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Julkisen tutkimusrahoituksen toimijat Suomessa

Synchronized Calls Concept and Funding Stakeholders’ perspectives Marja Makarow Vice-President Brussels 15 January, 2014. Julkisen tutkimusrahoituksen toimijat Suomessa. Public research funding in Finland. Valtion tutkimusmenot 2012. Government research budget 2013 = 2 B€

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Julkisen tutkimusrahoituksen toimijat Suomessa

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  1. Synchronized CallsConcept and FundingStakeholders’ perspectivesMarja Makarow Vice-President Brussels 15 January, 2014

  2. Julkisen tutkimusrahoituksen toimijat Suomessa Public research funding in Finland

  3. Valtion tutkimusmenot 2012 Government research budget 2013 = 2 B€ Total R&D investment 3,6% of GDP, public 1% of GDP Source: StatisticsFinland2013

  4. Suomen Akatemia Academy of Finland The research councils of Finland – fundamental research • Tasks: • Funding of scientific and artistic research, researcher training, research infrastructure • Enhancement of international scientific cooperation • Provision of expertise in science policy • Four research councils covering all disciplines • Culture and society • Natural sciences and engineering • Biosciences and environment • Health • Annually, ~5,000 researchers benefit from Academy funding • Admin staff of ~130 and decreasing

  5. Akatemian rahoitusmuodot Funding instruments

  6. Akatemian tutkimusrahoitus International peer review • Open competition, fixed-term funding • >3,700 applications/year, for > €1.5 billion • Success rate for key instruments < 22%; for CoEs 11% • Decisions based on • Science policy lines adopted by the Academy Board • Concretized in “Criteria for research funding decisions” document • Transparent decision-making process, equal treatment of applicants • Independent peer review (excellence), 1000 international scientists/year

  7. Akatemian tutkimusrahoitus International evaluation of the Academy of Finland Published September 2013 Selected points, relevant for today’s theme Assessment, in-house • High quality peer review and decision-making processes • Extremely cost-efficient (admin costs 2.8%) • Staff highly competent and trusted amongst scientific community Recommendations • Definition of ‘high risk’/groundbreaking` research, motivation for funding it, modalities for how to fund it • Clarification of motivation for research programmes, criteria and procedures for selection of the themes (evaluation criteria beyond excellence for added-value of a programme, impact & outcomes) • Extension of portfolio to strategic research funding outside responsive mode

  8. Akatemian tutkimusrahoitus Novel challenge and opportunity: Governance and funding of research on societal Grand Challenges • Strategic Research Council to be founded and based at the Academy of Finland • Broad brush themes (societal GCs) to be proposed by the Council and ratified by Government – horizon scanning & foresighting • Themes to be broken down to long-term research programmes by the Council • Consortia from universities and research institutes to self-assemble and apply for funding - cultural change for fundamental researchers (Horizon 2020) • Peer review using excellence plus relevance as criteria • Research findings to be fed to end-users and political decision-makers – assessment of outcomes and impact • Funding 70 M€/ year, 22% increase in Academy of Finland’s budget as of 2015

  9. Akatemian tutkimusrahoitus Academy of Finland supports the initiative Synchronized Call • In order to estimate the value of an independent organisation providing peer review services according to the highest quality • Academy of Finland has experience in international joint peer review since 2004 • Bi- and tri-lateral joint peer review • SE, DFG, NSFChina,CONICYT Chile, NSF, CNPq Brasilia, RAS/RFBR • Multi-lateral: Nordforsk (5), Water JPI (10) • >30 ERANets, article 185 actions, JPIs • Main challenges mostly practical: different dead-lines, admin practices, times-to-decision • Work load higher than for national call due to negotiations and discussions to overcome cultural differences

  10. Akatemian tutkimusrahoitus Academy of Finland supports the initiative Synchronized Call pilot • Why such a service provider? • To harmonize best practices in Europe – many countries shifting from RPOs/state academies to RFOs (research councils) • To facilitate direct cross-border collaboration - mutual trust on common understanding of quality evaluation • To relieve HR pressure – public admin staff being reduced while numbers of applications grow • Discussion platform for funding criteria: high risk research, programmes, societal relevance, infrastructure, outcomes & impact • Other potentially interested “clients” beyond RFOs and RPOs: private foundations • Council of Finnish Foundations – 153 members – 210 M€/year for research • Strong need for high quality peer review services

  11. Rahoituspäätökset 1995–2012 Academy funding 1997–2012 2013: 336 2014: 310 2015: 357

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