national science fund - state of the art and trends
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National Science Fund -National Science Fund -state of the art and trendsstate of the art and trends
Albena Vutsova
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Some details:Some details:
• Established in 1990• Functioning like second flow of government support-
although operating with insufficient budget• Way for restructuring the scheme of research
funding-from institutional to project /program one on the competitive base
• Managing bodies – consisting of eminent scientists • Member of ESF since 2001
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Public research funding in BulgariaPublic research funding in Bulgaria
GovernmentGovernment
Research InstitutesResearch Institutes National Science FundNational Science Fund
UniversitiesUniversitiesUniversitiesUniversities
ResearchersResearchers
Research Institutes Research Institutes LabsLabs
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Progressively increasing allocations by years
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2 000 000
4 000 000
6 000 000
8 000 000
10 000 000
12 000 000
14 000 000
2003 2004 2005
allocations
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Ambitious and Goals: Ambitious and Goals:
• Quality in focus• Aiming at high international level research• Milieu for strong competition• More intra and external integration• Pathway to the applied issues• Creating skilled new generation of
researchers• Strong accountability
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Research areas of interestResearch areas of interest
• Natural Sciences• Medical Sciences• Bio and agricultural sciences• Engineering and Informatics sciences• Social Sciences and Humanity
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Routine activities:Routine activities:
• Supporting scientific research – special emphasis on scientific excellence
• Fostering young researchers• Fostering international research
cooperation • Developing the evaluation practices
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Routine calls:Routine calls:
• Annual competition sessions-covering all research fields
• Yong scientists competition• Young talents competition• National programs competition –
targeted approach • Bulgarian periodicals competition
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Research ProjectsResearch Projects
Research ProgrammesResearch Programmes
Research InfrastructureResearch Infrastructure
Annual Scientific PrizesAnnual Scientific Prizes
Encouraging Young Researchers and Young
Talents
Encouraging Young Researchers and Young
Talents
grants
grants
Encouraging Research in Universities
Encouraging Research in Universities
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New instruments:New instruments:• Competitions fostering universities research • Competitions fostering research mobility• Competitions fostering national research potential:
• Infrastructure• Human potential• Centers of competence
• Joint projects under bilateral schemes
Good practices - bilateral schemes with:– Academic Exchange German Office (DAAD)– French Ministry of Youth, Education and Research –
RILA program
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Distinctiveness:Distinctiveness:
• Knowledge or strategic driven research
• Open to applications
• More basic research
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Applicable approaches:Applicable approaches:
• Bottom up approach- curiosity and knowledge driven approach- regular competitions
• Top-down approach- strategic oriented- national programs
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What we pay for:What we pay for:
• Research grants towards research entities
• Basic payments for:– Temporary permanent staff– Consumables – Equipment– Business trips– Overhead
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Managerial and Complementary bodies:Managerial and Complementary bodies:
• Executive council – 10 members• Research expert panels- 7• Secretariat• Add hoc panels and expert groups• Independent evaluators
NB! Principle of mandate for each structure is envisaged
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evaluationevaluation
• Ex-ante – level of performance – good
• Interim- each year of the project progress- creeping to good
• Ex-post – insufficient performance and slim elements of track records yet
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• Addressing the quality and originality of the scientific contents
• The competence of researchers to perform the proposed work
• Significance of the research problem• Utilization and impact of the results• Possible synergy effect and added
value
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Expert panel raporteur
evaluator
evaluator
Scores
ranking
project
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An attempt for analysisAn attempt for analysis
• Strong points:– Identifying major issues
of economy and society importance
– Facilitating inter and international linkages among researchers
– Availability of independent evaluation
– Strong ex-ante evaluation
– Lack of heavy administrative burden
• Weak points:– Lack of mix funding
sources and donators– Yet Insufficient budget – Insufficient number of
international evaluators– Insufficient ex-post
evaluation– Lack of sufficient track
records about project result and follow up (s)
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Lessons learnt:Lessons learnt:
• Strong prioritization
• Striving to effective research
• Fostering research networking
• Clear accountability
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Many thanks for your attention Many thanks for your attention and patience !and patience !
www.nsfb.net
a.vutsova@minedu.government.bg
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