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Chapter 4 RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
 
Chapter 4
RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Article 18. The results of scientific activities
The results of scientific activities are:
new knowledge, obtained either theoretically or experimentally and (or) stated in any form or fixed on any tangible information media, allowing their reproduction and (and) practical use;
experimental (laboratory) samples of objects and processes that are based on new knowledge, as well as documentation for these objects and processes.
The results of scientific activities of scientists (temporary research term, scientific organization) may be ultimate, intermediate and collateral.
The results of scientific activities, having the ultimate character, include knowledge and (or) objects created or received as a result of research provided contract or job assignments.
The results of scientific activities, having the intermediate character, include knowledge and (or) objects created or obtained during the research and provided by the contract or job assignments.
The results of scientific activities, having the collateral character, include knowledge of and (or) objects created or received during or as a result of scientific research in accordance with the contract or official job, but not specified by these documents and which are suitable for use only for purposes different from those that were specified in the contract or job assignments.
Article 19. Assessment of results of scientific activities
The assessment of the results of scientific activities is carried out in order to objectively regulate the amount of spent financial, material, intellectual and other resources, to determine the scientific and practical (economic, social, environmental, defence) usefulness of carrying out fundamental and applied scientific research. The results of the assessment of scientific activities can be used in determining the prospects of scientific directions, making decisions about the continuation or termination of funding the work, differentiation of the amount of the funds salaries and wages, as well as the attestation of scientists.
The results of scientific activities are evaluated according to the criteria of novelty, relevance to the science and practice, objectivity, evidence and accuracy. The assessment of results of scientific activities is carried out in the manner determined by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.
Republican state bodies, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, science foundations during making decisions on funding scientific research, receiving the outputs of scientific-research, experimental-design and experimental-technological works organize the assessment of the results of scientific activities.
Article 20. Exclusive rights on the results of scientific activities
The exclusive rights to the results of scientific activities and their legal protection are implemented in accordance with legislation.
President of the Republic of Belarus A.Lukashenko
 
See also: Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2 SUBJECTS AND PARTICIPANTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Chapter 3 QUALIFICATION AND LABOUR REMUNERATION OF A SCIENTIST
 
© National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 2011
 
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