Priority areas of scientific and technical activity for 2021–2025 have been identified in Belarus
The Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated May 7, 2020 No. 156 approved priority areas of scientific and technical activity in the Republic of Belarus for 2021–2025, including digital information and communication, interdisciplinary, biological, medical, pharmaceutical, chemical, engineering, agro-industrial and food technologies, energy, construction, ecology, environmental management, mechanical engineering, instrument making, innovative materials, ensuring the safety of humans, society and the state.
The priority areas of scientific, scientific-technical and innovative activities for 2021 - 2025 include:
- development of the information society, electronic state and digital economy;
- mathematics and modeling of complex functional systems (technological, biological, social);
- information management systems;
- smart city technologies;
- big data technologies;
- artificial intelligence and robotics;
- digital spatial models, augmented reality technologies;
- aerospace and geoinformation technologies;
- means of communication and methods of data transmission;
- high-performance computing facilities;
- physics of fundamental interactions of the micro- and macroworld, emerging technologies (quantum, cognitive, neuro-digital, anthropomorphic).
- biotechnologies (genomic and post-genomic, cellular, microbial, medical, industrial);
- systems and synthetic biology;
- artificial tissues and organs;
- diagnosis, medical prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, including viral etiology, and non-infectious, examination of the quality of medical care;
- personalized medicine;
- medical rehabilitation of patients;
- maternal and child health;
- management of human health and environment, healthy and safe nutrition, active longevity;
- medical equipment;
- pharmaceutical substances, diagnostic preparations and systems, medicines and immunomodulators;
- antibiotic resistance;
- chemical technologies and production, petrochemistry;
- fine chemical synthesis;
- processing of raw materials, wood chemistry;
- textile materials with specified properties.
- nuclear energy, nuclear and radiation safety;
- new types of energy;
- energy efficiency, energy saving;
- intelligent electric power systems, “smart” power consumption;
- high-capacity electronic storage devices, fuel cells;
- environmental and energy technologies in architecture and construction;
- new building materials and structures;
- efficient use, reproduction and management of flora and fauna, forest and water resources;
- biological and landscape diversity;
- specially protected natural areas;
- environment and climatology;
- minerals and subsoil studies;
- equipment and technologies in collection, disposal and use of waste.
- mechanical engineering and mechanical science;
- production automated complexes;
- electric and remotely piloted vehicles;
- laser, plasma, optical technologies and equipment;
- micro-, opto- and microwave electronics, photonics, microsensors;
- radio-electronic systems and technologies, instrument making;
- metallurgical technologies;
- additive technologies;
- composite and multifunctional materials;
- nanomaterials and nanotechnologies, nanodiagnostics.
- food security and quality of agricultural products;
- soil fertility;
- selection and reproduction of agricultural plants and animals;
- veterinary medicine;
- agricultural vehicles, machinery and equipment;
- precision farming;
- manufacturing, storage and processing of agricultural products.
- socio-humanitarian, economic and information security (person, society and state, history, culture, education and youth policy, physical culture, sports and tourism, management of technical, technological and social processes);
- scientific and scientific-technical support of national security and defense capability of the state;
- means of technical and cryptographic information protection, cryptology and cybersecurity;
- lawmaking and effective administration of law;
- law enforcement, legal enquiry;
- protection from emergency situations.
