RSA CE&C 2015-2021

1. Introduction 17 Table 3: Funding and expenditures at the department level in the review period (shown as millions of euros, including funding and costs for non-research staff, like educational and support staff). Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Research funding € M % € M % € M % € M % € M % € M % € M % Direct funding 1 11.513 44 11.175 41 12.212 42 13.101 44 14.899 47 14.474 46 15.558 49 Research grants 2 3.236 12 3.876 14 5.528 19 5.137 17 4.865 15 5.009 16 4.210 13 Contract research 3 11.371 44 12.167 45 11.642 40 11.537 39 11.954 38 12.157 38 11.834 37 Total funding 26.120 27.219 29.382 29.776 31.718 31.640 31.602 Expenditure € M % € M % € M % € M % € M % € M % € M % Personnel costs 19.585 75 20.247 74 21.388 72 22.305 75 23.722 74 23.324 73 23.628 74 Other costs 6.526 25 7.145 26 8.289 28 7.547 25 8.186 26 8.499 27 8.242 26 Total expenditure 26.110 27.392 29.676 29.853 31.908 31.823 31.870 3 University funding in the Netherlands consists of: 1 Direct funding from the government (lump-sum budget) 2 Research grants obtained in national scientific competition from e.g., the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) 3 Contract research on specific research projects obtained from external organizations, such as industry, government ministries, European organizations and charity organizations (e.g., EU projects, industry grants and grants from public-private partnerships)