Scientific council

Academic Council 

The Academic Council of IРBB is an advisory and consultative body responsible for matters related to the Institute’s scientific and research-and-production activities. In its activities, the Academic Council of IРBB is guided by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 1, 2024 “On Science and Technology Policy,” the Charter of IBBR approved by Order No. 1427 of the Chairman of the Committee of State Property and Privatization of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 20, 2015, and these Regulations.

Main Objectives of the Academic Council

• To consider matters related to the scientific and/or scientific and technical activities of IBBR, develop proposals for their improvement, and make recommendations;
• To facilitate the implementation of priority areas of scientific and scientific and technical activities of the Republic of Kazakhstan as determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Higher Scientific and Technical Commission under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (HSTC);
• To review the strategic and current operational plans of IBBR;
• To consider matters of cooperation with research organizations, higher and/or postgraduate education institutions, and the scientific community with regard to participation in the development and implementation of a unified state policy in the field of scientific and/or scientific and technical activities;
• To study and develop proposals for improving the organization of research and development (R&D) activities;
• To consider matters related to the development of the organization’s scientific and/or scientific and technical activities;
• To participate in the promotion and dissemination of the results of scientific and/or scientific and technical activities and facilitate their commercialization;
• To promote the development of international scientific and scientific and technical cooperation;
• To develop proposals aimed at ensuring the effective operation of the research organization and its structural divisions.

Main Functions of the Academic Council

• Discusses and develops recommendations on the main areas of activity of the research organization in order to implement the priority areas of scientific development identified by the HSTC;
• Develops proposals and recommendations for the advancement of science, including those related to the preparation of state planning system documents, the concept for the development of the science sector, priority areas of scientific development and R&D, as well as proposals for amending and improving legislative and regulatory legal acts in the field of science;
• Reviews and develops recommendations on the approval and implementation of R&D plans, the practical application of their results, the training of scientific personnel, and the publication of scientific works;
• Reviews and develops recommendations on the approval of reports on the results of the scientific, scientific and organizational, and production activities of the research organization;
• Discusses matters and makes recommendations on improving the management of the research organization, as well as on the efficient use of funds allocated for R&D;
• Considers matters of cooperation with research organizations and higher and/or postgraduate education institutions;
• Reviews reports on the scientific, scientific and technical, and production activities of structural divisions, their heads, and individual researchers;
• Discusses matters relating to the research organization’s international cooperation and the progress of research conducted jointly with foreign organizations, and reviews reports by employees on international scientific assignments;
• Discusses matters related to the training and professional development of scientific personnel and regularly reviews reports by scientists on their activities in training scientific personnel;
• Nominates scientific works, scientific discoveries, and inventions for state awards and prizes;
• Nominates candidates for academic and honorary titles and awards for researchers of organizations who have contributed to the development of science;
• Considers candidates recommended for membership in the National Scientific Councils;
• Discusses and develops recommendations regarding the filling of vacant research positions;
• Recommends scientific works by scientists and researchers (individual authors and research teams) for publication;
• Discusses and develops recommendations on the establishment, reorganization, and dissolution of structural divisions of the research organization (laboratories and departments);
• Reviews and develops recommendations on the implementation of research results in the relevant sectors.

The Academic Council members