Russia and the European Union in the present-day scientific context – international experience of Aurora Project

The primary concern of this study is the present-day scientific context in rela¬tions between Russia and the European Union. These relations cover a variety of aspects, resulting in an equally broad research perspective. In order to illustrate the above-named relations the author chose projects implemented on Russian Federation territory and one project concerning the post-soviet area, but carried out in EU member states. More often than not the selection of projects was determined by the subject matter rather than the education profile of the research participants. Next to a description of the scientific aspect of implemented tasks this study provides the stands of people in charge of financing of the collaboration in question. The study is tied together by a description of the Aurora pro¬ject and the author's correlating experience, which has prompted the author to write this article on international scientific cooperation between Russia and the European Union.