1. Nordic CODATA Data Citation Workshop Research Indicators in the Finnish Universities Funding Model 23th Nov 2016 Tomi Halonen Counsellor of Education Department for Higher Education and Science Ministry of Education and Culture Finland

2. Universities core funding model
The Finnish Parliament yearly decides the overall amount of the core funding allocated to the Finnish Universities (for the whole sector)
Approximately 1,6 billion € (2016) allocated between universities using the Ministry of Education and Culture’s funding model
Core funding from the ministry comprises about two thirds of the total funding of the Finnish universities (on average)
Other funding sources for example Academy of Finland, Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, foundations, companies, international funding (EU etc.)
HEIs are funded based on their achieved outputs
All indicators calculated using 3-year averages
When allocating funding for the year 2017, most of the indicators are averages from the years
Funding allocated to universities in a lump sum

3. Universities core funding from 2017
Vision 2020 for the Finnish universities
Improved quality, Deeper internationalisation, Clearer profiles, Greater efficiency, Stronger impact
The parliament decides on the overall amount of funding available for the universities and polytechnics.
The funding models determine what percentage of the funding is allocated to which performance.
MoE allocates core funding (direct government funding) to universities and polytechnics. Funding is allocated in a lump sum.
Public research funding is a separate part of the budget.
To calculate the core funding, performance indicators are used. HEIs are funded based on their achieved perfomance outputs (not the targeted outputs).
Funding for the year 2015 is calculated in 2014, using the average performance achieved by the institution between

4. Universities core funding from 2017

5. Research Indicators in the Finnish Universities Funding Model
PhD degrees, 9 % (approximately 140 million €)
Number of PhD degrees awarded up to the agreed target
Targets are agreed between the each university and Ministry of Education and Culture at the performance agreement negotiation
For example if “University a” has awarded 180 PhD’s and the total output of all universities combined is (both 3 years averages), funding calculated using this factor would allocate million € to university (if university’s output not above target)
International teaching and research personnel 2 % (approximately 32 million €)
Number of foreign nationals in teaching and research staff

6. Research Indicators in the Finnish Universities Funding Model
Scientific publications, total 13 % (approximately 210 million €)
Main emphasis on refereed scientific publications
Articles, monographs, conference proceedings
Calculated using publication forum rating by Federation of Finnish Learned Societies
The classification has three levels: 1 = basic; 2 = leading; 3 = top and in addition other identified publication channels which have not received level 1 rating are marked with 0
The higher the rating of the publication the greater the coefficient of the publication in funding calculation – level 1=coefficient 1, level 2=coefficient 3, level 3=coefficient 4 (level 0=0,1)
monographs extra coefficient 4
Also other publications included
Non-refereed articles, books, and conference proceedings, professional publications, publications intended for general public
Coefficient 0,1

7. Research Indicators in the Finnish Universities Funding Model
Competed research funding, total 9 % (approximately 140 million €)
Based on R&D funding that universities have obtained from competed sources
Internationally competed research funding (3 % out of 9 %)
Competed EU funding (not including structural funds)
foreign funds and foundations
international organisations
other international funding
Nationally competed research funding and corporate funding (6 % out of 9 %)
The Academy of Finland
Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation
domestic and foreign companies

8. Thank You!
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