Financing University Research, in Poland, in the Light of the New Act on Higher Education and Science

Act 2.0, the so called Constitution for science, introduces essential changes in financing Polish universities, which entered into force on 1 January 2019. The subsidy received by universities from the state budget is the basic source of financing their development of both didactic and research potentials. The subsidy is granted on the basis of an algorithmic model according to which funds are distributed between universities. The model is based on the regulation of the minister competent for science and higher education. The “funding baskets” are varied depending on the university type (research or academic universities or else non-university higher education institutions). The 2.0 Act provides the universities more freedom in spending the received subsidies. It is the university decision to distribute the subsidy into didactic and research activities.