Eesti teaduse infrastruktuuride teekaart - ETIS

11sion and 21 proposals were given a negative decision. Withregard to the remaining proposals it was resolved to offer theauthors an opportunity to submit a new consolidated and/or supplemented proposal and/or to appear in front of theworking group for making an oral presentation and questionanswering.The presented and/or consolidated proposals were consideredat the final, fourth meeting of the working group,which was held on May 3. Integration into a more effectualinfrastructure on ground of substantive overlapping orinterlocking areas had succeeded in case of 17 initial proposals(with one exception) and 8 new proposals that weresubmitted on their basis were all given a positive decision.Additional consideration was also given to some of the preselectedapplications, whereas an in-depth debate was heldon the possible overall alteration of the preliminary selectiondecisions, particularly in the light of further informationthat had been obtained due to supplemented and consolidatedapplications.On the whole, the working group recommended that 20 proposalswere included into the Estonian Research InfrastructuresRoadmap. This booklet provides a short introduction ofthem all. Statistical survey was conducted only after decisionshad been made and indicated that all fields of knowledgewere quite equally represented in the selected proposals.It goes without saying that there is an enormous lot to bedone – especially by authors of the proposals – before theinfrastructure objects included in the roadmap are able toachieve funding and execution.In case a proposal was left out of the roadmap, then – bearingin mind the definition provided for a nationally significantinfrastructure object – it should certainly not be concludedthat the corresponding research topic or theme was consideredperspectiveless or irrelevant. Moreover – accordingto the fundamental principles of the Estonian Research andDevelopment Infrastructure Policy – the roadmap is goingto be complemented on a regular basis (with 3 year cycle) inorder to make allowance for changing needs and opportunities,i.e. the call for proposals of the following round is goingto be announced in the near future.Whether and to what extent the decisions that have beenmade in the initial roadmap preparation round appear to becontributing to the progress of research in Estonia, will beseen in the future. Members of the working group considerthe consolidation of initial proposals, additionally to the selectionof proposals, among the undeniably positive results oftheir activities, which are already detectable at the momentand are intended to involve aggregation of the developmentconcepts and initiatives, aimed at the joint execution of largescaleendeavors by a great number of research teams andresearch institutions.Peeter SaariHead of WG RoadmapThe working group (WG) for the preparation of the Estonian research infrastructures roadmap was establishedby Minister of Education and Research Directive No 1126 of 10 November 2009. Members of the WG:Peeter SaariJüri EngelbrechtDimitri KaljoMart SaarmaIndrek ReimandLauri TammisteKeit KasemetsAndres KüttMart Noorma– Head of the WG, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Member of Academy;– Estonian Academy of Sciences, Member of Academy;– Estonian Academy of Sciences, Member of Academy;– Estonian Academy of Sciences, Member of Academy;– Ministry of Education and Research, Head of Research Policy Department;– Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Head of Energy Department;– State Chancellery, Strategy Director;– Skype, Architecture Team Leader;– University of Tartu, Associate Professor.