Research Funding with the European Research Area (ERA):Towards University Excellence

Melita Kovacevic, University of Zagreb Vice-Rector for Research and Technology

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UNESCO Chair in Governance and Management of Higher Education, Round Table, Zagreb, 3 – 4 December 2010

Topics

Research funding within European framework Research funding within national level Directions for change

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The role of research

a key component of development andeconomical growth

new jobs innovation society& production in general

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Research funding within EU

Research university excellence• fully autonomous, accountable, well managed and

performing universities• financial autonomy is essential for universities in

achieving their strategic goals• increasing diversity in sources of funding• greater supervision of spending• sets high requirements for the vitality of the

administrative organisation – pro-active research management

• Full costing financial management tool for financial sustainability and prove to all funders what their money is spent on

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Research funding within EU

Conditions for achieving excellence in universities and otherresearch organisations (Brussels, October 2010)

sustainable research funding research training for innovation partnership between research organisations and industry autonomy and excellence cooperation, clustering and excellence-based competition

European Research Council (ERC) U - Multirank

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Research funding within EU

In numbers

2020 100 mil new posts1 mil new doctors

2014 3,7 mil new jobs

2 % of GDB into HE (research)research funding - e.g. ERC – 7,5 billion EUR (2007-2013)

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Research funding within EU

Documents:

- Science and technology policy of the Republic of Croatia 2006 - 2010, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports- Strategic framework for development 2006.-2013., Government of the Republic of Croatia - Action plan, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, April 2008

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Research funding within national level

Research projects – budgetary financing (in mil. HRK)

R&D in general – budgetary financing

Participants in FP7 (2007-2010)

EU contribution in FP7 (2007-2010)

National contribution to FP7 (in mil. EUR)

GERD/GDP ratio in Southeast Europe

Source: http://www.unesco.org/science/psd/publications/usr10_s-e_europe.pdf

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D

Source: http://www.unesco.org/science/psd/publications/usr10_s-e_europe.pdf

Questions instead of Directions:

1. Do we consider research as spenditure or investment?

2. Do we want to have research institutions?3. Do we want to compete with others (in region,

Europe, world)?4. Are we aware that there is no development and

economic growth without research?

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Questions instead of Directions:

1. Do we have research capacity?2. Is our research up-dated?3. Is our research internationally relevant?4. Can we recognize easily productive research

group? Do we support them?5. Do we know what is our research profile?

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What do we need?

1. Policy paper Strategy

human resources2. Capacity

infrastructure3. Adequate financing

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Prerequisites are

knowledge understanding of global changes and context appropriate funding (mixed) strength-from institutional to individual level -

to admit

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“We are not all the same”

Reminder: US – cca 3000 universities Europe – cca 3000 universities US – cca 70 intensive research universities

Europe – cca 2500 intensive research universities

Peter J. Wells, Friday, 3 December 2010, 11.05

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