1. CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
ESTONIA
Prof. Jüri Engelbrecht

2. HISTORY In 2001, the Ministry of Education initiated the Estonian
Programme for Centres of Excellence in Research.
The following aims were set up:
to create the conditions for high-level research compatible with the strategy of research and development in Estonia;
to establish the conditions for Estonian centres of excellence to join the international network according to the European Union’s research policy;
to encourage co-operation between the research groups working in the close or complementary areas;
to create a mechanism for elaborating, developing and implementing innovative ideas.
Jüri Engelbrecht

3. HISTORY 2001-2002 EC Centres of Excellence Estonian Biocentre
Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu
Estonian Centres of Excellence – 5
Centre of Excellence of Analytical Spectrometry
Centre of Basic and Applied Ecology
Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Centre of Cultural History and Folkloristics in Estonia
Centre of Excellence for Gene and Environmental Technologies
Estonian Prospective Centres of Excellence – 7
Centre for Biodiversity and Systematics
Centre of Excellence in Increasingly Complex Molecular Systems
Centre of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
Research Unit for the Estonian Language Technology
Research Centre for Isotope Geology and Palaeoclimatology
Centre for Nonlinear Studies
Cosmology Centre
Jüri Engelbrecht

4. SINCE 2003
Centre of Excellence for Gene and Environmental Technologies
Centre of Excellence of Analytical Spectrometry
Centre for Nonlinear Studies
Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu
Centre of Excellence in Chemistry and Materials Science
Centre of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
Centre for Basic and Applied Ecology
Centre of Cultural History and Folkloristics in Estonia
Centre for Dependable Computing
Jüri Engelbrecht

5. DIRECT FUNDING
Centres of Excellence in Research euro
From Structural Funds euro
(+ INFRA Funds) euro
Jüri Engelbrecht

6. DIRECT FUNDING IN 2007 Total 1 718 thou eur
Centre of Excellence for Gene and Environmental Technologies 219 thou eur
Centre of Excellence of Analytical Spectrometry 195
Centre for Nonlinear Studies
Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences 134
Institute of Physics oh the University of Tartu 236
Centre of Excellence in Chemistry and Material Science 236
Centre of Molecular and Clinical Medicine 236
Centre for Basic and Applied Ecology
Centre of Cultural History and Folkloristics in Estonia 79
Centre for Dependable Computing
Total thou eur
Jüri Engelbrecht

7. Centre of Excellence for Gene and Environmental Technologies
RESEARCH GROUPS
Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Evolutionary Biology
Functional Genomics
Genetics
Microbiology and Virology
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Plant Physiology
Jüri Engelbrecht

8. Centre of Excellence of Analytical Spectrometry
RESEARCH GROUPS
High Energy and Quantum Physics
Liquid Phase Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry
Low Temperature Physics
Mass-spectrometry and Catalysis
Environmental Chemistry
Proteomics and Functional Genomics
Jüri Engelbrecht

9. Centre for Nonlinear Studies
RESEARCH GROUPS
Nonlinear Waves
Fractality and Biophysics
Nonlinear Integrated Photoelasticity
Water Waves
Geometric Approach
Nonlinear Signal Processing
Jüri Engelbrecht

10. Estonian Centre of Behavioural and Health Sciences
RESEARCH GROUPS
Perception and Personality
Psychophysiology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Perception and Consciousness
Family and Welfare Studies
Suicidology
Biostatistics and Health Care Services
Health-related Behaviour
General and Molecular Epidemiology
Kinanthropometrics
Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
Jüri Engelbrecht

11. Institute of Physics of the University of Tartu
RESEARCH GROUPS
Spectroscopy of Light-sensitive Materials
Nanotechnology
Biophysics
Environmental Radioactivity
Theoretical Physics
Optics
Irradiation Physics
Jüri Engelbrecht

12. Centre of Excellence in Chemistry and Materials Science
RESEARCH GROUPS
Structure and Reactivity of Chemical Compounds and Their Application for Design of Advanced Materials and Technologies
Chemistry, Physics and Technology for Photovoltaic Solar Energetics
Theory and Modelling of Complex Molecular Systems
Electrically Conductive Polymeric Materials in Multilayer Structures: Chemistry and Technology
Interfacial and Solid State Chemistry and Applied Electrochemistry
Targeted Synthesis of Complex Molecules as Novel Materials and Bioactive Compounds and Development of Appropriate Theoretical Concepts
Analytical and Electrochemical Methods of Analysis and Their Exploitation in Environmental Monitoring
Theory, Design and Exploitation of Radiation Detectors and Luminescent Materials
Chemistry and Technology of Nanocristalline and Submicronic Films
Jüri Engelbrecht

13. Centre of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
RESEARCH GROUPS
Bioenergetics
Biochemistry
Immunology
Human Genetics
Child Neurology
Microbiology
Neuropharmacology
Neurophysiology
Neurology
Psychiatry
Jüri Engelbrecht

14. Centre for Basic and Applied Ecology
RESEARCH GROUPS
Applied Ecology
Plant Ecology
Animal Ecology
Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology
Geoinformatics and Cartography
Geoecology
Vegetation Remote Sensing
Sustainable Forestry
Jüri Engelbrecht

15. Centre of Cultural History and Folkloristics in Estonia
RESEARCH GROUPS
Context of Cultural History in the Soviet Era
Mythology and Folk Narrative
Theory of Rhetoric and Phraseology
Poetical and Musical Folklore
Jüri Engelbrecht

16. Centre for Dependable Computing
RESEARCH GROUPS
Mathematical Foundations and Programming Language Technology
Formal Methods in Software Engineering
Trust and Confidence
Design and Test of Digital Systems
Jüri Engelbrecht

17. CONFERENCES, PUBLICATIONS
Estonian Academy of Sciences
Conferences “Centres of Excellence of Estonian Science” 2005, 2006
Publications 2002, 2004
Jüri Engelbrecht

18. FUTURE
New call in 2007
Conditions in preparation by the Ministry of Education and Research
Jüri Engelbrecht

19. THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR ATTENTION!
Jüri Engelbrecht