PROBLEMS OF GRANT FUNDING FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES
The possibility and efficiency of using the grant (project) funding mechanism for research in agricultural universities in Russia is considered. On the basis of the Megagrant competition practice by the method of unfocused interviews with Russian and foreign scientists, the main problems of using this mechanism are revealed. Based on the international experience, several proposals were formed for the adjustment of the mechanism for agricultural science in the Russian environment.