1. National Centre for Research and Development

2. Executive agency supervised by the Minister of Science and Higher Education One of the two research funding agencies in Poland Established in 2007 with new by-laws since 2010 Agency funding applied research and research intensive development Grants offered to companies and research performing organizations Annual budget exceeding 1 billion EUR About NCRD [ 2 ]

3. NCRD’s activities Support of sustainable economic growth of Poland through the use of R&D results Funding for applied research Funding commercialization and transfer of scientific research results to the economy Facilitation of science-business cooperation Financing of international cooperation Supporting the development of young scientists Financing of research for security and defense Main funding initiatives: Programmes designed according to national science policy (strategic programmes – STRATEGMED, BIOSTRATEG, TECHMATSTRATEG) Programmes supporting innovative economy and competitiveness [ 3 ]

4. NCRD’s budget 2007-2014, in MN EUR [ 4 ]

5. Sources of funding Source Execution in 2013 (in K EUR) Plan for 2014 (in K EUR) Budget share (in 2014) Innovative Economy Operational Programme 491 520676 333 53,26% Earmarked (task-oriented) subsidy 252 777256 103 20,17% Human Capital Operational Programme 164 117183 959 14,49% Infrastructure and Environment Operational Programme 94 887119 779 9,43% Norwegian Financial Mechanism 13 82019 429 1,53% Subject (grantee-oriented) subsidy 7 6719 654 0,76% Technical Assistance Operational Programme 3 1573 284 0,26% Other incomes (EC, ERA-NET) 710863 0,07% Investment subsidy 394477 0,04% Total 1 029 0531 269 881 100,00% [ 5 ]

6. NCRD’s beneficiaries Beneficiary type 2012 No of projects Share in total no of projects Value of grants (PLN) Share in total value of grants Consortia33231,20%1 448 717 41036,47% Enterprises32830,83%1 223 815 82430,81% Universities29527,73%1 040 207 26726,19% Research institutes 524,89%115 152 4002,90% Research institutes PAN 343,20%122 476 5993,08% NGOs181,69%20 344 8680,51% Others50,46%1 470 3880,04% Total1064100%3 972 184 756100% [ 6 ]

7. Agreements signed with consortia (% of all contracts) [ 7 ]

8. Projects implemented at universities by field of study (OECD classification) * Projects financed with national funds only (contracts signed from 2004 until March 2013) [ 8 ]

9. Relation of private expenditure of NCRD beneficiaries to Business Expenditures on R&D Source: Central Statistical Office (GUS) [ 9 ]

10. R&D funding initiatives related to transport research area 1.Main national funding initiatives:  Applied Research Programme  INNOTECH  LIDER 2.Join venture:  in cooperation with National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management  in cooperation with General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways 3.European Structural Funds:  Innovative Economy  Human Capital  Infrastructure and Environment 4.International initiatives:  ERA-NET Transport III  Electromobility+ [ 10 ]

11. Examples of R&D projects related to transport Project title: Shaping environmentally friendly transport system Funding: Applied Research Programme Project title: The simulation system for the sustainable management of mixed electrical and combustion fleet of taxis Funding: Applied Research Programme Project title: Environmentally friendly vehicles electronic system for public transport Funding: Innovative Economy Project title: Multimodal traffic monitoring system Funding: INNOTECH [ 11 ]

12. 134 R&D projects within transport research area

13. Thank you! National Centre for Research and Development Nowogrodzka 47a 00-695 Warsaw, Poland Tel: +48 22 39 07 401 www.ncbr.gov.pl