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1 Funding for Research Collaboration between Finland and China Dr Ritva Dammert Shanghai 9 April /04/2008

2 2 21/04/2008 Public research funding actors in Finland

3 R&D in Finland in 2006 Employs some 77,300 people Research funding amounts to 5.7 billion, business companies account for 71% R&D input 3.4% of GDP Finland among the leading R&D performers and clearly ahead of the EU average 20 universities and 31 polytechnics More than 1,400 PhD graduates 3 21/04/2008

4 R&D investment in selected OECD countries, and in China and Russia (% of GPD) Source: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators, 2006 Statistics Finland, R&D activities 2005, /04/2008

5 Government research expenditure 2007 Total 1.73 billion 5 21/04/2008

6 Academy s international operating environment Globally Increasing internationality, competition and cooperation Competitiveness is promoted through science, technology and education In Europe Finland actively involved in creating the European Research Area (ERA) New forms of European cooperation (ERC, ERA-NETs) Nordic cooperation providing new opportunities (NordForsk, Nordic Centres of Exellence) 6 21/04/2008

7 Academy of Finland in brief The Academy s tasks to promote scientific research and its application to develop international scientific cooperation to act as a science policy expert to provide funding for scientific research and other promotion of science In 2007, the Academy provided 260 million euros in funding for high-level scientific research The Academy s operations cover all scientific disciplines Each year some 5,000 people benefit from Academy research funding 7 21/04/2008

8 Role of the Academy of Finland in the international cooperation To recognise the most interesting common interests of researchers in Finland and in counterpart countries Bottom-up approach => win-win situation To create possibilities for new collaborations and relationships To promote and support high-level bottom-up research using the funding instruments specified in the agreements 8 21/04/2008

9 Funding cooperation with prioritised counterparts Academy s strategic priorities Brazil and Chile China India Japan Russia USA and Canada Potential of counterpart countries high-level research human resources R&D investments 9 21/04/2008

10 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Agreement since 1990, renewed in 2004 Funding cooperation in the fields of Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Engineering Forms of cooperation Joint research projects Collaboration between Centres of Excellence and other High-level Research Groups Joint thematic research programmes Exchange of researchers Exchange of information on peers for scientific evaluation Joint seminars 10 21/04/2008

11 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Collaboration between the Centres of Excellence Research Programme on Neuroscience Trilateral: Academy of Finland, NSFC, INMHA, CHIR (Canada) Joint Research Projects 2007 Environment related ecology, environment related energy research 2008 ICT Funding annually also for Researcher mobility Joint seminars 11 21/04/2008

12 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Agreement since 1981, renewed in 2004 Forms of cooperation Joint research projects Collaboration between Centres of Excellence and other High-level Research Groups Joint thematic research programmes Exchange of researchers Exchange of information on peers for scientific evaluation Joint seminars Active cooperation Researcher mobility Joint seminars 12 21/04/2008

13 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Agreement since 1989, renewed in 2004 Forms of cooperation Exchange of researchers Joint research projects Joint thematic research programmes Joint seminars Exchange of information on peers for scientific evaluation 2006 Call for Joint Research Projects: Cross-Cultural Communication Funding annually also for Researcher mobility Joint seminars 13 21/04/2008

14 Collaboration in researcher training Survey of interest in researcher training collaboration with China questions sent to 119 graduate schools financed by the Ministry of Education 67 answers received 37 graduate schools have active collaboration with Chinese research groups 48 graduate schools would be interested in collaboration in researcher training with China 33 graduate schools find Chinese-Finnish researcher training collaboration important or very important 14 21/04/2008

15 Strategy for Internationalisation of higher education Ministry of Education Aim: to design a comprehensive and sustainable internationalisation strategy in accordance with Finland's needs European and global dimension: European higher education reform: Communication of the European Commission "Delivering on the Modernisation Agenda for Universities: Education, Research, Innovation" of May 2006 Development targets for higher education recommended in the thematic OECD review, September 2006 Time schedule final draft November/early December /04/2008

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