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Appendix table 3. Central government R&D funding by administrative sector in 2019 and 2020

Administrative sector / Organisation R&D funding
EUR million /2019 EUR million / 2020 Change 2019-2020/EUR million Change 2019-2020/Nom. % Change 2019-2020 /Real. %
Ministry of Education and Culture 1 206,1 1 236,6 30,5 2,5 -0,2
   Universities 630,5 690,4 59,9 9,5 6,6
Universities of applied sciences 67,6 72,9 5,3 7,9 5,0
   Academy of Finland 470,1 423,6 -46,5 -9,9 -12,3
   Other 37,9 49,6 11,7 30,9 27,4
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 563,7 588,2 24,5 4,4 1,6
   Business Finland 451,2 477,5 26,3 5,8 3,0
   Government research institutions 87,9 87,2 -0,7 -0,8 -3,4
   Other 24,5 23,5 -1,1 -4,3 -6,8
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 71,1 75,1 4,0 5,6 2,8
   Government research institutions 22,6 23,6 1,0 4,2 1,5
   University Central Hospitals 23,8 25,0 1,2 5,0 2,3
   Other 24,7 26,6 1,8 7,4 4,5
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 54,8 57,8 3,0 5,5 2,7
   Government research institutions 52,9 56,4 3,5 6,7 3,9
   Other 1,9 1,4 -0,5 -26,4 -28,4
Ministry of Defence 48,9 44,3 -4,6 -9,4 -11,8
Ministry of Transport and Communications 14,0 15,1 1,1 7,8 4,9
   Government research institutions 9,3 9,5 0,2 1,9 -0,8
   Other 4,7 5,6 0,9 19,4 16,3
Ministry of the Environment 8,4 18,3 9,9 117,0 111,3
   Government research institutions 4,0 10,0 6,0 148,5 142,0
   Other 4,4 8,3 3,9 88,2 83,3
Ministry for Foreign Affairs 6,1 5,5 -0,6 -10,4 -12,8
Ministry of Finance 5,1 5,2 0,2 3,0 0,3
   Government research institutions 3,2 3,5 0,3 9,5 6,6
   Other 1,9 1,8 -0,1 -7,9 -10,3
the Parliament of Finland 3,6 3,8 0,2 5,0 2,2
Ministry of Justice 0,8 1,1 0,3 31,0 27,5
Ministry of the Interior 0,5 0,5 0,0 0,0 -2,6
Prime Minister's Office 10,7 10,9 0,2 2,3 -0,4
TOTAL 1 993,9 2 062,5 68,6 3,4 0,7

Source: Government R&D funding in the state budget, Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.2.2020

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Government R&D funding in the state budget [e-publication].
ISSN=2489-3250. 2020, Appendix table 3. Central government R&D funding by administrative sector in 2019 and 2020 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
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