FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE Academy of Finland 1 ACADEMY OF FINLAND 2018 FOR EXELLENCE IN SCIENCE
Academy of Finland in a nutshell Key public funding agency for scientific research, major player in science policy in Finland Strategic Research Council Research funding budget 2017 Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee 444m to support scientific research to improve framework conditions for research 136 employees Four research councils Research Council for Biosciences and Environment Research Council for Culture and Society Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for Health Part of our funds come from proceeds of Finland s national gaming company Veikkaus. In 2018, these proceeds account for 70.7 million euros of our total funding for scientific research. 2
What we do We draft science policy lines and statements, engage in science policy debate We fund framework conditions for research and research environments (infrastructures and university research profiles) We review funding applications and make funding decisions We conduct scientific and research foresight and impact analysis: State of Scientific Research in Finland impact assessment foresighting We influence European and Nordic science policy 3
Our role as an expert in science policy WE PROMOTE cutting-edge and ethically sustainable research research impact and science renewal utilisation of research results and expertise WE STRENGTHEN WE SUPPORT opportunities for international research collaboration multidisciplinary and novel approaches to research internationally attractive research environments Finnish and international research infrastructure activities 4
We promote the internationalisation of research The goal is to reinforce the quality, impact and renewal of research. COLLABORATION Collaboration with research organisations and other Finnish and foreign actors (e.g. Business Finland, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, NordForsk, EU) FUNDING Promoted primarily through core Academy funding schemes (for research projects, research careers and research environments) Researchers free to decide their collaborators and mobility destinations SPECIFIC ACTIONS Actions such as international funding cooperation (e.g. ERA-NET and NordForsk calls), support to EU funding applicants, and mobility grants to select countries outside Europe Academy of Finland International Policy for 2017 2021: www.aka.fi/en/research-and-science-policy/internationalcooperation 9
Our personnel in 2017 Highly educated people: 73% 40% have a master s degree have a doctoral degree 136 employees Most common job title: science adviser Gender distribution: Women 74% Men 26% Our strengths: commitment to the Academy s objectives knowledge of work goals support for maintaining and improving personal expertise fair treatment gender equality work-life balance Job satisfaction score: 3.5 (scale 1 5) 6
Evaluation and foresight 7 ACADEMY OF FINLAND 2018 FOR EXELLENCE IN SCIENCE
State of Scientific Research in Finland 2016 Review focuses on: research personnel and funding publishing, scientific impact of publications and co-publications impact of research beyond academia (special theme) www.aka.fi/tieteentila > EN Some data used in the review are available also in English via vipunen.fi, the education statistics portal run by the Finnish educational administration. 6
Why review the state of scientific research in Finland? The process produces valuable data to support Finnish universities and research institutes in their efforts to further develop their operations strengthen the knowledge base for policymaking www.aka.fi/tieteentila > EN 9
Evaluating science and research Evaluation of research programmes Each year, we evaluate completed Academy Programmes. Scientific impact: State of Scientific Research in Finland Improving impact assessment We work with the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture and Finnish universities to further develop the assessment of impact beyond academia. 8
Decision-making at the Academy FINNISH GOVERNMENT Ministry of Education, Science and Culture BOARD OF THE ACADEMY OF FINLAND Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee Chair, 15 members Research Council for Biosciences and Environment RESEARCH COUNCILS Chair, 10 members Research Council for Culture and Society Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for Health Strategic Research Council Chair, 8 members 10
Our organisation ADMINISTRATION OFFICE President Vice President for Research Vice President for Administration PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT UNIT Biosciences and Environment Research Unit Culture and Society Research Unit Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Unit Health Research Unit Academy Programme Unit Strategic Research Unit ADMINISTRATION UNIT FINANCE UNIT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT UNIT COMMUNICATIONS UNIT 12
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