{"id":104008,"date":"2025-07-03T10:06:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etag2025.etag.ee\/funding\/closed-support-measures\/closed-programmes\/rita-2016-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:33:08","slug":"rita-support-for-sectoral-rd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/funding\/closed-support-measures\/closed-programmes\/rita-support-for-sectoral-rd\/","title":{"rendered":"RITA \u2013 Support for sectoral R&amp;D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"classic-editor\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">RITA is a programme supported by the European Regional Development Fund that aims to increase the role of the state in the strategic managing of research and the capabilities of R&amp;D institutions in carrying out socially relevant research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">In the framework of the programme, the Estonian Research Council (ETAG) funds socio-economical applied research based on the needs of the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-el\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kaasrahastanud_EL_kaksiklogod_ENG_hor_color_RGB-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1586\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kaasrahastanud_EL_kaksiklogod_ENG_hor_color_RGB-1.webp 1022w, https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kaasrahastanud_EL_kaksiklogod_ENG_hor_color_RGB-1-960x558.webp 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Research funded from the RITA programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list wp-el\">\n<li>Support for strategic R&amp;D activities \u2013 implementation of socio-economical interdisciplinary applied research needed by the Estonian state.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for knowledge-based policy formulation \u2013 cofunding of the Ministries\u2019 applied research to address topical issues that require speedy intervention, with the supported research being prompted by preparations for a specific intervention (regulation, measure or the like). The Ministries cofund applied research up to 50%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Furthermore, RITA supports:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list wp-el\">\n<li>Scientific adviser positions at the Ministries and the Government Office. Support for scientific adviser positions aims to improve the Ministries\u2019 capabilities on R&amp;D issues. Every Ministry and Government Office is entitled to apply for reimbursement from ETAG for the costs related to the position of a scientific councellor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring of Estonian research, development and innovation policy (R&amp;D&amp;I). RITA supports the performance of analyses and studies of the implementation of the R&amp;D&amp;I strategy in order to monitor the achievement of the objectives of the said policy and provide recommendations on the formulation of new policies. Analyses and research are carried out by Tallinn University, the University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonian Academy of Sciences and ETAG.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etis.ee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estonian Research Portal (ETIS)<\/a>. RITA supports the development of new modules and the further development of the existing ones in ETIS, the creation of new interfaces and services and the improvement of linkage with other information systems of ETIS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lisa-1_RITA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lisa-1_RITA.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detailed conditions<\/a>\u00a0for the provision of support are set out in Directive No. 1.1-2\/17\/15 of the Minister of Education and Research of 27 January 2017, \u2018Strengthening of sectoral R&amp;D (RITA)\u2019, approval of the conditions for the provision of support.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ama-block block-people\"><div class=\"block__header\"><div class=\"d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center\"><h2>Contact<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"block__body\"><div class=\"person-item\"><div class=\"item__thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eek.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"item__content\"><p class=\"is-title\">Liina Eek<\/p><p>Head of the Unit of Science Policy<\/p><div class=\"contact-methods \"><p><a href=\"tel:+37253001912\">+372 5300 1912<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:liina.eek@etag.ee\">liina.eek@etag.ee<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RITA is a programme supported by the European Regional Development Fund that aims to increase the role of the state&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":104006,"menu_order":214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104008","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105181,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104008\/revisions\/105181"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}