The Research Council of Norway
Sønneve Ølnes, Executive Director, Division of Administrative Affairs, RCN
Oslo 23.06.2010
A long coastline,
near 50.000 islands
A small country
far north in Europe,
4.5 million inhabitants
Spitzbergen – outstanding environment
for science
Human capital: Percentage of the population
with higher education
USA
Norway
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
OECD
France
UK
High school,
at least
0
Higher
education
50
100
The Norwegian Research System
The Research Council A key player in Norwegian R&D policy
 Covers all science and technology fields
 Initiates and supports scientific
and engineering research
 Allocates 30 per cent of
all publicly funded R&D
 Recommends and encourages
the pursuit of national policies
 Is a platform for nettworking
 Disseminates
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
Internal Auditor
Executive Board
Director
General
Staff
Research Board
Division for Science
Research Board
Division for Strategic Priorities
Research Board
Division for Innovation
Division for
Administrative Affairs
Extensive external participation in Council
activities
Boards
Executive Board
Division board
Division board
Division board
Panels and committees
Meeting-place
Committees
Commitees
Commitees
Commitees
Commitees
Commitees
Commitees
Commitees
Commitees
Commitees
Commitees
Commitees
The Council is a Key Player in the
National Research and Innovation System
Dialogue
and Policy
Development
Council Strategy
Government White Paper
New white paper on research: From budgets
to results
Global
challenges
Welfare and sciencebased professions
Improve health and
health services
Business relevant
research in strategic fields
Knowledge based
business development
in the regions
A functioning research system
High quality in the research
Internationalisation of the research
Efficient utilisation of results and resources
Several funding schemes
Centers of Excellence
Centres for Researchbased Innovation
National priorities
Large-scale programmes
Basic research
programmes
Applied research
programmes
Independent projects
Innovation
programmes
User-directed
innovation programmes
Tax deduction scheme
SkatteFUNN
Funding Received from the ministries 2009
3%
Ministries:.
7%
Education and Research
3%
25 %
The Researh Fund
4%
Trade and Industry
4%
Petroleum and energy
Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
6%
Agriculture and Food
Environment
5%
14 %
Health and Care Services
Foregn Affairs
9%
Transportation and Communication
20 %
Other
Total NOK 6 481 mill (810 mill €) administration incl.
The Council distributes about 30 % of public
expenditures on R&D in Norway
Public
funding
of R&D in
Norway
42%
Ministry of
Education
and Research
The Research
Council
Other
Ministries
Higher
education
sector
Institutes
Industry
Three different research sectors …
10000
5000
0
Industry Institutes
Universities and
University Colleges
…. With different roles!
10000
Development
5000
0
Applied
research
Basic
research
Industry Institutes
Universities and
University Colleges
International R&D
cooperation
North America,
USA and
Canada
Nordic cooperation
- EU Framework
Programme
- CERN, EMBL,
ESA, ESF, COST
etc.
New and emerging
economies; China, Japan,
India, Russia
South America;
Global partners
Global
partners
Key Figures, administration
Turnover, mill €
Administration, mill €
- in % of Turnover
Time spent on funding,%
IT-costs, % of turnover
Dissemination, % of turnover
Staff, manyear
- international activities
- administrative division
2004 2009
570 810
49
64
8,6
7,9
60
1
1
330
396
+ 10
+0
www.forskningsradet.no is where the process starts
Organisations that have signed an agreement
for ”eAdministration” will easy get an overview
of applications for their organisation.
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Referee assignments
Internal Controll and Auditing
 Not ISO Sertified (yet)
 Auditor General of Norway
 Private Company (Deloitte) to investigate and
recommend
 Evaluations of the RCN (2000, 2011)
 Auditor General of Norway, investigation 2010