Visiting Researcher's Guide - EURAXESS Estonia

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1.3 R&D Funding
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Instruments of the Estonian R&D funding system are:
• Targeted financing;
• Baseline funding;
• Research grant funding;
• National research and development programmes;
• Funding of research and development infrastructures.
Targeted financing is decided by the Minister of Education and Research following the
recommendation of the Estonian Research Council. The aim is to ensure a competitive basic
structure for scientific research. Both basic and applied research is funded. Evaluated and
registered research institutions may apply. The funding period for approved research topics is
up to 6 years, subject to periodical assessment of progress. All of the research topics that have
been approved for targeted financing are assessed each year.
34 new research topics with a total budget of 58.5 million kroons were approved for targeted
financing in 2007. The targeted financing of 180 research topics is continued with 241.2 million
kroons.