1. 2010-11-08--09euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 1 The CRIS Landscape of the Czech Republic Jan Dvořák InfoScience Praha

2. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 2 Outline The State Research Funding System Overview CRISs in the CR  The Central CRIS  The Funding Provider CRISs  The Research Organization CRISs The Results Evaluation The Performance-based Research Funding System

3. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 3 Research in the CR: the Grand Picture The State is the main funder of research  ~ 1 G€ / year  ~ 2 % of the State Budget size  ~ 0.7 % of GDP Increase from < 0.5 % in the 1990-ies  ~ 40 % of total R&D expenditures R&D is financed through ~20 state budget chapters The Research & Development & Innovation Council

4. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 4 The R&D&I Council A Government advisory body No direct research funder Has a strong say in budgeting Head  Prime minister 16 members:  10 from Universities & Academy of Sciences  5 from industry  1 representative of the State

5. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 5 The R&D&I Council Tasks  Prepares the R&D&I State Budget Proposal  Runs the Czech R&D&I Information System  the central CRIS  Many others Anchored in Legislation  Act on Public Support to Research, Experimental Development and Innovation (no. 130/2002 Coll.)  Major update in 2009

6. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 6 The 2 Types of State Research Funding Targeted funding Czech Science Foundation (the “Grant Agency”)  Funding of Basic Research  1-3 year grants Technology Agency of the CR  Funding of Applied Research, Development, Innovation  Taking off Ministry of Education  R&D Infrastructures Other ministries  Health, Industry & Trade, Agriculture, Defense, Interior, Culture  Others Institutional funding Base funding to keep research organizations running  Increasingly research performance-based  Formerly through Institutional Research Plans (binary yes/no) International Cooperation in R&D Operational Programmes FPs

7. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 7 The State Funding Providers Ministry of Education Academy of Sciences Czech Science Foundation Technology Agency of the CR Sectorial Ministries  Health, Industry & Trade, Agriculture, Defense, Interior, Culture, Transport, Environment, Local Development, Labor & Social Affairs, Justice, Foreign Affairs

8. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 8 The Research Organizations Academy of Sciences  52 institutes, full coverage of disciplines 23 Public Universities  Charles University in Prague (est. 1348)  Czech Technical University in Prague (est. 1707)  Masaryk University in Brno  Brno University of Technology  … Sectorial Research Institutes  Health, Labor & Social Affairs, International Relationships, …

9. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 9 The CRISs All these players have a need for CRISs  Most have recognized the need  Quite many do have a CRIS There are massive data flows between the CRISs

10. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 10 The national CRIS The Czech R&D&I Information System  Commissioned and managed by the R&D&I Council  Also anchored in legislation  Run by the Computing and Information Centre, Czech Technical University  Maintained & developed by InfoScience Praha, s.r.o.

11. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 11 The Czech R&D&I Information System Emphasis on:  Budget … Planning Proposing Adjusting to approved figures  Programmes (Schemes)  Projects  Results Source data for the Result evaluation  Performance-based Research Funding System

12. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 12 The Czech R&D&I Information System Mostly a reporting system  Strong data integration agenda Currently ~70 different data structures Data processing in the Results evaluation

13. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 13 The Funding Providers’ CRISs Emphasis on  Tendering (Calls, Project Proposals)  Year-to-year mgmt of awarded projects Making the funding available Getting the reports  Finished project evaluation

14. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 14 The Funding Providers’ CRISs Home-built  Czech Science Foundation (2 000+ running projects), Ministry of Economy & Trade (~ 900 running projects), … Custom-built  Technology Agency of the CR

15. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 15 The Funding Providers’ CRISs Marketed product  “eProjekty” by eProjekty Praha, s.r.o. Ministries of: Education, Agriculture, Transport, Regional Development Default tool  “Vklap” – part of the Czech R&D&I IS (editing data files, merging; for small-scale providers)

16. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 16 The Research Organizations’ CRISs Emphasis on  Awarded grants  Research results

17. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 17 The Research Organizations’ CRISs Home-built  Czech Technical University  Charles University (some faculties) Custom-built  ASEP by Cosmotron Bohemia, s.r.o. publications all Academy of Sciences institutes (run by the Library) → [talk tomorrow by I. Laiblová-Kadlecová]

18. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 18 The Research Organizations’ CRISs Marketed Products  OBD PRO by DERS, s.r.o. → [following talk by J. Hanousek] Charles University (gradually) Many medium and small public universities  IS by Masaryk University in Brno Masaryk University in Brno Charles University (one faculty) Several private universities Default tool (the “Vklap”)

19. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 19 The Czech CRISs: common aspects CERIF-inspired, but not CERIF-compliant Other CRISs generally follow the Czech R&D&I Information System  Usability for reporting is a strong feature point

20. The Result evaluation Based on results data from the Czech R&D&I IS  Results from a 5-year sliding window Results assigned points  Basically constant  JCR-listed journal articles: points depend on the rank of the journal in its category Points divided between research organizations  Proportion of authors affiliated with the organization 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 20

21. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 21 The Performance-based Research Funding System Based on the Result evaluation results Currently linear dependence: result points → basic funding per research organization Damping  Only 1 new year of results in the evaluation window (out of 5 years)  Limited room for reallocations between disciplines  4-years transition period

22. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 22 The Performance-based Research Funding System Results from yearsEvaluated inDecide funding in 2003-200720082010 – 10 % 2004-200820092011 – 30 % 2005-200920102012 – 60 % 2006-201020112013 – 90 %

23. 2010-11-08--09 euroCRIS Membership Meeting @ Prague 23 The Performance-based Research Funding System Commonly mentioned +’s The previous system of institutional research plans was less transparent and had dire consequences  Approved / not approved (for 5 years) Much less work than RAE Leaves little room for personal friends & foes Rewards excellence in Science disciplines Commonly mentioned –’s Cannot work across disciplines (different “costs”, publishing patterns) Rewards production of low quality in large quantities “Einstein wouldn’t get a single point” … Nicknamed “coffee mill”