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Are Straume
Ministry of Science, Innovation
and Higher Education
Denmark
Denmark - facts
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Population of 5.56 mio.
3% of GDP
Universities (12  8)
Research institutions (17 3)
Two universities in top 100 in
2012
Very high degree of
internationalisation
No ’trade-barrieres’ in the Danish
R&D funding system
High impact of Danish Science
FORSK2020 – strategic priorities
Denmark - links
The Danish Council for Strategic Research
http://en.fi.dk/councils-commissions/the-danish-council-for-strategicresearch
The Danish Council for Independent Research
http://en.fi.dk/councils-commissions/the-danish-council-for-independentresearch
The Danish Council for Technology and Innovation
http://en.fi.dk/councils-commissions/the-danish-council-for-technologyand-innovation
Forsk2020
http://en.fi.dk/publications/2012/research2020/
Finland - facts
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Population of 5,4 million
Higher education institution network covers
the country
– 16 universities and 25 polytechnics
– both sectors do research, educate based on
research and interact within the society
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18 governmental research institutes
Two universities in top 100 in 2012
Investments in RDI over 7 billion euro (2011)
– of this ca. 70 % in the private sector
– 3,78 % of GDP
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Proportion of research personnel in work force
the highest in OECD countries
FiDiPro
Public-private partnership well supported
Finland - links
http://www.fidipro.fi/pages/home/fidipro-at-a-glance.php
http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/For-researchers/Funding/
http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/
www.tekes.fi
Iceland - facts
• R&D expenditure is 3,1% of GDP
• 17% of total R&D expenditure to
public competitive funds
• Icelandic publications in peer
reviewed journals have one of the
highest citation impact of scientific
publications in the OECD countries
• University of Iceland is among the
300 best in the world according to
Times HE Universities Ranking
• Health
• DeCode Genetics
• US comes first
• RANNIS
Iceland - links
www.rannis.is/funding
Norway - facts
• Total R&D costs: 1.7
per cent of the GNP
• Internationalized R&D
• Centers of Excellence
• Centers for research
based innovation
Norway - links
Centres of excellence and other information:
http://www.forskningsradet.no/prognett-sff/Home_page/1224067001813
Centres for research-based innovation:
http://www.forskningsradet.no/prognettsfi/Centres_at_a_glance/1224067097756
General information:
http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/North_America/1138954285305
Sweden - facts
• Almost 4% of GDP
• Swedish R&D+I funding open to all,
including non-Swedes
• 14 universities and 25 higher education
institutions
• Two universities in top 100 in 2012
• Investments in strategic areas and
infrastructure: Max IV Lab synchroton
radiation facility and European
Spallation Source ESS
Sweden - Links
Swedish Research Council
www.vr.se
The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS)
http://www.fas.se/en/
The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences
and Spatial Planning
http://www.formas.se/en/
VINNOVA - Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems
http://www.vinnova.se/en/
Thank you!
Are Straume
[email protected]