Review of legislation in the field of science and technology in 2019–2020
The paper analyzes the current legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology for 2019–2020. The authors consider such issues as the creation of world-class scientific and educational centers, the development of scientific personnel potential. The paper notes the commitment of the official course towards the development of university science according to the American model. This official directive has found expression in a new national project “Science and Universities”, which is supposed to hold acompetition among universities to form a pool of national research and national flagship universities.These universities will receive additional financial support for their academic strategic leadership programs. One of the important conditions for winning this competition is the creation of consortia of educational institutions of higher education, scientific organizations and enterprises of the real sector of the economy. In essence, the task of consortia is to find forms of introducing the obtained scientific results into the production of goods, works and services. In this sense, consortia are similar to clusters for the American type of cooperation between universities and business. Particular attention in the article is paid to state supportin the form of grants in the form of subsidies from the federal budget.