THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH’S CRUST OF SB RAS: CURRENT STATUS AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

In February 2014, the Institute of the Earth’s Crust of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences celebrated its 65th anniversary. As of 01 January 2014, there are 300 employees in its staff, including one Full Member of RAS, one Corresponding Member of RAS, 27 Doctors and 74 Candidates of Sciences. Postgraduate courses are taken by 33 young researchers. The Institute has 13 laboratories and the Analytical Centre to research recent endo- and exogeodynamics, geological environment and seismicity, mineral resources, underground water dynamics and geoecology, internal structure, paleogeodynamics, endogenic processes and fluid dynamics of the continental lithosphere. From 2009 to 2013, the Institute has published 775 scientific papers in Russia and abroad, implemented 145 projects supported by grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, 21 projects under the Fundamental Research Program of the RAS Presidium and the Earth Sciences Section of RAS, 27 integration projects of SB RAS, and 22 programs of fundamental studies of RAS. The Institute fulfilled more than 50 scientific research contracts with industrial companies in Siberia and several state contracts with governments of the RF regions. Educational research, science organization and international activities are successfully implemented. Renovation and retrofit replacement of equipment, instruments and tools is ensured. A fitting testimony to scientific achievements of IEC SB RAS is that it ranks among leading research institutes in the Earth sciences in Russia and abroad, as confirmed by all the RAS performance indicators