Transcript Funding of Public RDI in Norway – A Bird’s Eye View Jan Dietz, Special Adviser OECD Symposium, Madrid, July 3-4 2008

Funding of Public RDI in Norway
– A Bird’s Eye View
Jan Dietz, Special Adviser
OECD Symposium, Madrid, July 3-4 2008
Outline of presentation
 Overview of Norwegian funding system
 The role of the Research Council of Norway
 Some challenges…
Research in Norway:
Industry, higher education sector and institutes
12
Industry
Billion NOK (2000kroner)
10
8
Higher
Education
6
Institutes
4
2
0
1970
1980
1990
2000
’05
Strong R&D and Innovation System
 Gradual growth in public R&D expenditure the last
few years
 But Norway falls below OECD average
 Yet strong overall economic performance: high
productivity, innovation in both old and new
industries, etc.
The Norwegian puzzle!
Research in Norway:
Three different research sectors …
10000
5000
0
Industry Institutes
Higher
Education
…. With different roles!
10000
Development
5000
0
Applied
research
Basic
research
Industry Institutes
Higher
Education
The Research Council’s
roles
Research and innovation
policy - adviser to the
government
Research funding
 Support basic research
 Implement national thematic
priorities
 Support private R&D
Networking and
dissemination
Internationalisation
The Research Council of Norway
Division for Science
Director
General
Division for Strategic Priorities
Staff
Division for Innovation
Division for
Administrative Affairs
The Research Council of Norway,
System of governance
Research Board
Division for Science
Executive Board
Director
General
Staff
Research Board
Division for Strategic Priorities
Research Board
Division for Innovation
Division for
Administrative Affairs
The Council is a Key Player in the National
Research and Innovation System
Dialogue and
Policy
Development
Government White Paper Priorities
INTERNATIONALISATION
BASIC RESEARCH
RESEARCH-BASED INNOVATION
Energy and
environment
ICT
Oceans
Food
New materials
Nanotech.
Health
Biotechnology
The Council distributes about 30 % of public
expenditures on R&D and funding received from all
the ministries (2008)
Misc.
The Research Fund
Transportation and
Communication
Foreign Affairs
Environment
Health and
Care Services
Agriculture
and Food
Administration
122
943
233
1 240
Education
and Research
1 154
Trade and
Industry
147
180
219
Fisheries
and Coastal Affairs
248
368
287 439
Total 820 mill. Euro, administration incl.
Petroleum
and energy
Thematic priorities
Energy/
environment
Oceans
Food
PETROLEUM
CLEAN ENERGY
CLIMATE
Technological
priorities
ICT
New materials
nanotechnology
Biotechnology
ICT
Health
Ocean and coast
CLIMIT
Food programme
Health programmes
NANOMAT
Aquaculture
GENOMICS
Welfare and
society
Public sector
reforms
Important funding instrument:
Large-scale programmes
 Strategic, long-term knowledge development
to meet national research-policy priorities
 Strategic and dynamic arena for communication and cooperation
FUGE
PETROMAKS
NANOMAT
NORKLIMA
AQUACULTURE
VERDIKT
Functional Genomics
in Norway
Nanotechnology
and New Materials
An Industry in
Growth
RENERGI
Clean Energy
for the Future
Optimal Management
of Petroleum Resources
Climate Change and
its Impacts in Norway
Core Competence
and Growth in ICT
Norwegian Centers
of Excellence
Theoretical chemistry
Theoretical linguistics
Communication systems
Ships and ocean
structures
Biology of memory
Geo- biosphere
Climate research
Medieval studies
Petroleum
research
Economics
Mind in Nature
Ecology
Cancer biomedicine
Immune regulation
Biomedicine and IT
Neuroscience
Mathematics
Civil wars
Physics/Geology
Geohazards
Aquaculture protein
Centres for Research-based
Innovation
Integrated
operations in
the petroleum industry
Concrete – new
qualities and uses
Medical imaging
Aquaculture
technology
Future manufacturing
solutions
Structural impact
Industrial
measurement
technology
Telemedicine
Marine bioactives
and drug discovery
Next generation
search engines
Natural gas –
Processes and products
Multiphase flow of
complex fluids
Statistics for
innovation
Stem cell based
tumor therapy
Some Challenges
 Encourage greater interest in R&D in private sector
 Create incentives for public-private partnerships
 Soften existing system of earmarking
 Look beyond the Barcelona objective
 Improve cooperation and coordination in the
innovation system
Some Challenges (2)
 Strike a balance between the twin needs for
decentralisation and critical mass
 Address global issues
 Improve process of priority-setting
Taking the long view…