Government R&D funding in the state budget

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Government RD funding totals close on EUR 2.1 billion in 2011 22 Feb 2011 The total funding of research and development goes up to EUR 2,065 million in the 2011 Government Budget. According to Statistics Finland, RD funding will grow by EUR 76 million from the previous year, by nearly four per cent. The increases will focus on universities' research funding. The proportion of funds allocated to RD activities of overall government spending exclusive of debt servicing is 4.3 per cent. Next release: 24 Feb 2012
Description:	The statistics describe the funding allocated in the state budget to research and development. Examined are also changes occurring in R&D funding between different years. The OECD and EU recommendations are observed in the compilation of the statistics. The Statistics Act (280/2004) is applied in the production of the statistics on science and technology (incl. research and development). In addition, Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2004 requires collection of data and steers the compilation of the statistics. The data are collected jointly by a network of experts from different administrative sectors. Read full description >>>

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Statistics Finland

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Latest release:
Government RD funding totals close on EUR 2.1 billion in 2011
22 Feb 2011
The total funding of research and development goes up to EUR 2,065 million in the 2011 Government Budget. According to Statistics Finland, RD funding will grow by EUR 76 million from the previous year, by nearly four per cent. The increases will focus on universities' research funding. The proportion of funds allocated to RD activities of overall government spending exclusive of debt servicing is 4.3 per cent.

Next release:
24 Feb 2012

Description:

The statistics describe the funding allocated in the state budget to research and development. Examined are also changes occurring in R&D funding between different years. The OECD and EU recommendations are observed in the compilation of the statistics. The Statistics Act (280/2004) is applied in the production of the statistics on science and technology (incl. research and development). In addition, Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2004 requires collection of data and steers the compilation of the statistics. The data are collected jointly by a network of experts from different administrative sectors.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Government R&D funding in the state budget [e-publication].
Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 9.2.2012].
Access method: http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/tkker/index_en.html.

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