Development, Security, and Cooperation

Office for Central Europe and Eurasia (OCEE)

Science and Technology in Armenia: Current Status and Future Prospects

Statement of Task: An NRC ad hoc committee will analyze the current status and future development potential of Armenia's science and technology base, including human and infrastructural resources and research and educational capabilities. The committee will identify those fields and institutions offering promising opportunities for contributing to economic and social development, and particularly institutions having unique and important capabilities, worthy of support from international financial institutions, private investment sources, and the Armenian and U.S. governments. The scope of the study will include both pure and applied research as well as education in science-related fields. The committee will prepare a report addressing the existing capacity of state and private research institutions, higher education capabilities and trends, scientific funding sources, innovative investment models, relevant success stories, factors hindering development of the science sector, potential domestic Armenian customers for scientific results and products, and opportunities for regional scientific collaboration.

Please read more about this project, including a list of committee members, in the National Academies Current Projects System. The committee’s report is expected to be released in the fall of 2004.

Responsible Staff Officer: Glenn E. Schweitzer, Director, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia

For more information about this project, please contact Kelly Robbins at krobbins@nas.edu.