Transcript PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS IN SLOVENIA

Republic of Slovenia
Slovenian Research Agency
Trg OF 13
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Franci Demšar
Director
PROGRAMME FOR
YOUNG RESEARCHERS
IN SLOVENIA
Basic data :
• 1.200 young reasearchers (850-900 FTE) financed
per year
• 250 new candidates for young researchers
accepted per year
• 5.613 mio SIT (125 mio EUR) per year
• 19 % of the budget of Slovenian Research Agency
Contents:
1. Human Research Resourse Management in
Slovenia
2. Description and rules of funding
3. Structure of funding
4. Evaluation process
5. Results of programme
6. Conclusions
Policy goals in the field of Human
Research Resources:
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to educate top-quality research personnel
to increase the extent of research activity
to foster high research quality
to increase the application of knowledge through
knowledge transfer (mobility of researchers)
Contents:
1. Human Research Resourse Management in
Slovenia
2. Description and rules of funding
3. Structure of funding
4. Evaluation process
5. Results of programme
6. Conclusions
Young researchers programme
(“New blood”)
• Start in 1985 as an important program to prevent Slovenia
from lagging behind in scientific and technological
development.
• Dubling the research budget in the late 80 s
Goals:
• to renew and rejuvenate the research personnel in research
institutes and universities,
• to educate qualified professional research staff, also for
industry and other non-academic institutions
Research training programme:
 young researchers are employed for a specified period
- They have salaries, cost-covering schoolarship and material
expenses, including small equipment
 along with the post-graduate studies, they work on basic and
applied projects or programmes
 within the period of training and education at home, they can
also study abroad (from 1 month to 12 months)
General rules:
Admittance
- Average Study Grade at least 8 at Level II.
- As a Rule, Age up to 28
Funding Period
- 2.5 Years for a Master’s Degree
- 2.5 Years for Doctor’ s Degree
- 4 Years Uniform Doctoral Studies
Benefits
- Temporary Employment
- Earnings according to Collective Agreement
- Funding of Research Work
- Cost – Covering of Post Graduate Studies
Some novelties in programme:
• Young researchers for bussines sector
• Public call for tutors of young researchers instead
for applicants
• Thematic oriented public call by priorities of
Government
• Possibilities for applicants of young researchers
from foreign countries (also for post-doc
applicants)
Contents:
1. Human Research Resourse Management in
Slovenia
2. Description and rules of funding
3. Structure of funding
4. Evaluation process
5. Results of Programme
6. Conclusions
Total volume of financed young researchers
by scientific disciplines,
1985-2004
Discipline
Natural Sciences
Technical Sciences
Medicine
Agricultural Sciences
Social Sciences
Humanities
Others
Total
Number Structure
1.341
2.046
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of Young researchers in 2004
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Contents:
1. Human Research Resourse Management in
Slovenia
2. Description and rulesof funding
3. Structure of funding
4. Evaluation process
5. Results of Programme
6. Conclusions
Evaluation of tutors for applicants
of young researchers:
• Scientific excellence of tutors (bibliometrics data in
COBISS)
• The past success of tutors in young researchers training
(number of doctor’s degree, master’s degree)
• Links with users in industry, economy …
(share of income gained outside of state budget)
Dr. Robert Blinc [00004]
Znanstvene publikacije (2000-2005)
Kategorizacija po metodologiji ARRS
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EVALUATION FORM
Number of points in line
with 30. paragraph of
Rules on the Cofinancing of Basic,
Applied and
Postdoctoral Research
projects
A
1. Scientific Articles published in the last 5 years
Scientific journal article based on SCI Expanded, with impact factor
Scientific journal article based on SSCI, with impact factor
Scientific journal article based on A&HCI
Scientific journal article which is not based on ISI database but
international bibliographic database, specialized for research fields
Scientific article in other slovenian scientific journals from the Slovenian
Research Agency list
EVALUATION FORM
Number of points in
connection with 30.
paragraph of Rules on
the Co-financing of
Basic, Applicative and
Postdoctoral Research
projects
A
2. Scientific Monograph
Monograph, edited by international (scientific) publisher
Monograph, edited by national (scientific) publisher
Monograph, edited by other publishers
Chapter or article in the scientific monograph
EVALUATION FORM
Number of points in
connection with 30.
paragraph of Rules on
the Co-financing of
Basic, Applicative and
Postdoctoral Research
projects
A
3. Science citation index of published bibliographies
Scientific articles of the candidate from the first criterion were quoted in
the last 5 year period (without self-citation)…
EVALUATION FORM
Number of
points
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1. Links between research work and users
Candidate is the head or coordinator of project which was financed in the
last five years:
Applied project
extended over………..FTE per year
International project
extended over………..FTE per year
Industrial project
extended over………..FTE peryear
Development project
extended over………..FTE per year
Target research program extended over………..FTE per year
EVALUATION FORM
C Quality of program group in which
collaborate candidate for the tutor
Number of
points
EVALUATION FORM
Number of young
researchers/ number
of points
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1. Number of young researchers which were financed by the
Slovenian Research Agency in the last 10 year period
2. Number of successfully qualificated young researchers in
the last 10 year period
 with master’s degree
 with doctor’s degree
3. Number of unsuccessfully qualificated young researchers
in the last 10 year period
………………young researchers
4. Number of young researchers employed outside the
research organization in the last 10 year period
………………young researchers
Contents:
1. Human Research Resourse Management in
Slovenia
2. Description and rulesof funding
3. Structure of funding
4. Evaluation process
5. Results of Programme
6. Conclusions
Results of Programme:
Number of young researchers which were finished
programee by years 1988-2004
N = 4087
450
400
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250
Numb.of concluded YR
200
150
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98
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Employment of Young researchers in
period 2000-2004:
1200
1000
800
Concluded
600
Active in RO
Other institutions
400
200
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University of University of University of
Public
Primorska
Maribor
Ljubljana
reserch.inst.
Other RO
Contents:
1. Human Research Resourse Management in
Slovenia
2. Description and rulesof funding
3. Structure of funding
4. Evaluation process
5. Results of Programme
6. Conclusions
Conclusions:
• Qualified and active human resources play many
important roles at several levels of Slovenian
development
• Slovenian research agency will continue with
young research programme which will be more
oriented toward national research and
development priorities for strenghten our
competitiveness in global world.