The list of research priorities for 2016–2020 has been approved in Belarus
The list of research priorities for 2016–2020 has been approved by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of March 12, 2015, No. 190. This list includes:
– Energy,
– Chemical synthesis and products,
– Biological systems and technologies,
– Medicine and pharmacy,
– ICT and space,
– Electronics and photonics,
– Machine systems and complexes,
– Multifunctional materials and technologies,
– Agricultural complex and food security,
– Ecology and nature management,
– Society and economy,
– Interdisciplinary studies,
– Human security, society and state.
Compared with the S&T priorities for 2011–2015 (http://www.pravo.by/main.aspx?guid=3871&p0=C21000585), one can observe the following changes. Supramolecular chemistry and synthesis of new chemical substances, products and materials has been transformed into more wide Chemical synthesis and products as well as Socio-economic and cultural development of Belarus (transformed into Society and economy). Medical, diagnostic, preventive and rehabilitative technologies, cellular and molecular biology technologies in medicine, apparatus and instruments for medical purposes have been transformed into Medicine and pharmacy. Laser, optical, opto, opto-, micro- and electronic technologies and systems have been divided hitherto as well as new materials for industry, medicine and construction.
