Research Funding
From The Embassy of Good Science
A
In 2017, the gross expenditures on research and development were €11.518 billion, which comprises 3.11% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-000001A4-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the corporate sector (70%), 22.4% in higher education sector, 7.1% in state sector (federal institutions, excluding those in the higher education sector) and 0.5% in private non-profit sector '"`UNIQ--ref-000001A5-QINU`"'. Austria had 2960 signed grants receiving €1.78 billion funding from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-000001A6-QINU`"'. It also had 228 ERC grants, receiving €358.7 million in H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-000001A7-QINU`"'.
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B
In 2017, the gross expenditures on research and development were€389 million, which comprises 0.75% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-00000056-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the business sector (70.3%), government (23.2%), higher education (5.7%) and non-profit institutions (0.8%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000057-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-00000058-QINU`"'. Bulgaria had 591 signed grants and 881 participations in H2020 projects receiving €143,6 million funding from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000059-QINU`"' and 3 ERC grants receiving €2,42 million '"`UNIQ--ref-0000005A-QINU`"'.
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C
In 2018, the gross expenditures on research and development were 574,368,048 Croatian Kunas or €76,231,740 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000213-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the business sector (51%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000214-QINU`"'. In 2020, Croatia had 521 signed grants receiving €121.9 million in the EU’s H2020 program '"`UNIQ--ref-00000215-QINU`"' and 8 H2020 ERC grantee receiving €8.87 million '"`UNIQ--ref-00000216-QINU`"'.
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D
In 2017, the gross expenditures on research and development were DKK 66.344 million or €8.921 million '"`UNIQ--ref-0000007D-QINU`"', which comprises 3% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-0000007E-QINU`"'. It is one of the highest R&D intensities in EU, reaching 3.06% '"`UNIQ--ref-0000007F-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the business sector (64.65%), higher education (32.8%), government (2.97%) and private non-profit organisations (0.3%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000080-QINU`"'.
Denmark had 2668 grants receiving €1.63 billion funding from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000081-QINU`"'. It also had 196 ERC signed grants receiving €321.3 million from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000082-QINU`"'.
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E
In 2019, the gross expenditures on research and development were €452,97 million, which comprises 1.61% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-0000009E-QINU`"'. Must funding was spent in the business sector (53,3%), higher education (35,3%), government (10,2%) and private non-profit organisations (1,2%) '"`UNIQ--ref-0000009F-QINU`"'.
In 2020, Estonia had 638 grants and 806 participations in H2020 projects, receiving €240,3 million funding from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-000000A0-QINU`"'.
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F
In 2019, the gross expenditures on research and development were €6.7 billion, which comprises 2.79% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-00000278-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the business enterprise sector (65.6%), higher education (25.4%) and government sector (9.0%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000279-QINU`"'. Finland had 2.067 signed grants receiving €1.42 billion and 149 ERC grants, receiving €225.5 million '"`UNIQ--ref-0000027A-QINU`"'.
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In 2018, the gross expenditures on research and development were €51.8 billion, which comprises 2.2% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-00000008-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the business sector (65.41%), higher education (20.5%), government (12.5%) and private non-profit organisations (1.59%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000009-QINU`"'.
France had 7 488 grants receiving €6.9 billion funding from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-0000000A-QINU`"'. It also had 878 ERC signed grants receiving €1.46 billion from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-0000000B-QINU`"'.
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G
According to preliminary data, the gross expenditures on research and development were €2,336.58 million in 2019 '"`UNIQ--ref-000001C5-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-000001C6-QINU`"', which comprises 1.27% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-000001C7-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the business sector (45.9%), higher education (30.7%), public sector (22.56%) and private non-profit organisations (0.84%) '"`UNIQ--ref-000001C8-QINU`"'.
Greece had 2706 grants receiving €1.55 billion funding from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-000001C9-QINU`"'. It also had 40 ERC signed grants receiving €44.21 million from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-000001CA-QINU`"'.
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I
In 2019, the gross expenditures on research and development were €4.027 million, which comprises 1.13 % of the country’s GDP. Most funding was spent in the business sector (75%), higher education (20.73%) and government sector (4.29%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000038-QINU`"'.
Ireland had 2008 grants receiving €1.12 billion funding from H2020 (6). It also had 111 ERC signed grants receiving €154.7 million from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000039-QINU`"'.
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L
In 2019, the gross expenditures on research and development were €483.868 million, which comprises 1% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-00000041-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the business sector (43%), higher education (36.53%) and government sector (20,47%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000042-QINU`"'.
In 2020, Lithuania had 476 grants in H2020 projects, receiving €89.1 million funding from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000043-QINU`"'. It also had 1 ERC signed grant receiving €2.5 million from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000044-QINU`"'.
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In 2018, the gross expenditures on research and development were €704.5 million '"`UNIQ--ref-00000304-QINU`"' which comprises 1.2% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-00000305-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the business sector (53.24%), government (26.04%) and higher education sector (20.7%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000306-QINU`"'.
In 2020, Luxembourg had 509 signed grants in H2020 projects, receiving €189,1 million funding from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000307-QINU`"'. It also had 16 signed grants receiving €24,05 million from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000308-QINU`"'.
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M
In 2018, the gross expenditures on research and development were €34,4 million, which comprises 0.3% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-00000127-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the government sector (70.1%), business (15.5%) and higher education (11.6%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000128-QINU`"'. Moldova had 65 signed grants in H2020 projects receiving €7,2 million from H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-00000129-QINU`"'.
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N
In 2018, the gross expenditures on research and development was €16.554 million, which comprises 2.1% of the country’s GDP.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000035-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-00000036-QINU`"' Most funding was spent in the business sector (66.4%), followed by higher education (27.7%) and government sector (5.9%).'"`UNIQ--ref-00000037-QINU`"'
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In 2018, the gross domestic expenditures on research and development were NOK 72.8 billion (€7.13 billion), which comprises 2.06% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-00000155-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the industrial sector (32.8%), higher education sector (25.2%) and institute sector (14.8%) '"`UNIQ--ref-00000156-QINU`"'.
Norway had 1.943 signed grants receiving €1.6 billion and 104 ERC grants receiving €183 million '"`UNIQ--ref-00000157-QINU`"'.
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S
In 2019, the gross expenditures on research and development were €15.572 million, which comprises 1.25% of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-000000DD-QINU`"'. Most funding was spent in the corporate sector (56.1%), followed by the higher education sector (26.6%), general government sector (17.0%) and the private non-profit sector (0.3%) '"`UNIQ--ref-000000DE-QINU`"'. Spain had 8.137 signed grants receiving €5.82 billion in H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-000000DF-QINU`"' and 491 ERC signed grants receiving €664.8 million in H2020 '"`UNIQ--ref-000000E0-QINU`"'.
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In Sweden, intramural R&D expenditure amounted to SEK 171.1 billion in 2019 €16.8 billion, which comprises 3.41 % of the country’s GDP '"`UNIQ--ref-000000BD-QINU`"'. The business enterprise sector is the largest sector for R&D and accounts for almost 72 percent of all expenditure, while the government sector and the higher education sector account for 4.5 percent and 23.7 percent respectively. The private non-profit sector only accounts for 0.12 percent of the expenditure '"`UNIQ--ref-000000BE-QINU`"'.
Sweden had 3.325 signed grants receiving €2.25 billion and 289 ERC grants receiving €457.6 million '"`UNIQ--ref-000000BF-QINU`"'.
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