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Ministry of Science and Information Society Technologies Jan Krzysztof FRĄCKOWIAK ORGANIZATION AND FINANCING OF SCIENCE IN POLAND European Committee for Future Accelerators Warsaw, February 25, 2005 POLAND Territory – 312 685 km Population – 38 231 000 Young population (25-34) - 5 441 000 (14.2% of population) Employment - 16 776 500 (of which) university graduates – 2 562 900 (15.3%) NEW STRUCTURE Secretary of State and Under-Secretary of State DEPARTMENTS The Council of Science - formerly the State Committee for Scientific Research MINISTER’S POLITICAL CABINET Minister of Science and Information Society Technologies Budgetary lines (total in 2004, 600 M EUR) •statutory tasks of scientific institutions; 2004: 350 M EUR; all fields (depending on the achievements of the institutions) •targeted (industrial) research projects (development projects) selected in peer-reviewed project competitions •Co-financing of goal-orientated projects pursued jointly by research teams and future users •research grants for individual researchers and research teams through open calls twice a year •construction, investments, purchase of equipment and infrastructure •international scientific cooperation (mobility, contributions to int. organizations) and research-aiding activity (publications, libraries, databases, scientific conferences, promotion of science...) Ministry of Science and Information Society Technologies Responsibility for: the country’s scientific and technological policy plans for budgetary expenditure in the area of science and technology distribution and using of public funds (control) international agreements on cooperation ACT ON FINANCING OF SCIENCE – PRINCIPAL CHANGE The Minister of Science awards funding for science taking into consideration the opinion of the Council of Science Formerly, the Minister awarded funds, executing the resolutions of the State Committee for Scientific Research COUNCIL OF SCIENCE COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICY UNIT OF APPEALS (KOMITET POLITYKI NAUKOWEJ i NAUKOWO-TECHNICZNEJ ) (ZESPÓŁ ODWOŁAWCZY) Max. 11 persons nominated by the minister, incl. those proposed by the President of PAS and Chairmen of RGSW, KRASP and RG JBR 5 persons proposed by academia RESEARCH COMMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE UNITS - disciplinary or interdisciplinary units - working units of Council Commissions (KOMISJA BADAŃ NA RZECZ ROZWOJU NAUKI) 28 persons proposed by academia RESEARCH COMMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY (KOMISJA BADAŃ NA RZECZ ROZWOJU GOSPODARKI) Max. 26 persons nominated by the minister – appropriate experts, representatives of relevant ministers, and persons representing social and economic practice ACT ON FINANCING OF SCIENCE NEW INSTRUMENTS (1) • NATIONAL FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME – determines priorities in a selected areas • SCIENTIFIC CONSORTIA – groups of organizational entities carrying out joint scientific or investment undertakings • SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS – co-operation of groups of scientific entities aiming at the development of their scientific specializations • PROGRAMMES OR UNDERTAKINGS ESTABLISHED BY THE MINISTER – for the development of young scientific staff (including fellowships), information technology infrastructure, links between science and industry, international scientific and technological co-operation, etc. • MODIFIED SYSTEM OF THE EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC ENTITIES • DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS – aimed at research tasks constituting the basis of a practical implementation • GOAL-ORIENTATED PROJECTS (A NEW FORMULA) – including applied research, development work, industrial or pre-competitive research, panel system of proposal qualification • POSSIBILITY TO GRANT FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO LEGAL ENTITIES to organize calls for proposals to fund research and goal-orientated projects, as well as researchaiding activities. ACT ON FINANCING OF SCIENCE NEW INSTRUMENTS (2) COMMISSIONED PROJECTS q to integrate the scientific community and to create interdisciplinary scientific groups, with the participation of economic organizations, able to undertake large, complicated and coherent research and development projects q conjunction with topics pursued in international programmes, while ensuring thematic complementarity q development and growth of the competitiveness of specialized sectors of the Polish economy, and particularly the creation of Polish specializations in the world economy. A MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMME – established on the basis of the Act on public finances and which includes scientific research or development work is cpnsulted by the minister of science. ACT ON FINANCING OF SCIENCE NATIONAL FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME NATIONAL FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME serves to pursue the country’s scientific and technological policy, determines priorities in R&D FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME IS ESTABLISHED BY THE MINISTER OF SCIENCE at his own initiative or following proposals submitted by ministers, provincial governors, local governments, President of PAS, universities, scientific institutions or country-wide economic associations ACT ON FINANCING OF SCIENCE MODIFIED SYSTEM OF EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS THREE ELEMENTS OF PARAMETRIC EVALUATION 1. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH POTENTIAL 2. RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES 3. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE R&D PERFORMED POLISH POSITION ON FP7 General conditions • Continuation of the thematic priorities and of “traditional” instruments as well as “new” instruments introduced in FP6 • Ensuring a balance between the funds devoted to “new” and “traditional” instruments • accepting excellence as a basic criterium of projects evaluation • Ensuring equal chances of access to framework programme funds for research teams from all the member states • Formulation of thematic priorities to accommodate social and environmental challenges – both global and regional – that the societies of the EU face POLISH POSITION ON FP7 MAIN POLICY PILLARS FULL SUPPORT FOR • • • • Developing basic research Collaboration between scientific centres in Europe Coordination of national research programmes Developing mobility policy PROVISIONAL SUPPORT FOR • • Upgrading research infrastructures Developing European Technology Platforms POLISH PROPOSAL • European Social and Environmental Platforms POLISH POSITION ON FP7 BASIC RESEARCH Poland proposes in particular: Introduction to FP7 of separate funds for basic research, awarded to both international and national consortia, as well as to individual researchers Establishment of ERC, dependent on the research community and endowed with full autonomy with regard to the distribution of the funds at its disposal Adoption of peer review as the instrument of project evaluation using excellence as the only criterium • Promotion of an open approach regarding the thematic fields of project proposals POLISH POSITION ON FP7 OUR THEMATIC PRIORITIES MAIN AREAS • • • • • • BIO - science for food and the natural environment MED - science for health and the human environment TECHNO - science for the economy INFO - science for IT and communication HUMANO - science for the human being and society BASIC - science for knowledge GDP GROWTH (PREVIOUS YEAR = 100.0) GDP PER CAPITA (current € and PPPS) NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (by ISI) RESEARCHERS (FTE) in R&D 2002 POLAND – COMPARISON WITH THE UE EXPENDITURES ON R&D by type of research EXPENDITURES ON R&D by main sources of funds in 2002 NUMBER OF AWARDED DOCTORAL DEGREES STUDENTS OF DOCTORAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT IN R&D by field of science in 2002 NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY EDUCATION POLISH TEAMS IN FP5 BILATERAL CO-OPERATION Science expenditures (1991-2004) Share of science expenditures in GDP (1991-2005) 1,2% ogółem Total expenditures Total expenditures Budgetary expenditures budżetowych Budgetary expenditures Extra – budgetary expenditures pozabudżetowych Extra – budgetary 1,08% 1,0% 0,87% 0,8% 0,86% 0,90% 0,74% 0,758% 0,78% 0,74% 0,73% 0,74% 0,65% [% GDP] 0,644% 0,573% 0,6% 0,58% 0,554% 0,467% 0,4% 0,478% 0,464% 0,435% 0,29% 0,441% 0,409% 0,28% 0,30% 0,22% 0,27% 0,30% 0,30% 0,25% 0,54% 0,54% 0,335% 0,327% 0,51% 0,412% 0,345% 0,35% 0,32% 0,64% 0,304% 0,23% 0,23% 0,21% 0,21% 0,21% 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 0,2% 0,0% 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Science expenditures (1991-2004) Year Total Execution (in thousand PLN) Exchange rate USD/PLN Science expenditures (in thousand USD) - - 1991 1992 612 856,87 740 443,48 1993 892 810,70 1,8145 492 042,27 1994 1 165 929,10 2,2727 513 014,96 1995 1 437 435,90 2,4244 592 903,77 1996 1 855 026,20 2,6965 687 938,51 1997 2 192 616,20 3,2808 668 317,54 1998 2 405 614,80 3,4937 688 557,92 1999 2 709 740,20 3,9675 682 984,30 2000 2 916 780,00 4,3464 671 079,51 2001 3 089 928,00 4,0939 754 763,92 2002 2 661 466,80 4,0795 652 400,25 2003 2 729 171,00 3,8889 701 784,82 2004 2 891 781,10 3,6540 791 401,51 28 301 600,35 - 7 897 189,28 2005: + 2.9 bln zł - ~1bln USD