Visiting Researcher's Guide - EURAXESS Estonia
Visiting Researcher's Guide - EURAXESS Estonia
Visiting Researcher's Guide - EURAXESS Estonia
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT<br />
Through Enterprise <strong>Estonia</strong> and its sub-units, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications<br />
finances R&D programmes that involve product development, co-operation with enterprises<br />
and entrepreneurs, and technology programmes for priority areas.<br />
<strong>Estonia</strong> participates actively in European Union Framework Programmes. By the end of<br />
2006, <strong>Estonia</strong>n organisations had participated in the submission of more than 1200 project<br />
applications for FP6.<br />
EU’s structural Funds are an additional financing instrument to provide support to the<br />
development of research infrastructures and human resources, and to raise the competitiveness<br />
of enterprises. The implementing agencies for measures concerning research and development<br />
are Enterprise <strong>Estonia</strong>, Archimedes Foundation and the Foundation for life-long learning<br />
Development Innove.<br />
Data on targeted financing and ETF grants is<br />
available from the <strong>Estonia</strong>n Research Portal,<br />
ETIS http://www.etis.ee/<br />
EU’s Structural Funds<br />
http://www.struktuurifondid.ee/<br />
Ministry of Education and Research<br />
http://www.hm.ee/<br />
<strong>Estonia</strong>n Science Foundation http://www.etf.ee/<br />
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications<br />
http://www.mkm.ee/eng/<br />
Enterprise <strong>Estonia</strong> http://www.eas.ee/<br />
Archimedes Foundation http://www.archimedes.ee/<br />
Foundation for Life-Long Learning Development<br />
Innove http://www.innove.ee/en/
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