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THE JOINT GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE ACADEMY OF FINLAND AND THE RUSSIAN FOUNDATION FOR BASIC RESEARCH

In accordance with the Article IV of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Academy of Finland and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (hereinafter referred to as the Parties) the Joint Guidelines provide methods of implementation of the scientific co-operation between the Parties.

I Forms of co-operation

  1. Exchange of information
    The Parties shall regularly inform each other of their main activities, experience of evaluation of science and financing procedures.
  2. Co-operation in the field of evaluation procedures
    The Parties shall agree by exchange of letters upon the arrangements and financing of the Finnish-Russian conference on evaluation procedures.
    The Parties shall send to the other Party on the request lists of peers who can be used by the other side for finding foreign evaluators in the certain fields of science.
    The lists should include the following information about each peer: Name, Date of birth, Present post or duty, Degrees, and sites of earning them, Specific research field, List of publications (last five years), University, research institute or other organization, Address, Telephone, Fax, E-mail and Bank account number for the payment of the evaluation honorarium.
    The Parties shall send their own research proposals directly to peers of the other Party.
    The applications, all annexes and evaluations should be in English.
    The Parties shall inform each other at minimum once a year of the peers used as experts for evaluating proposals.
    The Parties shall follow their normal payment principles in the evaluation costs.
    Each Party shall bear the costs of its own when using experts of the other Party in the evaluation of applications. When appropriate, other financial arrangements can be agreed on.
    Annual evaluation costs shall be agreed upon by exchange of letters.
  3. Joint research projects
    The joint research projects should be based on direct scientific collaboration between researchers of both countries.
    The financing of joint research projects can be carried out together by both Parties or only by one of the Parties.
    The Party receiving the application evaluates it and makes independently, using its normal procedure, a decision concerning the financing of the project.
    When a joint research project is planned to be financed together by both Parties, all procedures and details of financing should be considered on a case-by-case basis between the Parties.
  4. Other co-operative activities
    The financing and procedures of other co-operative activities should be agreed upon on a case-by-case basis between the Parties.

II Health insurance
A sufficient international health insurance is subject to the care of the participating scientists.

III Other matters
These Joint Guidelines for Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Academy of Finland and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research shall come into force upon signature by both Parties. They shall continue to be valid unless either party notifies the other of its intention to terminate the Memorandum of Understanding on Scientific Co-operation between the Academy of Finland and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
These Joint Guidelines for Implementation may be amended by mutual agreement through exchange of letters.
These Joint Guidelines for Implementation have been enacted in two identical English originals, both equally valid.

Done in Helsinki on April 13, 2000

Reijo Vihko, Professor
President
Academy of Finland
Mihail V. Alfimov, Professor
President
Russian Foundation for Basic Research

   
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