The director of the Institute Modris Greitans in the Latvian Radio 1 program “Labrīt” expresses an opinion on the planned new model for the distribution of science based funding.

https://lr1.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/labriit/zinatnes-institutu-bazes-finansejuma-pardale-lielaks-uzsvars-bus.a154123/

Modris Greitans point out that the basic funding must be a stable financial basis for scientific institutions, which at the same time motivates researchers to work at the good international level, to win projects in international competitions, to write high-quality publications. Unfortunately, in the model proposed by the Ministry of Education and Science, it is possible that even a scientific institution that does not have any international research projects and any so-called Q1 publications can receive the largest basic funding. This does not seem to be in line with the recommendations of international experts.