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In 2000 4.8 billion zlotys (more than 1.31 billion euro), or almost 2% of the state budget, was spent on research and development in Poland. 63.4% of this came from budgetary sources, the rest from the private sector, branches of the Polish Academy of Science (PAN) and international organisations. This indicator is higher than in EU countries, where an average of 1.5% of total budget expenditures are earmarked for research and development. The institution responsible for research and its coordination is the State Committee for Scientific Research. Polish scientists play an active role in international research projects. Five EU Framework Programmes are worth mentioning, as are NATO’s Science Programme and the EUREKA initiative, whose aim is increasing the competitiveness of the European economy. ‘Research and Science’ was one of the three first negotiating chapters to be closed in Poland’s accession negotiations with the EU.
In Poland 860 entities undertake research and development activities. Almost 90 000 people are employed in research and development, of whom more than 8 000 are professors. Statistically, there are more than 1 350 scientists per million inhabitants in Poland, each doing research valued at $37 000 a year a piece. Research is being done, amongst others, by scientific branches of the Polish Academy of Science, colleges of higher education and research and development units working under the aegis of the relevant government ministries.
The number of students in higher education in Poland is also growing systematically – at the end of 2000 there were almost
1.6 million of them. Another positive trend is the rising number of people with doctorates. In 2000 4 400 doctorates were awarded – 10% more than in the previous year. |
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