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Published: 19 February 2009

Government to fund R&D activity with EUR 1.9 billion in 2009

The total funding for research and development goes up to EUR 1.9 billion in the 2009 Government Budget. R&D funding increases by EUR 102 million from the previous year, which means nearly 6 per cent growth in nominal terms and 2 per cent growth in real terms. The proportion of funds allocated to R&D activities of overall government spending exclusive of debt servicing stands unchanged from the previous year at 4.4 per cent. The share of public R&D funding of GDP rises to 1.02 per cent.

The administrative branches of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Employment and the Economy receive 82 per cent of the government R&D funding. R&D funding under the Ministry of Education increases by some EUR 60 million to a total of nearly EUR 840 million in 2009. R&D funding under the Ministry of Employment and the Economy increases by EUR 50 million. R&D funding of Tekes goes up by almost as much as the funding of the whole administrative branch it represents. Of the administrative branches with significant R&D activity, R&D funding increases by just under EUR 6 million under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry but remains almost unchanged under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

R&D funding of Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, which is the largest funding organisation, rises to EUR 575 million. Its share of public R&D funding is 30 per cent. The share of the Academy of Finland, which is the other organisation awarding funding on a competitive basis, is 16 per cent and its total funding amounts to EUR 309 million. A total of EUR 490 million R&D funding, or EUR 38 million more than in the year before, is entered in statistics for universities in 2009. Budget funding for R&D activity by government research institutes also grows by over EUR 17 million. R&D funding of university central hospitals and of other R&D, i.e. research carried out in ministries and central agencies decreases.

Government budget appropriations or outlays for R&D 2009

	R&D funding € million	Share of R&D funding, %	Nominal change from 2008, %	Real change from 2008, %
R&D funding total	1 899,7		5,7	2,0
Main administrative branches (ministries)
Ministry of Education	837,3	44,1	7,6	3,8
Ministry of Employment and the Economy	723,5	38,1	7,4	3,7
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health	121,1	6,4	–0,5	–3,9
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	101,7	5,4	5,9	2,3
Funding organisations
Universities	490,0	25,8	8,4	4,6
University central hospitals	40,0	2,1	–17,9	–20,8
Academy of Finland	309,0	16,3	4,2	0,6
TEKES	574,9	30,3	9,2	5,4
Government research institutes	299,0	15,7	6,2	2,5
Other R&D funding	186,7	9,8	–3,0	–6,4

Source: Government R&D; funding in the state budget 2009, Statistics Finland

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Updated 19.2.2009