Home > Statistics > Government R&D funding in the state budget > 2007 > Government R&D funding goes up by EUR 60 million in 2007

Published: 8 February 2007

Government R&D funding goes up by EUR 60 million in 2007

The total funding of research and development in the 2007 Government Budget goes up to EUR 1.73 billion. R&D funding increases in nominal terms by 3.6 per cent and in real terms by 1.2 per cent. Government budget appropriations or outlays on research and development (GBAORD) as a proportion of overall government spending exclusive of debt servicing stands at 4.5 per cent, where it has stayed during the past few years. The share of public R&D funding of GDP totals just below one per cent.

The increases go to the administrative branches which receive the most R&D funding. The EUR 36 million increase of funding under the Ministry of Education is divided rather evenly between the operative costs of universities and research funding distributed via the Academy of Finland. The EUR 33 million increase of funding under the Ministry of Trade and Industry results mainly from increases in appropriations and oytlays of the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes).

Funding of Tekes as the largest funding organisation totals to EUR 504 million, and its share is 29 per cent. The share of the other organisation awarding funding on a competitive basis, Academy of Finland, is 16 per cent and the funding amounts in all to EUR 276 million. The greatest change from 2006 by organisation is the further EUR 13 million decrease of other R&D funding, i.e. research carried out in ministries.

In line with the socio-economic objective, general advancement of knowledge with its share of a good 42 per cent is the largest category. In 2007 it also receives the largest increase, namely EUR 36 million. The share of funding of industrial production and technology is 27 per cent and it goes up by EUR 26 million.

Government budget appropriations or outlays for R&D

	R&D funding € million	Share of total R&D funding, %	Nominal change from 2006, %	Real change from 2006, %
Total	1,730.0		3.6	1.2
Major administrative branches
Ministry of Education	751.7	43.4	5.1	2.6
Ministry of Trade and Industry	609.6	35.2	5.7	3.2
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health	125.6	7.3	0.0	-2.4
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry	99.9	5.8	0.6	-1.8
Funding organisations
Universities	446.4	25.8	4.4	2.0
University central hospitals	48.7	2.8	0.0	-2.3
Academy of Finland	275.8	15.9	7.2	4.6
National Technology Agency Tekes	504.3	29.2	5.5	3.0
Government research institutes	282.0	16.3	3.4	1.0
Other R&D funding	172.7	10.0	-7.0	-9.1

Source: Government R&D funding in the state budget 2007

Inquiries: Mr Tero Luhtala +358 9 1734 3327,tiede.teknologia@stat.fi

Director in charge: Ms Kaija Hovi

Tables

Tables in databases

Pick the data you need into tables, view the data as graphs, or download the data for your use.

• Database tables and their variables
• Archived tables

Appendix tables

• Budget funds for RD and total RD funds for some government research institutes in 2007 (8.2.2007)
• Government RD appropriations as a percentage of GDP in the EU and some countries in 1997-2006 (8.2.2007)
• Government RD appropriations by funding organisation in 2006 and 2007 (8.2.2007)
• Government RD appropriations by ministry in 2006 and 2007 (8.2.2007)
• Government RD appropriations by socio-economic objective in 2006 and 2007 (8.2.2007)
• Government RD appropriations for some government research institutes in 2006 and 2007 (8.2.2007)
• Government RD appropriations in relation to total government expenditure in 2006 and 2007 (8.2.2007)
• Government expenditure, debt and RD appropriations in 1996-2007 (8.2.2007)

---

Last updated 8.2.2007