1. RUSSIAN FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITIES www.rfh.ru State support for social innovation. Experience of the RFH Dr. Andrey Blinov, Deputy Director of the Russian Foundation for Humanities

2. Russian Foundation for Humanities Assimilating innovation RFH Ethical Cultural Educational Financial Technical

3. Russian Foundation for Humanities Science foundations RFH The main goal: support of science Basic principles: ► selection of projects based on scientific peer review ► bottom-up scheme

4. Russian Foundation for Humanities General information RFH ► RFH was founded by the Russian Government, September 8,1994. ► RFH reviewers: ap. 1 500 recognized Russian scientists employed by 390 research institutions and representing over 50 regions of the Russian Federation. ► RFH conducts annual competitions for support of research projects, including: -general call for proposals, -regional calls – with participation of 50 regions of the Russian Federation, -international calls - with partners from 14 countries, -targeted calls. ► Within the time span of 17 years the Foundation has received and reviewed more than 110 000 projects and funded more than 35 000. Funding has contributed to - work of more than 20 000 research teams; - publication of more than 4 500 thousand scientific books; - publication of more than 100 000 scientific articles; - organization of more than 2 000 scientific conferences; - creation of about 1 000 information resources including on-line. ► RFH has provided support for a total of more 250 000 Russian scientists, including over 80 000 young scientists.

5. Russian Foundation for Humanities International relationship RFH RFH BRFBR Belarus NAS Ukraine AS Moldova DFG Germany Academy of Finland MECS Mongolia VASS Vietnam NSC Taiwan ΚΕΡΙΕ Greece AS Abkhazia ERA.NET RUS Europe CASS China MESYP South Ossetia CNRS France SCS Armenia

6. Russian Foundation for Humanities Innovation in education RFH Psychological and educational technology development capabilities, Education for the gifted and talented The results of projects in education and psychology are used in creating and implementing new and innovative methods of moral, social and vocational training and education in kindergartens, schools, colleges and universities Modernization of the national education system and socialization of young people Development of new education standards

7. Russian Foundation for Humanities Support for book publishing RFH Resulting in more than 10 000 scientific books, 110 000 articles in Russian and foreign journals All results achieved in projects supported by RFH are published Books published with support from RFH are provided free of charge to Russian state libraries

8. Russian Foundation for Humanities Information resources RFH Digital Libraries Digital Dictionaries Database Information websites Media resources Search systems

9. Russian Foundation for Humanities Official Website RFH www.rfh.ru

10. … the foundations have been working for, a long time, they have been working for more than 10 years now, and to a considerable effect. There are thousands of people involved, thousands! The foundations have supported hundreds of thousands of projects, hundreds of thousands! It is an obvious achievement… …Russian Foundation for Humanities is another foundation demonstrating efficiency. Today we have seen how it works. Prime Minister of the Russian Federation V. Putin. From the final speech at the meeting of the Government Commission for High Technologies and Innovations in Zelenograd, 20.12.2010,

11. Russian Foundation for Humanities Thank you! RFH Thank you for your time! Dr. Andrey Blinov, Deputy Director of the Russian Foundation for Humanities, blinov@rfh.ru