ARMENIA’S RESEARCH INSTITUTES UTILIZE $5MLN GRANTS OVER LAST FIVE YEARS
ARKA News Agency
Oct 31 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, October 31. /ARKA/. Over the last five years, six Armenian
research institutes have utilized 64 grants totaling $5mln, President
of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Radik Martirosyan
stated in his report "Scientific reforms at ANAS".
"During this period, Armenia’s scientists, despite serious
difficulties, published many scientific papers in various fields,
which were internationally recognized and increased foreign investors’
interests in scientific work in our country," Martirosyan said.
According to him, over the last five years the ANAS Institute of
Physical Studies has published two monographs and 135 articles in
the leading scientific journals, as well as received 34 international
grants totaling $2.1mln.
"The research workers of the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics
published three monographs, 110 articles and received five grants
totaling $640,000. Under contracts they carried out $2.5mln worth
work," he said.
Martirosyan stressed that extra-budgetary funding of the institute
exceeded the budgetary financing almost three times during the period.
The funds were mostly directed to the purchase of equipment and
modernization of the institute’s technical base, as well as to the
increase of research workers’ salaries he said.
The ANAS President also reported that the researcher workers of the
ANAS Institutes of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Mathematics and
Geology have published five monographs and 467 articles in foreign
scientific journals. They also received $2.4mln grants. -0–