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

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%

56.1.2 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)
35-45 (n=26)
45+ (n=13)
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

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