Russian Academy of Sciences

The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) is the main basic research organisation in Russia. It maintains relations with almost all leading countries of Europe, America and Asia. The main forms of cooperation include:

• joint research within the framework of interagency cooperation agreements,
• implementation of intergovernmental agreements,
• participation in international organisations (more than 50),
• activities of international centres and laboratories.

It currently has agreements with organisations in 19 EU Member States and 9 Associated Countries of H2020. RAS has a long tradition of researcher exchanges with a broad range of the EU MS and AC. RAS is the leading Russian research organisation which, similar to other academies of sciences in EU MS/AC, uses a small portion of its funds for the mobility of its researchers, mainly with partner academies. RAS usually concludes a framework agreement with foreign partners, which is then filled with projects. RAS scientists cooperate with their colleagues from other countries under agreements concluded at different levels: agency – agency, institute – institute, laboratory – laboratory.