prospects for further development and to improve the work of the Russian Academy of Sciences. At the meeting, the President of the country noted that when forming plans for academic research, scientific works, research programs, it is necessary to strengthen the competitive basis.

Planning for basic research, scientific work in the RAS is of a competitive nature. Plans are approved by the institutes at the academic councils, then at the level of regional offices.

The spectrum of research has significantly decreased inrecent years, as funding for basic research has decreased. The idea arose of forming a program that would allow to highlight and financially support priority areas of science.

The Presidium in 2001 for the first time formed the firstlist of such programs. Thus, the approach of identifying priority research areas has been successfully operating for 16 years. 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 problems.