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State research funding

Provisions on central government funding for university-level health research are decreed in sections 61–66 of the Health Care Act (1326/2010). The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health grants research funding to regional university-level health research committees in accordance with the decision it has made for four years at a time. The amount of state research funding is dependent on the state budget and varies annually. The granting of state research funding is based on the fulfillment of the priorities and objectives of the research, as well as the quality, quantity and effectiveness of the research during the previous four-year period.

Regional university-level health research committees decide on the allocation of research funding to research projects in their area. The Regional State Administrative Agency pays the research funding to the research committee on a monthly basis. The research committee forwards the funding to the implementing organisations on a monthly basis.

The priorities and objectives of university-level health research as well as the duties and composition of the national health research assessment team are laid down in the Decree of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on the Financing of University-Level Health Research (888/2019) .