Today the total amount of funds involved in the Ukrainian university science is less than EUR 20 million, which jeopardizes the prospects of Ukraine's development in competitiveness and national defense, stated the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Maxim Strikha.
"If today the science of all Ukrainian universities " worth " less than 20 million euros, we can put an end to the prospects of Ukraine as a modern high-tech state with a high level of defense capability. But Ukrainian scientists still have sufficient capacity to ensure these prospects for Ukraine ", - said the official.
Earlier President Pososhenko granted religious organizations right to establish educational institutions
He added that to ensure the effectiveness of Ukrainian science we need to reform the financing of scientific institutions with implemented principles of the research projects competitive selection, paying attention to their priority for the state.