Research
funding

We provide research and mobility grants in order to:

• facilitate high-level research projects in all fields to strengthen international competitiveness of Estonian R&D;
• promote cooperation between the government, businesses and research institutions;
• contribute to the internationalisation of research and support the next generation of researchers.

Support for
development and
implementation
of research and
innovation policy

• We represent Estonia’s positions in international networks, assemblies and cooperation projects.
• We support ministries in making knowledge-based decisions.
• We ensure availability of research information to researchers as well as to the general public.
• We manage the Estonian Research Information System (ETIS) as a hub of information on research and development institutions, researchers, research projects and activities.
• We analyse research and development practices.
• We organise evaluation of research and development activities.

Support for
international
research
cooperation

• We educate and advise researchers, research institutions and ministries on the opportunities and criteria of participation in international research cooperation.
• We represent Estonia in research networks and partnership programmes.
• We support participation of researchers, research institutions, public organisations and businesses in international research initiatives.
• We advise foreign researchers working in Estonia.

Domestic and
international
presentation and
promotion of Estonian
research

• We foster science communication and promote the spread of scientific thinking.
• We organise competitions for recognising school and university students, researchers and science promoters.
• We fund science-promoting TV programs, such as “Rakett69”.
• We present Estonian research to an international audience through the in Research in Estonia initiative.
• We coordinate and support popularisation of research and engineering.