{"id":6434,"date":"2015-10-14T11:32:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T09:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/10\/14\/universiteiten-moeten-zelf-87-miljoen-ophoesten-voor-wetenschapsagenda\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:21","slug":"universiteiten-moeten-zelf-87-miljoen-ophoesten-voor-wetenschapsagenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/10\/14\/universiteiten-moeten-zelf-87-miljoen-ophoesten-voor-wetenschapsagenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities expected to cough up \u20ac87 million themselves for Research Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Universities themselves will have to find the money to implement the National Research Agenda. They will have to cough up \u20ac87 million per annum to fund research called for under the Research Agenda, according to answers provided by the government in response to written questions about the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

The idea behind the National Research Agenda<\/a> is to identify the concerns and interests of Dutch people, so as to arrive at a list of questions which may inspire scientists.<\/p>\n

Dutch universities have indicated a wish to receive more money in order to meet the requirements of the Science Agenda. \u2018Without financial resources, the agenda won\u2019t be anything but a symbolic wish list,\u2019 VSNU Chairman Karl Dittrich stated not too long ago<\/a>. For her part, Beatrice de Graaf, who co-chairs the National Research Agenda with Alexander Rinnooy Kan, was quoted as saying almost the same thing in Erasmus Magazine<\/em>. \u2018Science really needs to have more money allocated to it, and I think the Research Agenda may be able to show that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Universities are to find funds themselves<\/h3>

It has now been announced that there will be no additional funding. Universities will be required to fund the research the Research Agenda calls for themselves. And not only that, but they will have to dedicate 4 to 5 percent of their research budget to these projects, the government wrote<\/a> in response to written questions about the national budget. This amounts to \u20ac87 million per annum.<\/p>\n

To be exact: the Ministry of Education shall be entering into agreements with the various educational institutions regarding their efforts on behalf of the Research Agenda. \u20ac87 million annually shall be earmarked to \u2018support\u2019 these efforts.<\/p>\n

Presenting one\u2019s university in accordance with the Science Agenda<\/h3>

De afgelopen jaren moesten universiteiten aan hun eigen \u2018profiel\u2019 werken in het kader van de prestatieafspraken met het ministerie: twee procent van hun financiering werd ervan afhankelijk. Nu moeten ze de prioriteiten in de Wetenschapsagenda \u201cverbinden met stappen in hun profilering\u201d.<\/p>\n

Eerder hield minister Bussemaker zich iets meer op de vlakte. In haar wetenschapsvisie schreef ze slechts dat de Nationale Wetenschapsagenda \u201ceen belangrijke rol\u201d zou krijgen bij de \u2018profilering\u2019 van universiteiten.<\/p>\n

Funded with dissertation bonuses<\/h3>

The research will be funded from the bonuses universities used to receive for completed dissertations. Since more and more students are obtaining their doctorate, such dissertation bonuses are making quite a dent in the research budget. From now on, the amount of dissertation bonuses awarded to each university will be capped, and the money that is no longer allocated to bonuses will be used to meet the requirements of the Research Agenda. This will amount to 4 to 5 percent of the total research budget.<\/p>\n

The National Research Agenda will be presented at the end of November.<\/p>\n\n\t

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