On April 23, 2026, a session of the General Assembly of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine was held, during which the results of the Academy's activities for 2025 were summed up and the key areas of its further work were identified.
Before the meeting, the leadership of the NAS of Ukraine, together with the participants of the session, honored the memory of the long-time President of the Academy, Academician Borys Paton. Flowers were laid at his bust on Bohdan Khmelnytsky Street and in the Great Conference Hall of the NAS of Ukraine.
The session was opened by the President of the NAS of Ukraine, Academician Anatoly Zagorodny. In his opening remarks, he emphasized that recent years have been a serious test for the Academy: a full-scale war, losses, destruction of infrastructure, difficult conditions for scientists to work. At the same time, despite these challenges, research has not stopped, and its results are increasingly finding practical application - in the field of defense, energy, and the restoration of the country. According to him, the demand for science itself has changed: it is expected not only to provide fundamental knowledge, but also to provide specific solutions for the state. The President of the NAS of Ukraine also noted that 2025 was important for the internal development of the Academy - elections were held for its composition and governing bodies, and the Presidium was renewed. He separately thanked the Ukrainian military, who enable scientists to continue their work even in such conditions.
Greetings to the participants of the General Meeting from the Office of the President of Ukraine delivered by the Head of the Education and Science Department of the Main Department of Internal and Humanitarian Policy of the Directorate for Internal and Humanitarian Policy of the Office of the President of Ukraine Svitlana Kretovych. She emphasized that Ukrainian science, even in wartime conditions, provides practical results for defense, energy, medicine, and the country's reconstruction, while maintaining fundamental research, supporting young scientists, and developing international cooperation. She also emphasized that the state highly values the contribution of the NAS of Ukraine to the approach of victory and post-war reconstruction.
Next, the session participants were presented with report "Academy in times of testing: results of 2025 and development priorities"«. President of the NAS of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine Anatoliy Zagorodniy outlined the key results of the Academy's work for the year and identified tasks for the near future.
He spoke about research for the security and defense sector, which is carried out, in particular, within the framework of the targeted defense research program: developments in the field of unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, new materials, means of protection and military medicine. In parallel, scientists are working on solutions for the energy sector, infrastructure restoration, environmental safety and the agricultural sector. At the same time, he noted the results of fundamental research - in physical and mathematical, technical, natural and socio-humanitarian sciences, which are integrated into international projects.
Along with the results, the head of the Academy also drew attention to problematic issues that require systemic solutions. These include limited funding, which mostly covers only current expenses, worn-out infrastructure and the need for its modernization, the consequences of the destruction of energy and utility networks, as well as a difficult personnel situation - primarily a reduction in the number of young scientists.
Speaking about the main directions of the Academy's further activities, he emphasized the need to focus resources on areas of critical importance to the state: defense capability, energy independence, new materials, digital technologies, medicine, and environmental safety. At the same time, he emphasized the importance of faster implementation of scientific results, closer interaction with the state, business, and communities, modernization of infrastructure, support for young scientists, development of international cooperation, and openness of the Academy to society.
The following spoke in the discussion of the report of the President of the NAS of Ukraine: Director of the Institute of Nuclear Power Plant Safety Problems of the NAS of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine Anatoly Nosovsky, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Brigadier General Andriy Lebedenko, Deputy General Director for Development of JSC "Ukroboronprom"« Oleg Hulyak, Academician-Secretary of the Department of Chemistry of the NAS of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine Petro Stryzhak, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Denis Kurbatov, Rector of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Doctor of Law Tatyana Kaganovskaya, President of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine and NAMS of Ukraine Vasyl Lazoryshynets, advisor to the rector of the Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, academician of the NAS of Ukraine Eustachii Kryzhanivsky, Director of the Institute of Information Technologies and Systems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Candidate of Technical Sciences Alexander Volkov, Director of the Mykhailo Ptukha Institute of Demography and Quality of Life Research, NAS of Ukraine, Academician of NAS of Ukraine Ella Libanova, Head of the Western Scientific Center of the NAS of Ukraine and the MES of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine Zinovy Nazarchuk, Academician-Secretary of the Department of Energy and Energy Technologies of the NAS of Ukraine, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine Andriy Rusanov, Director of the V.M. Bakul Institute of Superhard Materials, NAS of Ukraine, Academician of NAS of Ukraine Volodymyr Turkevich, Head of the Department of the Institute of Hydrobiology of the NAS of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine Dmitry Gudkov, Deputy General Director for Scientific Activities of LLC "Ukrinstalcon named after V.M. Shymanovsky" Doctor of Technical Sciences Vadym Gordeev, Director of the Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Philology Pavlo Hrytsenko, Deputy Director of the I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethno-National Studies, NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Historical Sciences Yuriy Nikolayets.
The participants of the discussion focused on issues that directly determine the role of science in the conditions of war and the country's recovery: scientific support for the security and defense sector, development of defense technologies and cooperation with industry, stability of the energy system, nuclear and technogenic safety, demographic processes and social stability. Special attention was paid to the interaction of the Academy with universities, business and state structures, as well as the implementation of scientific results in production and practice of public administration.
Following the discussion, the General Meeting of the NAS of Ukraine approved the Report on the Activities of the Academy in 2025, adopting a corresponding resolution.
An important part of the session was the awarding of scientists. The highest award of the NAS of Ukraine was Gold Medal named after V.I. Vernadsky According to the results of the 2025 competition, it was awarded to Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Mykola Zhulynsky and Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Mark Pavlyshyn for their outstanding contribution to the development of Ukrainian literary studies and its establishment in the world. Also awarded Prizes named after outstanding scientists of Ukraine for the best scientific papers of 2025. Laureates NAS of Ukraine Prizes "For Popularization of Science"« recognized for projects that open up science to society and strengthen its presence in the public space.
Summing up the session, the President of the NAS of Ukraine Anatoliy Zagorodniy noted that the discussion confirmed that despite all the challenges, the scientific institutions of the Academy maintain a high level of research and continue to work effectively. At the same time, the NAS of Ukraine faces a number of important tasks that require consolidation of efforts. He thanked the participants for the frank and meaningful discussion, emphasizing that the proposals and comments expressed during the session will be taken into account in the further work of the Presidium of the Academy.
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