1. GO NORDIC! Are Straume Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education Denmark

2. Denmark - facts Population of 5.56 mio. 3% of GDP Universities (12  8) Research institutions (17  3) Two universities in top 100 in 2012 Very high degree of internationalisation No ’trade-barrieres’ in the Danish R&D funding system High impact of Danish Science FORSK2020 – strategic priorities

3. Denmark - links The Danish Council for Strategic Research http://en.fi.dk/councils-commissions/the-danish-council-for-strategic- research The Danish Council for Independent Research http://en.fi.dk/councils-commissions/the-danish-council-for-independent- research The Danish Council for Technology and Innovation http://en.fi.dk/councils-commissions/the-danish-council-for-technology- and-innovation Forsk2020 http://en.fi.dk/publications/2012/research2020/

4. Finland - facts Population of 5,4 million Higher education institution network covers the country – 16 universities and 25 polytechnics – both sectors do research, educate based on research and interact within the society 18 governmental research institutes Two universities in top 100 in 2012 Investments in RDI over 7 billion euro (2011) – of this ca. 70 % in the private sector – 3,78 % of GDP Proportion of research personnel in work force the highest in OECD countries FiDiPro Public-private partnership well supported

5. Finland - links http://www.fidipro.fi/pages/home/fidipro-at-a-glance.php http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/For-researchers/Funding/ http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/ www.tekes.fi

6. Iceland - facts R&D expenditure is 3,1% of GDP 17% of total R&D expenditure to public competitive funds Icelandic publications in peer reviewed journals have one of the highest citation impact of scientific publications in the OECD countries University of Iceland is among the 300 best in the world according to Times HE Universities Ranking Health DeCode Genetics US comes first RANNIS

7. Iceland - links www.rannis.is/funding

8. Norway - facts Total R&D costs: 1.7 per cent of the GNP Internationalized R&D Centers of Excellence Centers for research based innovation

9. Norway - links Centres of excellence and other information: http://www.forskningsradet.no/prognett-sff/Home_page/1224067001813 Centres for research-based innovation: http://www.forskningsradet.no/prognett- sfi/Centres_at_a_glance/1224067097756 General information: http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/North_America/1138954285305

10. Sweden - facts Almost 4% of GDP Swedish R&D+I funding open to all, including non-Swedes 14 universities and 25 higher education institutions Two universities in top 100 in 2012 Investments in strategic areas and infrastructure: Max IV Lab synchroton radiation facility and European Spallation Source ESS

11. Sweden - Links Swedish Research Council www.vr.se The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) http://www.fas.se/en/ The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning http://www.formas.se/en/ VINNOVA - Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems http://www.vinnova.se/en/

12. Thank you! Are Straume ars@fi.dk