Tendencies and Prospects of Russian-French Scientific Collaboration

This article presents the state of the art and prospects for the Russian-French research collaboration, based on semistructures interviews with Russian and French scientists. Motivations, origins, and a pace of development for scientific collaborations between the two countries were investigated. Official collaborative schemes as well as temporary partnerships (through fellowships, trainings, part-time work in Russian or French organizations) were studied. The survey covered wide range of disciplines, both in natural and social sciences. It has revealed that most of partnerships that are functioning within official intergovernmental schemes are stable and the parties are willing to continue and even expand collaboration. At the same time there are a number of barriers to successful cooperation. The most hampering factors are the lack of funding, some logistical problems, and other issues related to the specifics of organization and regulation of scientific research in Russia. An important part of sustainable development is participation of students and postdocs in research collaborations. Russian and French students establish long-term linkages that may yield new joint projects in the future. Main factors that should strengthen collaboration include necessity to provide more funding from both sides, to improve foreign language skills, and possibly move towards joint commercialization-related research and development

Partnering universities and companies in Russia: effects of new government initiative

The paper presents the results of 2-year survey conducted in 2011-2012 among Russian universities and companies who jointly implement R&D projects aimed at development of high-tech manufacturing. The joint projects represent a new government instrument to stimulate the development of linkages between universities and companies by giving matching grants for R&D to companies with obligation to order R&D to a university-partner. The objectives of the survey included analysis of motivation for cooperation both from side of universities and companies; primary effects and side-effects of such initiative; changes that may be introduced to the government regulations concerning matching grants. Total 38 teams were surveyed. Our findings show that major motivations from side of universities were access to new practical research tasks from companies, selection of most competitive teams of researchers capable to work with companies, and strengthening reputation in business environment. Companies were interested in getting government funding in order to solve their technological problems; to strengthen, due cooperation with universities, their research capacity, and to use modern research infrastructure located at universities. The analysis allowed identification of the major effects of the matching grants mechanism. They included: strengthening of university orientation towards solving practical tasks which are of interest to business; institutionalization of relations between universities and business in the sphere of innovation activity; broadening of research cooperation and the formation of research consortiums; harmonization of research and educational tasks in universities, and orientation of the parties towards continuing cooperation in the innovation sphere

Partnering universities and companies in Russia: effects of new government initiative

The paper presents the results of 2-year survey conducted in 2011-2012 among Russian universities and companies who jointly implement R&D projects aimed at development of high-tech manufacturing. The joint projects represent a new government instrument to stimulate the development of linkages between universities and companies by giving matching grants for R&D to companies with obligation to order R&D to a university-partner. The objectives of the survey included analysis of motivation for cooperation both from side of universities and companies; primary effects and side-effects of such initiative; changes that may be introduced to the government regulations concerning matching grants. Total 38 teams were surveyed. Our findings show that major motivations from side of universities were access to new practical research tasks from companies, selection of most competitive teams of researchers capable to work with companies, and strengthening reputation in business environment. Companies were interested in getting government funding in order to solve their technological problems; to strengthen, due cooperation with universities, their research capacity, and to use modern research infrastructure located at universities. The analysis allowed identification of the major effects of the matching grants mechanism. They included: strengthening of university orientation towards solving practical tasks which are of interest to business; institutionalization of relations between universities and business in the sphere of innovation activity; broadening of research cooperation and the formation of research consortiums; harmonization of research and educational tasks in universities, and orientation of the parties towards continuing cooperation in the innovation sphere

Partnering Universities and Companies in Russia: Effects of New Government Initiative

The paper presents the results of 2-year survey conducted in 2011-2012 among Russian universities and companies who jointly implement R&D projects aimed at development of high-tech manufacturing. The joint projects represent a new government instrument to stimulate the development of linkages between universities and companies by giving matching grants for R&D to companies with obligation to order R&D to a university-partner. The objectives of the survey included analysis of motivation for cooperation both from side of universities and companies; primary effects and side-effects of such initiative; changes that may be introduced to the government regulations concerning matching grants. Total 38 teams were surveyed. Our findings show that major motivations from side of universities were access to new practical research tasks from companies, selection of most competitive teams of researchers capable to work with companies, and strengthening reputation in business environment. Companies were interested in getting government funding in order to solve their technological problems; to strengthen, due cooperation with universities, their research capacity, and to use modern research infrastructure located at universities. The analysis allowed identification of the major effects of the matching grants mechanism. They included: strengthening of university orientation towards solving practical tasks which are of interest to business; institutionalization of relations between universities and business in the sphere of innovation activity; broadening of research cooperation and the formation of research consortiums; harmonization of research and educational tasks in universities, and orientation of the parties towards continuing cooperation in the innovation sphere

ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНОЕ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ ДЛЯ РАЗВИТИЯ ПЕРСПЕКТИВНЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ: ВКЛАД ВУЗОВ

Статья представляет собой исследование сложившегося и перспективного рынка дополнительного профессионального образования в России, в том числе по ключевым направлениям технологического развития и места вузов на этих рынках. Рынок дополнительного профессионального образования (ДПО) является высоко конкурентным и постоянно развивается за счет роста числа провайдеров образовательных программ и курсов, а также появления новых образовательных форматов (онлайн-курсов, дистанционного образования). В ближайшем будущем основная конкуренция на рынке внебюджетного дополнительного профессионального образования будет разворачиваться между вузами за средства компаний (организаций), которые повышают квалификацию своих сотрудников в области перспективных технологических направлений. В связи с этим цель написания статьи и основные исследовательские вопросы связаны с оценкой масштабов рынка ДПО, в том числе в финансовом выражении, места на нем вузов, а также с определением перспективных направлений и форм развития ДПО. Исследование базируется на данных официальной статистики, мониторингов, и результатах выборочных опросов.Ситуация, которая сложилась в сфере ДПО, рассмотрена на макро- и микроуровне. Сначала определены тренды на российском рынке ДПО, включая финансовые параметры, типологию слушателей, сравнительную популярность разных видов ДПО, и место вузов как поставщиков ДПО. На микроуровне анализируется масштаб и параметры спроса на рынке ДПО по перспективным технологическим направлениям. Исследование показало, что пока в России предложение со стороны вузов превышает спрос, хотя рынок внебюджетного ДПО достаточно объемный, пятикратно превышающий бюджетное ДПО. Проведенная оценка сегмента рынка, специализирующегося на перспективных, в том числе сквозных цифровых технологиях, показала, что этот рынок достаточно узкий в сравнении с общими объемами внебюджетного ДПО, и на нем доминирует ограниченное число вузов, с которыми могут начать конкурировать ведущие компании, развивающие корпоративное ДПО (особенно в области наук о данных).Перспективы развития данного рынка связаны как с появлением новых форм дистанционного образования, так и различными видами кооперационных и сетевых программ ДПО, разрабатываемых и реализуемых вузами совместно с компаниями. При этом дополнительный стимул развитию такого ДПО могут дать новые государственные программы и национальные проекты, такие как «Цифровая экономика Российской Федерации», «Новые возможности для каждого», национальный проект «Наука», а также Центры компетенций Национальной технологической инициативы.Ограничения исследования связаны с условностью и допущениями в расчетах ввиду отсутствия детальной информации о финансовых аспектах внебюджетного ДПО. Результаты исследования могут представлять интерес для специалистов, занимающихся проблемами образования, для высших учебных заведений, развивающих программы ДПО, а также компаний, заинтересованных в развитии собственной системы дополнительного образования, в том числе в кооперации с вузами

Transportation of liquid and sand in open trays

Herein there are theoretical dispositions on the conditions of the fluid flow and sand transportation within a wide range of rates. The results of some exploratory research on the sand transport in specially designed laboratory and production benches, including a platform with interchangeable modular polymer elements having an artificial rough surface, have been presented. The ranges of the experiment procedure have been established to create the turbulence zones, where the tray inner surfaces are of various texture in the form of obstacles of different height. The technique has been presented for carrying out experiments on large-size benches with modular pipe elements based on the use of photo and film equipment, as well as a set of devices for determining rates, filling and slopes. The results of hydraulic experiments on modeling the process of vortex formation in the flow in the trays with artificial roughness are presented. The ability of the flow to move sand dunes in the trays with an alternative texture of the inner surface has been studied, and the design data of the quantitative assessment of the transporting ability of the flow depending on various factors has been given