Ministry of ScienceMinistry of Scienceand Information Society Technologiesand Information Society Technologies

Jan Krzysztof FRĄCKOWIAKJan Krzysztof FRĄCKOWIAK

ORGANIZATION AND FINANCING OF ORGANIZATION AND FINANCING OF SCIENCE IN POLANDSCIENCE IN POLAND

European Committee for Future AcceleratorsEuropean Committee for Future Accelerators

Warsaw, February 25, 2005Warsaw, 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%)

Secretary of State and Under-Secretary of State

Secretary of State and Under-Secretary of State

DEPARTMENTSDEPARTMENTS

Minister of Science and Information Society TechnologiesMinister of Science and Information Society Technologies

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The Council of Science - formerly the State Committee for Scientific Research

The Council of Science - formerly the State Committee for Scientific Research

NEW STRUCTURE

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

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

Responsibility for:

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

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

COUNCIL OF SCIENCE

UNITS- disciplinary or interdisciplinary units - working units of Council Commissions

COMMITTEE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICY(KOMITET POLITYKI NAUKOWEJ i NAUKOWO-TECHNICZNEJ )

Max. 11 persons nominated by the minister, incl. those proposed by the President of PAS and Chairmen of

RGSW, KRASP and RG JBR

RESEARCH COMMISSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE (KOMISJA BADAŃ NA RZECZ ROZWOJU NAUKI)

28 persons proposed by academia

UNIT OF APPEALS (ZESPÓŁ ODWOŁAWCZY)

5 persons proposed by academia

• 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 research-aiding activities.

ACT ON FINANCING OF SCIENCE NEW INSTRUMENTS (1)

COMMISSIONED PROJECTS   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

 conjunction with topics pursued in international programmes, while ensuring thematic complementarity

 development and growth of the competitiveness of specialized sectors of the Polish economy, and particularly the creation of Polish specializations in the world economy.

 

ACT ON FINANCING OF SCIENCE NEW INSTRUMENTS (2)

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.

NATIONAL FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMEserves 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 NATIONAL FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

THREE ELEMENTS OF PARAMETRIC EVALUATION

1. SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH POTENTIAL

2. RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

3. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE R&D PERFORMED

ACT ON FINANCING OF SCIENCE

MODIFIED SYSTEM OF EVALUATINGSCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS

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

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

MAIN POLICY PILLARS

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

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

POLISH POSITION ON FP7

OUR THEMATIC PRIORITIES

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&Dby 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)

0,54%0,58%

0,64%0,65%

0,74%0,73%0,74%0,78%0,74%

0,90%0,86%0,87%

1,08%

0,54%0,51%

0,327% 0,304%

0,758%

0,644%

0,573%

0,467% 0,478% 0,464% 0,435% 0,441%0,409% 0,412%

0,345% 0,335%

0,554%

0,21% 0,21%

0,32%

0,22%0,29%

0,35%0,28% 0,30% 0,27% 0,30% 0,30%

0,25% 0,23% 0,23% 0,21%

0,0%

0,2%

0,4%

0,6%

0,8%

1,0%

1,2%

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

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Total expendituresBudgetary expendituresExtra – budgetary

Total expendituresBudgetary expendituresExtra – budgetary expenditures

Science expenditures

(1991-2004)

YearExecution

(in thousand PLN)Exchange rate

USD/PLNScience expenditures

(in thousand USD)

1991 612 856,87 - -1992 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

Total 28 301 600,35 - 7 897 189,28

2005:

+ 2.9 bln zł - ~1bln USD