A unifying aspect in researchers’ understanding of the essence of the legal model is that it acts in such a way that describes objects, processes or phenomena of legal life. With due regard to the forms of international cooperation, we can identify conventional and institutional models of international scientific and technical cooperation (ISTC). The institutional model characterizes the status and activities of the subjects. The conventional model primarily reflects a set of legal regulators of the interaction between subjects. However, the conventional model is not limited solely to international agreements and customs. It also includes instruments containing soft law rules. To elucidate the ISTC models in the field of marine research, the authors have analyzed the concept of “marine scientific research” as well as the development of the institution governing the interaction between subjects of international law and other actors in the field of marine scientific research (MSR) and the exchange of technologies within the framework of international law of the sea. As a result of the study, the authors conclude that the conventional model of ISTC in the field of MSR is based on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and includes bilateral and multilateral international agreements, decisions and resolutions of competent international organizations, and legal instruments containing soft law rules aimed at specifying various aspects of cooperation. The institutional model in MSR means creation of international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. ISTC institutional models can be divided into ecosystem models and collaboration models. Ecosystem models create the necessary legal, organizational, economic and other conditions (environment) for international cooperation and joint marine scientific research. Collaborative models are created directly for the implementation of international scientific research. However, there is no strict borderline between them.

研究人员对法律模式本质的理解的一个统一方面是，它以描述法律生活的对象、过程或现象的方式行事。适当考虑国际合作的形式，我们可以确定国际科技合作（ISTC）的常规和制度模式。制度模式刻画了主体的地位和活动。传统模式主要反映了主体之间互动的一套法律监管者。然而，传统模式并不仅限于国际协定和惯例。它还包括包含软法律规则的文书。阐明海洋研究领域的ISTC模型，作者分析了“海洋科学研究”的概念以及管理国际法主体与海洋科学研究领域（MSR）领域的其他行为者之间的互动以及在海洋科学研究框架内进行技术交流的机构的发展。国际海洋法。作为研究的结果，作者得出结论，在 MSR 领域的 ISTC 常规模式基于 1982 年《联合国海洋法公约》，包括双边和多边国际协议、主管国际组织的决定和决议，包含旨在具体说明合作各个方面的软法律规则的法律文书。MSR的制度模式意味着创建国际政府间和非政府组织。ISTC的制度模式可以分为生态模式和协作模式。生态系统模型为国际合作和联合海洋科学研究创造了必要的法律、组织、经济和其他条件（环境）。合作模式是直接为实施国际科学研究而创建的。但是，它们之间并没有严格的界限。