- Test of the Standard Model and search for New physics
- Multi-messenger astrophysics
- Neutrino physics
- Muon physics
- Elastic and diffractive scattering of hadrons and nuclei
- Deep inelastic scattering and multiparticle dynamics
- Symmetries in physics
- Ion colliders for study of the baryonic matter at extreme conditions
- Computing for Large Scale Accelerator Facilities (LHC, FAIR, NICA, etc.)
- New detectors and data analyses techniques
