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The Programme is one of the six national R&D programmes approved by the Lithuanian Research Council in 2009, which provide competitive funding for research in selected priority research fields. It aims to obtain new scientific knowledge of contemporary and historical impact of biologic invasions towards the structure of biologic systems, their functioning and evolution in order to clarify the basic adaptation patterns of ecosystems and their components in the context of global changes. In addition, it aims to implement a complex evaluation of the current state of ecosystems, their biological diversity and resource availability given the impact of global biologic invasions, identifying the most common adaptibility and impact reduction measures.

The Programme is one of the six national R&D programmes chosen and approved by the Lithuanian Research Council's expert group in 2009. It aims to increase the scientific knowledge necessary to reduce the morbidity, mortality and disability from cardiac and vascular, neurodegenerative, autoimmune diseases, cancer, diabetes, allergies, mental and conduct disorders and develop improved prevention and diagnostic methods. The Programme is administered by the Lithuanian Research Council (LMT). Fixed deadlines are set for submitting the proposals. The proposals are evaluated by independent experts.

The Programme is one of the six national R&D programmes approved by the Lithuanian Research Council in 2009, which provide competitive funding to the selected priority research fields. It seeks to solve the most relevant problems in such areas as Lithuanian energy security, energy consumption effectiveness, future energy production, provision and development of respective technologies. The Lithuanian Research Council (LMT) administers the programme. Fixed deadlines are set for submitting proposals.

The main goal of the tax incentive is to encourage R&D activities in the private sector in Lithuania counterbalancing increased expenses with lower income tax. Companies carrying out investments into new technologies can reduce their taxable profit by up to 50%. Investment expenses exceeding this sum can be postponed to later, consecutive tax periods (up to five years). Tax incentives are administered by the State Tax Inspectorate. Private enterprises conducting R&D are eligible for applying the tax incentive.

The main goal of the tax incentive is to encourage R&D activities in private sector counterbalancing increased expenses with lower income tax. Corporate profit tax incentives for R&D are available since the end of 2008 for private enterprises conducting R&D in Lithuania: Expenses incurred by companies carrying out R&D projects can be deducted from the taxable income three times; Long-term assets used in the R&D activities can be depreciated within two years. All investments into R&D disregarding the type of company or the amount of the investment qualify. The administering institution is the State Tax Authority under the Ministry of Finance.

The measure aims to increase the number of highly qualified researchers in knowledge-intensive enterprises, particularly in SME's. The action supports recruitment of scientists and other researchers in knowledge and science-intensive enterprises.The ultimate objective is to increase private sector RTDI activities. The measure is administered by the European Social Fund Agency (ESFA). Grants are provided on competitive basis. Eligible applicants are private companies, who can apply for covering the costs of employing high level specialists, especially researchers.

The main goal of this measure is to encourage national SMEs' investment into development of new innovative products, services and processes - a necessary precondition for applied research and technological development. Furthermore, this measure is intended to increase the number of projects jointly implemented by business and universities or research institutes, thus in the long-term resulting in fruitful business and science cooperation and exploitation of synergies. The measure provides direct aid (competitive grants) for R&D in private companies. It is designed by the Ministry of Economy and administered by the Lithuanian Business Support Agency. The overall budget is €60.3m.

The main objective of this measure is to enhance the Lithuanian innovation system by creating favourable environment for knowledge and technology transfer and fostering business and science collaboration. Eligible activities are: information provision, trans-national networking, provision of various innovation support services. The measure is implemented according to the principle of state planning. The only eligible applicant is the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA). Eligible partners are public agencies and non-profit institutions - providers of innovation support services.

The Croatian Science Foundation (CSF) announced the Installation Research Projects programme for the first time in 2007 under the name Installation Grants. The programme was developed to promote independent research careers, where excellent scientists get the opportunity to establish research groups that deal with internationally competitive issues at Croatian universities and public research institutes. The programme enables scientists to establish their own laboratory and/or research group during a 3-year funding period. The institution must support the work of the emerging research group and uphold its support to the young researcher's group also after the completion of the project. The 2015 budget is set to KN 10m (€1.3m).

The Research Projects Programme is developed to support nationally and internationally competitive research groups whose leaders have been recognised for their scientific achievements and mentoring skills. The basic aim of the Research Projects Programme is to create new and enhance existing knowledge. It is the main support instrument for international cooperation. The ultimate goal is to create a critical mass of research groups that will be competitive on the international level. The programme was launched in 2010, with the last call published in 2014. The budget for 2015 amounts to 35m kn and the duration of the projects is between 2 and 4 years.

CIFRE was launched in 1981 to increase research activities in French enterprises. It aims to encourage mobility of students and researchers. It allows a student to complete his PhD research in a private enterprise. By this means technological research of enterprises can be reinforced, facilitating access of enterprises to skilled personnel and ensuring that the future skill base will correspond to the innovation needs of enterprises. The budget in 2010 was €47.8m. 1,350 new CIFRE contracts were signed in 2012 (MESR).

The Research Tax Credit was adopted back in 1983 with the objective of promoting research activities across sectors. It was a specific response to a weakness characterising the French research and innovation system, namely traditionally weak private R&D expenditures. The R&D tax credit underwent significant changes in 2004 and 2008. On the basis of a simple declaration, companies can benefit from a tax reduction for a large range of research-related expenditures, including R&D personnel expenses, R&D subcontracting, patenting costs, etc. Eligible expenses are mainly associated with the human and technical resources allocated to research and subcontracting.

SMEs younger than 8 years which perform R&D can benefit from a reduction in their tax and social security contributions for highly skilled employees such as engineers and researchers. Under the JEI (Young Innovative Company) status, companies are helped to develop their innovative business based on R&D. Candidate beneficiary must fulfil the following conditions: independent SMEs less than 8 years old, with R&D expenses amounting to at least 15% of their total expenditures. According to data provided by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (2014), 2,650 companies benefited from the scheme in 2011, spending over €700m in R&D (i.e. 8% of all SMEs R&D expenditures).

SFI Research Centres link scientists and engineers in partnerships across academia and industry to address crucial research questions; foster the development of new and existing Irish-based technology companies; attract industry that could make an important contribution to Ireland and its economy; and expand educational and career opportunities in Ireland in science and engineering.

A key feature of SFI Research Centres is the consolidation of research activities across higher education institutes to create a critical mass of internationally leading researchers in strategic areas which become a key attractant to industry and lay the foundation for effective and productive academic and industrial partnerships.

The Research and Development (R&D) tax credit was first introduced in 2004. The originating legislation allowed any company that was carrying out qualifying activities to be entitled to a 25% R&D tax credit to the extent that the expenditure on these activities, in any given year, is incremental to expenditures it incurred on R&D activities in 2003 (the base year, abolished in 2015). The R&D tax credit is an important element of the government's strategy to attract foreign direct R&D investment as well as encouraging existing R&D activity by Irish enterprises.