Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) is a national science funding body of the Russian government[1] created on 27 April 1992 by a decree of the President of Russia.

[3] The Russian Foundation for Basic Research financially sponsors conferences and research,[4][5][6] provides collective bargaining in negotiating access to research databases for Russian research institutions,[7] and co-hosts the Scopus Awards with Elsevier for Russian scientists who score high in Elsevier's academic productivity and citation metrics and are strongly involved in RFBR's programs and grants.

[9][better source needed] RFBR collaborates with other research foundations around the world, including CRDF Global,[10] the National Science Foundation[11] and National Institutes of Health[12][13] in the United States, the French National Center for Scientific Research,[14] the German Research Foundation[15][16][a] the Royal Society of the United Kingdom,[18][19] the Iran National Science Foundation,[20] the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology,[21][22][23] the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba,[24] the Academy of Finland,[25] the Research Council of Norway,[26] and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia.

[27] For a chart of Russian government organizations on science and technology, see Perret, J.K. (2013).

Knowledge as a driver of regional growth in the Russian Federation.