About women in science, the priority of science for the development of the state, and ways of interaction between the state, science, and business in an interview for the program "About Science. Competently" (host – academician Volodymyr Seminozhenko) for the YouTube channel of the NAS of Ukraine, spoke the head of the Scientific Committee of the National Council of Ukraine on Science and Technology Development, deputy director for development and innovation of the Kyiv Academic University, project manager of Academ.City, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Oleksandra Antoniuk.