This Law regulates relations in the field of scientific and scientific-technical activity between scientists, scientific workers, scientific organizations, state bodies, and users of scientific results. It defines the principles and objectives of state policy in the scientific and scientific-technical sphere and establishes science as an activity under State patronage. The Law determines the legal status, rights, and obligations of scientists and scientific workers; the organizational-legal forms and governance of scientific organizations; and the status and functions of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. It regulates training, qualification, certification, and the awarding of scientific degrees and titles. The Law provides for state budget financing of scientific and scientific-technical activity through basic, targeted-program, and contractual mechanisms and stipulates that the legal regime of scientific results shall be governed by legislation.
Armenia · 2000-12-05