Government budgets UAH 500 million for scientific researches

Conducting scientific research at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine will be financed next year at the level of UAH 500 million (about USD 19 million).

Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said this during an hour of questions to the government at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"We change the focus from financing the maintenance of public institutions to financing the services. Services should be the main criterion for assessing the effectiveness of budget programs. For example, we will continue implementing the pilot project to change the funding of individual institutions of the Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine in 2018," said Danyliuk.

In addition, a pilot project on financing of science will be implemented next year within the framework of the 100th anniversary of establishment of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The Government of Ukraine has budgeted about UAH 500 million for carrying out scientific researches.

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