The Russian government is to launch a grant programme to support top scientists for a seven-year period.
In his annual address to the federal assembly on 1 December, president Vladimir Putin said that the measure would be a major tenet of his plans to boost the country’s scientific performance.
The so-called presidential scholars programme will give stability and long-term security to the country’s most successful researchers, Putin said.
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