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Dear <<Title>> <<FirstName>> <<LastName>>,
Welcome to the first 2015 edition of RuSciTech newsletter! We hope that you are enjoying a good start to the new year and would like to share some recent developments and news with you.
As always, you are very welcome to share your news and suggestions with us.
We look forward to hearing from you at:
news@ru-sci-tech.org
Forthcoming Events
Edtech Russia-2015 – The Monetisation of Online Education
20th March 2015
Moscow, Russia
News
A consortium of organisations is preparing a report on "The participation of Russian-speaking scientists in the development of scientific cooperation: experience, problems and prospects". The purpose of the report is to identify existing barriers to effective international science & technology cooperation with Russian-speaking scientists living outside Russia, to develop practical recommendations on possible forms of cooperation and to submit them to the relevant ministries and agencies of Russia, the scientific foundations, so that new initiatives and projects with the participation of Russian-speaking scientists can be developed.
The report is going to be presented at an interagency meeting with representatives of relevant government organisations of the Russian Federation in May 2015. More details can be found
here
You can contribute to the outcomes of this work by filling out
this questionnaire for Russian-speaking scientists working outside Russia.
The Russian Minister’s interview by the Nature journal: The Russian Minister of Education and Science, Dmitry Livanov, says that Russia's current troubles should have limited impact on its international research collaborations.
Job and project opportunities
The Russian Science Foundation’s invitation for international scientific experts:
The Russian Science Foundation is creating a pool of international experts in a wide range of scientific disciplines for assessment of scientific project proposals for grant awards. The assessment is organised remotely using RSF Information System, and the experts are anticipated to provide their services on a pro bono basis.
The time allocated to the assessment of each application is 2 weeks. The number of grant competitions anticipated this year is 3-4, starting from mid-March 2015. More details, as well as information about how to apply is available here.
With best wishes for 2015,
Coordinating Committee
RuSciTech Association
January 2015
www.ru-sci-tech.org
