The Union of Armenians of Russia and the National academy of sciences of Armenia plan to realize a number of joint programs for development of academic and applied sciences in the republic. According to “Arminfo” agency reports, at the recent “Armenia-Diaspora” forum, the Union of Armenians of Russia chair Ara Abrahamian expressed the wish to establish cooperation with the Academy. It should be noted the matter concerns the financing of both the researches in the sphere of the fundamental sciences and specific applied topics. The amount of financing might be over $100000.