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The virtual spring meeting ("Frühjahrstreffen") of the DeGEval RTI working group on the topic of "New demands on the monitoring of RTI programmes" will take place online on 31 May from 13:00. After an introduction to the topic, we would like to examine the various facets of monitoring together with you on the basis of practical examples. The central question is the demands placed on the monitoring of RTI programmes and the extent to which it has been possible to meet these demands in practical implementation. We would like to take a closer look at the resulting perspectives. The speakers of [...]

FFG and fteval Platform invite to an on-line Workshop to reflect aspects of evaluating FFG's "Impact Innovation" programme. Since 2017, the FFG has been funding projects for the development of innovative solutions within the framework of Impact Innovation. Based on an unsolved but defined problem, solution ideas are to be developed together with users, customers or other relevant stakeholders. Impact innovation is intended to support innovations that do not necessarily arise from R&D projects. Among other things, social innovation, business model innovation, process innovations (etc.) are to be promoted through processes such as open innovation, design thinking (etc.), which have so [...]

This year, the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development and the Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy (fteval) will present the Evaluation Talent Award for the first time. The aim is to honour the good work done by young evaluators to further improve research policy and to make the talents visible in the international expert community. The expert jury, consisting of experienced actors in the field of research policy and its evaluation, was enthusiastic at the award meeting: "We are pleased about the competent nominations, which cover many different aspects of evaluation. There is a strong generation growing up here [...]

"In European research policy, people often look to Austria because we have something that other countries lack. Namely, a platform where all actors in the evaluation of research and technology policy gather and exchange ideas," explains Klaus Schuch, Managing Director of the fteval platform and Scientific Director of the ZSI - Centre for Social Innovation. The Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation (fteval) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. But what exactly is evaluation and why do we need it? The short answer from Sonja Sheikh, chairwoman of the association and managing director of ACR - Austrian Cooperative Research is: "To [...]

There is a growing recognition of the need to accelerate the development and improvement of clean energy technologies globally to enhance our ability to follow net-zero emission pathways. Initiatives like Mission Innovation have helped to grow public R&D funding for clean energy in many countries, and they take a variety of policy approaches to supporting researchers and entrepreneurs. Evidence about which support mechanisms most effectively drive clean energy innovations, and under which conditions, could help governments to adopt best practice in innovation policy design to meet clean energy goals. Structured and comparable evaluations can contribute to the policy-making process in different ways: it facilitates learning about [...]

What can econometric methods do - what can they not? Innovation activities, especially research and development, are publicly funded in many ways (tax incentives or directly through R&D grants, guarantees and liabilities). Knowledge of the impact of funding is essential for funding institutions and policy makers. In recent years, the availability of innovation data has increased. At the same time, the spectrum of statistical and econometric methods has expanded, especially methods that measure the causal effect of funding.   The aim of the discussion event is therefore to provide an overview of econometric methods for the causal estimation of funding effects [...]