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Recently, Klaus Schuch and Katharina Warta conducted an interview with the Austrian press agency APA. They pleaded in the interview for binding guidelines in studies. The interview was conducted in German. If you would like to have more information about it, please contact the fteval office. office@fteval.at

Based on a recent large-scale OECD study of tax-based research funding and the evaluation of the Austrian “Forschungsprämie”, fteval organises an international event on the effects of tax-based research funding In recent years, tax-based research funding has become increasingly important internationally and nationally. At the same time, the effects on R&D investment of firms and innovation output are not clarified, as studies come to partly contrary results. Based on a recent large-scale OECD study of tax-based research funding and the evaluation of the Austrian “Forschungsprämie”, fteval organises an international event on the effects of tax-based research funding: How do international models [...]

Deadline 12.12.2017 to apply for Please find tender documents in German here: Ausschreibung_Standards_BMWFW.pdf

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AUSTRIAN EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY CONFERENCE ON IMPACT OF R&I POLICY AT THE CROSSROADS OF POLICY DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION Austrian EU Council Presidency Conference on Impact of R&I Policy at the Crossroads of Policy Design, Implementation and Evaluation   Research, Technology and Innovation policy is more than ever charged with demonstrating societal impact. This raises new issues at all levels of policy design, implementation and evaluation. This conference is therefore devoted to the challenge of generating and understanding societal impact through RTI policy. It discusses new policy rationales and new demands for RTI policy in service of society, reflects challenges in [...]

Die fteval, die Österreichische Plattform für Forschungs- und Technologiepolitikevaluierung, organisiert ein ganztägiges Training zum Thema „Qualität von Ausschreibungen (‚Terms of Reference – ToR‘) im Bereich der Evaluierung von Forschungs- Technologie- und Innovationspolitiken“. Zielgruppe Das Training richtet sich an Personen, die mit der Beauftragung von Evaluierungen im Bereich von Forschungs- Technologie- und Innovationspolitiken betraut sind. Insbesondere angesprochen sind Leiter/innen und Mitarbeiter/innen von Evaluierungsabteilungen in Agenturen, Ministerien und anderen Verwaltungsbehörden oder Organisationen der öffentlichen Hand Programmverantwortliche, die Evaluierungen in ihrem Zuständigkeitsbereich als Auftraggeber/innen betreuen oder betreuen werden Mitarbeiter/innen der genannten Stellen, die mit der Beauftragung von Evaluierungen betraut sind oder betraut sein werden [...]

Based on a recent large-scale OECD study of tax-based research funding and the evaluation of the Austrian “Forschungsprämie”, fteval organises an international event on the effects of tax-based research funding In recent years, tax-based research funding has become increasingly important internationally and nationally. At the same time, the effects on R&D investment of firms and innovation output are not clarified, as studies come to partly contrary results. Based on a recent large-scale OECD study of tax-based research funding and the evaluation of the Austrian “Forschungsprämie”, fteval organises an international event on the effects of tax-based research funding: How do international models [...]

The Austrian platform for research and technology policy evaluation (fteval) will publish the next issue of the „fteval Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation” in fall 2017. Hereby we are launching the call for papers with focus on the evaluation of research in higher education systems. Among other topics in this field, we welcome contributions discussing, assessing or evaluating the consequences of the shift from ‘government to governance’ in the Higher Education and Academic Sector, the implications of governance reforms for academic research, changes in the academic knowledge production, evaluations of the institutional environment, ‘third mission’ activities and structures (e.g. [...]

Josef Säckl stellt den Datenfluss der FFG vor Secondary data in general and data from monitoring databases are becoming increasingly important for RTI policy evaluations. At the same time, monitoring data are getting better and increasingly time series are available. At this event, fteval together with the FFG and the FWF provided a comprehensive insight into the data flow, structure and accessibility of the monitoring data of the two major Austrian R & D funding agencies. Through transparent and open presentations and discussions, a contribution  to actively counteract potential competitive disadvantages in the provision of services and a closure [...]