Some basic stats regarding macroeconomic data and success rate in ERC (2015) grants across countries

The main set of data is in the file GDB_for_RD.ods (or .xlsx)

Created by Piotr Bentkowski for grass-root non-profit organisation "Citizens of Academia" (Polish: "Obywatele Nauki")

http://obywatelenauki.pl/about-us/

Licensed under CC BY 3.0 PL; attribute to "Citizens of Academia social movement" or "ruch społeczny Obywatele Nauki"

Please, mind the licences of the original data creators: The World Bank, ERC and EuroStat

Data sources

Data on employed in science in Europe:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/R_%26_D_personnel

R&D spendings and employment across the globe:

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6

Stats regarding the ERC grants 2015:

https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/erc_2015_stg_results_all_domains.pdf

https://erc.europa.eu/projects-and-results/statistics

Country codes used by EuroStat:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:Country_codes

Blog post based on this data:

http://obywatelenauki.pl/2016/11/granty-erc-sprawa-polska-uczony-glodny-jest-mniej-plodny/