Dobrov Institute for Scientific and Technological Potential and Science History Studies of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Dobrov Institute) (Ukrainian: Державна установа «Інститут досліджень науково-технічного потенціалу та історії науки ім.

Доброва НАН України») is a research institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

In 1986–1991 STEPS Center was a functionally independent structural entity in the Institute for Superhard Materials.

In 1989 STEPS Center was named after its founder — Gennady Dobrov, professor, and correspondent-member of the NAS of Ukraine.

Since 1991 STEPS Center has been a scientific research institution within the Informatics Division of NAS of Ukraine.