Meeting of the Council of Vice-Rectors for Research of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine

On 19–20 February, a meeting of the Council of Vice-Rectors for Research of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine was held in Kyiv. This year, the meeting took place at the premises of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture.

The main purpose of the meeting was to sum up the results of work in 2025 and to outline strategic priorities for the development of science as the foundation of the country’s economic capacity. The participants noted that the years of the full-scale war have simultaneously become years of active reforms in the scientific sphere. An important signal of support was the 41% increase in state funding for science.

Among the key developments of the year were the implementation of a large-scale reporting campaign on completed and ongoing research projects, the state attestation of research institutions based on a unified methodology, the improvement of state procurement mechanisms, the launch of a network of startup schools in the regions, the development of the Science.City initiative, and the introduction of paid expert evaluation.

During the meeting, experts from higher education institutions and research organizations of Ukraine who conducted the largest number of scientific and scientific-technical expert reviews were honored. Among the awardees was Vice-Rector for Research and Teaching of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, member of the Presidium of the Council of Vice-Rectors for Research under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Anton Vitaliiovych Panteleimonov.

The recognition of a representative of Karazin University at the national level testifies to the active participation of our university in shaping modern science policy, developing the expert community, and supporting qualitative changes in Ukraine’s higher education system.

We congratulate Anton Vitaliiovych on this honorary distinction and thank him for his professionalism, responsibility, and consistent work toward the development of Ukrainian science!