The priority direction of budget policy in 2007 will be the improvement of the system of state support for scientific and scientific-technical activity. This will contribute to the creation of domestic high technologies and, on the whole, to the development of the scientific-technical potential of the country's economy.

The draft State Budget of Ukraine for 2007 provides expenditures for science in the amount of UAH 2 billion 912.3 million, which is UAH 411.5 million, or 16.5%, more than in the current year.

In particular, the share of expenditures for fundamental research in total expenditures for science in 2007 will be 52.5%. Subsequently, a gradual increase in the share of expenditures for program-targeted financing of science is envisaged with the aim of carrying out applied scientific and scientific-technical developments, work under state target programs and state orders, which will contribute to a fuller provision of the needs of the country's economy for them.

For research and development related to the development of economic activity in the branches of the production sphere, the 2007 state budget provides UAH 679.9 million, which is 11.9% more than in the current year. The most significant increase in expenditures is envisaged:

- in the field of the fuel and energy complex (by UAH 17 million, or 2.9 times);

- in the field of economic, trade and labor activity (by UAH 8.9 million, or 33.3%);

- in the field of transport (by UAH 2.2 million, or 27.3%).

For the performance of research and development in the budget sphere, it is envisaged to allocate UAH 278 million, which is 28.1% more than the expenditures of the current year, of which in the field of:

- healthcare – UAH 112.0 million, or 38.4% more than the expenditures of the current year;

- environmental protection – UAH 72.2 million, or 31.2% more than the expenditures of the current year;

- education – UAH 65 million, or 15.8% more than the expenditures of the current year;

- spiritual and physical development – UAH 17.1 million, or 21.3% more than the expenditures of the current year.

Also, the 2007 budget draft envisages allocating UAH 241.1 million for capital expenditures related to the development of the material and technical base of scientific institutions. Of the specified amount, UAH 135.5 million will be used for the purchase of scientific equipment, in particular, UAH 127.9 million - for equipment for the National Academy of Sciences.

State budget expenditures for the social security of employees of budget scientific institutions have also been increased. In 2007, for the introduction of new amounts of the minimum wage for scientists and ensuring its payment in accordance with the Unified Tariff Grid, additional expenditures are envisaged for a total amount of UAH 185.2 million.