From February 1, 2005, academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine have had their lifetime monthly sum increased – to 3000 hryvnias; for the title of full member of the NASU, corresponding members of the NAS will now be paid 2000 hryvnias. This is stipulated by one of the latest decrees (dated January 21) of President Leonid Kuchma "On the Amount of Lifetime Payment for the Title of Full Member and Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Branch Academies of Sciences," reports "Podrobnosti."

In accordance with the decree, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has also been instructed, from February 1, 2005, to increase the amount of monthly payments to full members of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences, the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, the Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, and the Academy of Arts of Ukraine to 2700 hryvnias, and to corresponding members of these academies – to 1800 hryvnias.

The Cabinet of Ministers must determine the sources of financing in 2005 for the expenditures on increasing the aforementioned payments and provide for their financing in the draft State Budget for 2006 and subsequent years.