| Funding source (Nordics) | ||
| Total respondents: 59 | ||
| Category | Respondents (n) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Institutional support (centrally funded) | 43 | 72.9% |
| Grants | 40 | 67.8% |
| Consulting & services | 9 | 15.3% |
| I volunteer my time | 7 | 11.9% |
| Foundations & consortiums | 4 | 6.8% |
56 Which of the following sources are used to pay for your effort as a Research Software Engineer?
56.1 Nordics
56.1.1 Descriptive Statistics

56.1.2 Free-text responses
| Funding [Others] | ||
| Response Category | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| it's part of my job | 1 | 100.0% |
The raw-to-category allocation table for this question is in Appendix B.
56.1.3 Statistics by age group
| Funding source by age group (Nordics) | ||||||||
| Total respondents with age reported: 59. Rows are ranked separately within each age group by respondent count. | ||||||||
Below 35 (n=20)
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35-45 (n=26)
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45+ (n=13)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Respondents (n) | Percentage (%) | Category | Respondents (n) | Percentage (%) | Category | Respondents (n) | Percentage (%) |
| Institutional support (centrally funded) | 16 | 80.0% | Grants | 21 | 84.0% | Institutional support (centrally funded) | 10 | 76.9% |
| Grants | 10 | 50.0% | Institutional support (centrally funded) | 17 | 68.0% | Grants | 9 | 69.2% |
| Consulting & services | 4 | 20.0% | Consulting & services | 5 | 20.0% | Foundations & consortiums | 2 | 15.4% |
| Foundations & consortiums | 2 | 10.0% | I volunteer my time | 4 | 16.0% | I volunteer my time | 2 | 15.4% |
| I volunteer my time | 1 | 5.0% | ||||||
56.2 Within Nordics
| Funding source selections within Nordics | ||
| Total respondents: 59. Percentages are within each country. | ||
| Category | Respondents (n) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Estonia (n=8) | ||
| Grants | 6 | 75.0% |
| Institutional support (centrally funded) | 6 | 75.0% |
| Consulting & services | 4 | 50.0% |
| Iceland (n=1) | ||
| Grants | 1 | 100.0% |
| I volunteer my time | 1 | 100.0% |
| Denmark (n=4) | ||
| Grants | 4 | 100.0% |
| Institutional support (centrally funded) | 2 | 50.0% |
| Sweden (n=18) | ||
| Institutional support (centrally funded) | 17 | 94.4% |
| Grants | 12 | 66.7% |
| I volunteer my time | 3 | 16.7% |
| Foundations & consortiums | 2 | 11.1% |
| Norway (n=9) | ||
| Institutional support (centrally funded) | 7 | 87.5% |
| Consulting & services | 3 | 37.5% |
| Grants | 3 | 37.5% |
| Finland (n=19) | ||
| Grants | 14 | 73.7% |
| Institutional support (centrally funded) | 11 | 57.9% |
| I volunteer my time | 3 | 15.8% |
| Consulting & services | 2 | 10.5% |
| Foundations & consortiums | 2 | 10.5% |

56.3 Between Countries
Warning: Removed 6 rows containing missing values or values outside the scale range
(`geom_text()`).
