The Estonian Research Council is the main funding organisation of R&D in Estonia, consolidating different grants and types of funding. It supports international collaboration, organises research evaluation and assessments of the effectiveness of grants, and runs a wide variety of science communication activities. ETAg is the implementing body for the Estonian research information system. ETAg has taken the lead in introducing and implementing the Research integrity, Open science/open access/open data, and Gender mainstreaming in Estonia.