Earlier this month, the Canadian government announced CAD 75 million ($69 million) in funding over three years for food safety, building upon last year’s $113 million investment. To improve the detection of foodborne-illness risks, a national public health surveillance system will be implemented. In addition, the country’s existing lab network will be strengthened and the […]

South Korean spending on R&D increased 10.2% last year to $28 billion to make up 3.37% of GDP, according to a government survey conducted between March and July this year. The public and private sector represented 26.8% and 72.9% of 2008 R&D expenditures, respectively. Foreign R&D represented 0.3%. By source, private companies, public research institutes […]

In 2007, R&D spending by the EU27 totaled €229 billion ($314 billion), and was flat at 1.85% of GDP. Germany (€62 billion), France (€39 billion) and the United Kingdom (€37 billion) accounted for 60% of R&D expenditures. The highest R&D intensities (R&D as a percentage of GDP) were recorded by Sweden (3.60%), Finland (3.47%) and […]

R&D spending in Sweden by business rose an estimated 4.2% in 2008 to SEK 87,681 million ($12,498 million) in constant prices. Within the business sector, R&D investments by producers of goods accounted for 75% of spending compared to 25% for the service sector. R&D spending by the higher education sector (excluding ALF funds) also increased, […]

Israeli spending on civilian R&D rose 3.6% in constant prices last year to NIS 35.3 billion ($9.2 billion), or 4.9% of GDP. R&D expenditures by business grew 4.5% to make up 81% of the county’s total R&D spending. R&D spending by private nonprofit institutions increased 2.5% to represent 3% of the country’s R&D spending. General […]