Revenue by source
2019-2020
Of all the Federal Scientific Institutes, BIRA-IASB has the highest proportion of its budget coming from external competitive projects (63%). These are projects funded by organisations such as:
- ESA
- EUMETSAT
- the European Commission
- (to a lesser extent) national research funds
With a contribution of 42% and 28% of external project funding respectively, ESA and PRODEX (ESA) are the most important sources of income for the institute, followed by the EU funding (essentially H2020) with 19%.
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dotation | |||
| STCE | |||
| ESA | 27 | 28 | 32 |
| FNRS & FWO | 4 | 4 |
3 |
| PRODEX | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| Commercial income | |||
| Federal subvention | 21 | 22 | 16 |
| EU | 13 | 7 | 10 |
| Eumetsat | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| ECMWF | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Since 2018, the personnel envelope is part of the overall dotation.
Charts
2020
2019
2018
All statistics in this activity report are calculated on 31 December of the year concerned.