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 [...]

"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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Together with the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development, the fteval Platform is committed to the further development of the evaluation landscape in Austria. This year, for the first time, we are presenting the Evaluation Talent Award as a contribution to make the importance of evaluations for evidence-based policy-making more visible to the public. The award is [...]