Russian Foundation for Basic Research


Russian Foundation for Basic Research is a national science funding body of the Russian government created on 27 April 1992 by Decree of the President of Russia.

Activities

The Russian Foundation for Basic Research financially sponsors conferences and research, provides collective bargaining in negotiating access to research databases for Russian research institutions, and co-hosts the Scopus Awards with Elsevier for Russian scientists who score high in Elsevier's academic productivity and citation metrics and are strongly involved in RFBR’s programs and grants.
RFBR research grants are usually only available to Russian researchers and their international collaborators.

International collaboration

RFBR collaborates with other research foundations around the world, including CRDF Global, the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health in the United States, the French National Center for Scientific Research, the German Research Foundation the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, the Iran National Science Foundation, the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba, the Academy of Finland, the Research Council of Norway, and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia.

International joint projects

; BRICS STI Framework Programme
; Lake Elgygytgyn
; e-ASIA Joint Research Program
; Global Research Council

Presidents

For a chart of Russian government organizations on science and technology, see