Biomedical sciences: investigation of fundamental regularities of vital functions in health and pathology; molecular medicine; integrative basis of brain activity; mechanisms of pathological procecess; farmacological correction of human being; medical biotechnology; nanobiotechnologies; space medicine.

Clinical medicine: healthcare of foetus and newborns, maternal reproductive health4 diseases of main human systems and organs; oncology, effects of ionizing and non-ionising radiation, lasers in medicine, psycological diseases, traumatic surgery, problems of ageing, instrument-making industry.

Preventive medicine: social healthcare, ecology and hygiene, occupational diseases, healthy nutrition, prophylaxis of infectious diseases, regenerative medicine, urgent medicine and man-caused disasters, ecological medicine

 

Main potential of Russian Health Science is concentrated in Governmental Research Institutions, large-scale specialised Scientific Centers and educational Universities and Academies. Small part of R&D activities included in independent laboratories and enterprises.

Main governmental bodies:

Ministry of Education and Science - mon.gov.ru/

Russian Academy of Sciences - www.ras.ru/

Ministry of Health and Social Development - www.minzdravsoc.ru/

Russian Academy of Medical Sciences - www.mcramn.ru/

 

There are specific rules for participate in Call for Proposals for each Fund. These rules are presented at corresponding web site or publicated several months before Call deadline. President, Government, Academies, Regional Governments, Independent foundations are the main source for research grant. The scale of grants may be from one person to several Institutions.

Grants of President of Russian Federation for young researchers and leading research schools support - grants.extech.ru/

Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation - mon.gov.ru/

Russian Foundation for Basic Research - www.rfbr.ru/

The Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises - www.fasie.ru/

Russian Federal Space Agency - www.roscosmos.ru

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies - www.rusnano.com/Home.aspx

Moscow Government - www.mos.ru/

Saint Petersburg Government - www.gov.spb.ru/gov/admin

Novosibirsk Government - www.novo-sibirsk.ru/

Tomsk Government - www2.admin.tomsk.ru/

There are many independent foundations, for example:

Potanin charity foundation - eng.fund.potanin.ru

Alferov foundation for education and science support - www.alferov-fond.ru

Regional Information Centre for Scientific and Technological Cooperation with EU - www.ric.vsu.ru/en/european_programs/

Russian National Contact Point “Health” EU Seventh Framework Programme - fp7-health.ru/