Diana morant, Minister of Science and Innovation, He highlighted this Thursday that the 2022 budgets are an “unprecedented” commitment to R&D, an investment that will serve to drive economic growth and promote social well-being.
Morant recalled that in the next financial year of 2022 science will have 3,843 million euros, which is “the biggest investment in R&D in history”, almost twice the resources than in 2020 and close to a 90% more in just two years.
These funds will make it possible to carry out more research, promote scientific culture, have better infrastructure and generate more job opportunities for scientists, highlighted the minister in a press conference in which she collected the accounts of her department for the next fiscal year.
Part of this funding comes from EU funds, as given the 2008 austerity recipe, Europe decided to face the Covid-19 crisis with greater investment in R&D
He recalled that part of this funding comes from the EU funds, because faced with the austerity recipe imposed in 2008, Europe decided to face the Covid-19 crisis with an unprecedented investment that will contribute to “more research, more scientific culture, better infrastructure and more employment opportunities”.
Morant recalled that the State Investigation Agency will have 1,358 million euros (64.5% more than a year ago), and that the research centers of the Superior Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), and the Energy, Environmental and Technological Research Center (Ciemat) will have 1,818 million, which will be distributed in more than 150 research centers.
He insisted that all these investments will help create new opportunities and generate the necessary conditions for attract and retain talent researcher, “so that scientists can stay and return who had to leave”.
In this sense, he recalled that, for scientists, the government raised the replacement rate to 120% for rejuvenate insoles and recover the job offer that was not made in previous governments and reiterated that thanks to the increase in program contracts Juan de la Cierva and Ramón y Cajal, in 2022 more than 2,500 doctors could be employed.
Promotion of public-private collaboration
At the same time, the ministry will try to support innovation and strengthen private public partnership because “without involving companies we will not reach the European objective of allocating 2% of GDP to science”, warned the minister.
Additionally, it underlined the importance of continuing to promote territorial cohesion so that R&D can take place across the country and, for this, its department will work with the autonomous communities in co-financing strategic areas of research and infrastructure, and will continue to monitor municipalities through the Red Innpulso.
Without involving companies, we will not reach the European objective of allocating 2% of GDP to science
Diana morant
In turn, the General Secretary for Research of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Rachel Yotti, pointed out that the State Research Agency will have 1,358 million euros, 447 million from the EU, but more than 12% of the regular budget.
He also highlighted the important CSIC budget increase that next year will have 1,122 million, 10 million more than the previous year.
For Yotti, these budgets are “an indispensable element” to guarantee the science of excellence, renew the personnel and equipment of the centers and maintain the multidisciplinary leadership of the CSIC.
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