Evaluation of Programmes (ex-post)

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Evaluierung der Fördermaßnahme 'Impulsprojekte – ForscherInnen für die Wirtschaft

Year: 2007
Title: Evaluierung der Fördermaßnahme 'Impulsprojekte – ForscherInnen für die Wirtschaft
Client: Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit)
Evaluator: Leonhard Jörg (Technopolis)
Contents: The main interest of this evaluation is the question, whether the funding scheme „Impuls-projects – researchers in economy“ is – given the low number of projects – still the appropriate tool to achieve a significant contribution to strengthen the knowledge basis and research competence of Austrian companies..
Language: German
Pdf: impulsprojekte

Ex-Post Evaluation of the TIC-Net Initiative

Year: 2007
Title: Ex-Post Evaluation of the TIC-Net Initiative
Client: TIC-Net Tirol Büro, Wirtschaftskammer Tirol
Evaluator: Sonja Sheikh (KMU Forschung Austria)
Contents: Aim of this study is to gather the results and impacts of the initiative TIC-Net Tirol (Technology, Innovation and Co-operation Network Tirol), a local programme to fund the cooperation in SME with the intention to enhance innovation. Together with the impact of the programme the results of selected projects will be analysed.
Language: German
Pdf: TIC-Net-EB

Evaluation of the FWF mobility programs Erwin Schrödinger and Lise Meitner

Year: 2006
Title: Evaluation of the FWF mobility programs Erwin Schrödinger and Lise Meitner
Client: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Evaluator: Technopolis: Katharina Warta
Contents: This study provides the first external evaluation of two mobility programmes of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the “outgoing” Erwin Schrödinger Programme providing grants for research stays in excellent research institutions abroad for a duration of 10 to 24 months, and the “incoming” Lise-Meitner-Programme, financing a long term stay of a foreign researcher at an Austrian research organisation. The evaluation has been undertaken by Technopolis at the request of the FWF.
Language: English
Pdf: mobilityprogramme

Evaluation of the Project PROVISO 2003-2007

Year: 2006
Title: Evaluation of the Project PROVISO 2003-2007
Client: Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (bm:bwk)
Evaluator: Sonja Sheikh (KMU Forschung Austria)
Contents: The evaluation of the project PROVISO was carried out by the Austrian Institute for SME Research on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (bm:bwk) from April to October 2006. The Austrian Institute for SME Research used a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods for the evaluation. For this purpose, a document analysis, as well as a partly standardized written survey with a total of 66 users of the service and 31 qualitative interviews with PROVISO employees and other stakeholders of the service, and an international comparison with the help of four smaller case studies, has been accomplished.
Language: German
Pdf: proviso

Ex-post Evaluation des Forschungsprograms "Forschung für die Produktion von morgen" für die Jahre 1999 bis 2004

Year: 2006
Title: Ex-post Evaluation des Forschungsprograms "Forschung für die Produktion von morgen" für die Jahre 1999 bis 2004
Client: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Evaluator: Anton Geyer (Projektleiter), Joachim Hafkesbrink, Steffen Kinkel
Contents: Aim of this evaluation was to collect and to estimate the impacts of the funding programme in the field of production research against the background of the targets formulated by the BMBF frame work “Research for tomorrow’s Production”. The evaluation shows information and indicators of the structure and development of the production technical economy and science in Germany since 1999.
Language: German
Pdf: produktion von morgen-eb

The Austrian Science Fund: Ex Post Evaluation and Performance of FWF funded Research Projects

Year: 2005
Title: The Austrian Science Fund: Ex Post Evaluation and Performance of FWF funded Research Projects
Client: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Evaluator: Joanneum Research: Michael Dinges
Contents: The study aims to appraise the performance of FWF funded projects within the grant scheme of stand-alone projects (Einzelprojekte), which constitutes the core research funding of FWF, accounting for about two-thirds of FWF’s budget in 2004. The emphasis of the study is to identify the inter-relation between ex ante and ex post evaluation, and to identify critical factors that influence the results of the ex post evalu-ation. Furthermore, the study examines relevance and appropriateness of FWF’s ex post project evaluation procedure.
Language: English
Pdf: FWFevaluation

Ex-post Evaluation of the special FFF programme "Austrian Food Initiative"

Year: 2005
Title: Ex-post Evaluation of the special FFF programme "Austrian Food Initiative"
Client: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Evaluator: KMFA: Georg Bornett, Sonja Sheikh; B. Mehlmauer-Larcher, R. Kastner
Contents: In 1998, the Austrian Research Promotion Agency Ltd. (FFG) – department base programmes started the special programme “Austrian Food Initiative“. Its aim was to improve the competitiveness and to increase the technological potential of the Austrian food industry. R&D projects along the entire value-added chain, aiming at an increase of the technological potential of the enterprises, were supported. The initiative focussed, particularly in the second phase, on projects of SMEs and on co-operation projects. In 2000, the KMFA conducted an interim evaluation of the Austrian Food initiative in collaboration with Prof. Czedik-Eysenberg and Dr. Robien-Jedlicka. In the course of this evaluation and based on the set targets and goals, output, success and effect indicators were derived for the assessment of the programme as a whole and also for the various individual projects. This first evaluation of the initiative for the initial phase showed – according to these indicators – that the initiative could be considered a big success, and it was consequently recommended to extend its running time.
Language: German
Pdf: Food_initiative

Research Network Programmes Evaluation for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Year: 2004
Title: Research Network Programmes Evaluation for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Client: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Evaluator: Fraunhofer ISI: Jakob Edler, Susanne Bührer; PREST: John Rigby
Contents: This is a report of the evaluation of two programmes in the category research networks of the Austrian Science Fund and has been carried out by PREST of the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research in Karlsruhe, Germany. The two funding programmes are the Joint Re-search Programmes (FSPs) and the Special Research Programmes (SFBs). The evaluation should fulfil two main purposes: (1) a review and analysis of the Programmes, and (2) the presentation of a set of recommendations for the future action by FWF to make changes to these programmes.
Language: English
Pdf: sfb_networks_evaluation

Evaluation of the Seed Financing Programme

Year: 2004
Title: Evaluation of the Seed Financing Programme
Client: Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit)
Evaluator: Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen: Martin Hagleitner, Oliver Wichtl
Contents: The Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology charged the Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen with the Evaluation of the Seed Financing Programme. The existing Seed-Financing Program aims to encourage business start-ups and the advancement of companies with especially innovative and technologically advanced ideas, products, procedures and services and possessing a high market potential. It promotes dynamic and solid growth of innovative companies and assists in the expansion of the capital base (especially for venture capital).
Language: German
Pdf: seedfinancing

Evaluation of the Discussion Forum 2004 “Genomics Research and Medicine“ –What’s MY advantage?

Year: 2004
Title: Evaluation of the Discussion Forum 2004 “Genomics Research and Medicine“ –What’s MY advantage?
Client: Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (bm:bwk)
Evaluator: Stiftung Risiko-Dialog, St. Gallen: C. Meili, A. Hellmann-Grobe; N. Luchsinger
Contents: As an accompanying measure of the GEN-AU Programme, every year a discussion forum takes place which should give the general public the possibility to put questions and get information about the chances and risks of the genomics research. The evaluation of the discussion forum 2004, with the theme “Genomics Research and Medicine”, had the mission to investigate the motivations of the participants, to asses the organisation and the special sessions of the discussion forum and to give recommendations for concept- restructuring and reorganisation.
Language: German
Pdf: diskurstag04

INTAS Evaluation – External Evaluation Report on the Programme of the International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (INTAS) Covering the Period 1993 - 2003

Year: 2004
Title: INTAS Evaluation – External Evaluation Report on the Programme of the International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (INTAS) Covering the Period 1993 - 2003
Client: INTAS
Evaluator: Peter Idenburg, Per Stalnacke, Klaus Schuch (ZSI), Lajos Nyiri, Oleg Ventskonvsky, Marie-Hélène Mandrillon, Alexander Sokolov, Henning Eikenberg, Olav Jull Sorensen
Contents: INTAS is an European Community Programme funded primarily under the European Framework Programmes for RTD. It comprises 33 members, i.e. the EC and 32 countries. In the period under review 55 calls for proposals were launched and 8 different funding instruments were operated between 1993 and 2003. INTAS has funded 2,726 projects, bringing together some 50,000 participants in 15,000 research teams.
Language: English
Pdf: intas_eval

Five-year Assessment of the European Union Research Framework Programmes 1999-2003

Year: 2004
Title: Five-year Assessment of the European Union Research Framework Programmes 1999-2003
Client: Atlantis Research, Athens (EU-Commission)
Evaluator: Wise Guys Ltd.: Ken Guy, Joanneum Research: Wolfgang Polt, Gerhard Streicher, GWU: Nick Vonortas, Atlantis Research: Effie Amanatidou, Foteini Psarra
Contents: As a part of the Five Years Assessment of EU Research Activities covered by the Fifth Framework Programme for RTD (1999-2003), a survey was carried out among the 12000 participants to assess the additionality and impacts of the programme regarding type of activity, behaviour, output and performance.
Language: English
Pdf: 5-year_assess

Participatory Policy-Consulting – The Case of the Citizen-Conference 2003

Year: 2004
Title: Participatory Policy-Consulting – The Case of the Citizen-Conference 2003
Client: Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development
Evaluator: Alexander Bogner (ITA), Harald Puchrucker, René Zimmer
Contents: The Austrian Citizen’s Conference "Genetic data, from where, whereto, what for?” was arranged by the PR agency communication matters from 20 to 23 June 2003 in Vienna. It was part of the Public Awareness Campaign on behalf of the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development on the subject matter of innovation. Despite some delays and economic shortages, evidence was provided that this participative procedure can also be carried out in Austria. The institutional context of this project has proven dissatisfactory since potential actors certify the Austrian Citizen’s Conference as lacking credibility. But the organizers have resolved reservations with presenting a concrete form of procedure. As for the scientific counseling, a team of nature- and social scientists has been called in. However, no clear objective has yet been developed for this Citizen’s Conference. The procedure has especially been carried out from the pragmatic aspect of a smooth development.
Language: German
Pdf: policy_consult

Ex-post Evaluation of FFG funded projects

Year: 2002 - 2006
Title: Ex-post Evaluation of FFG funded projects
Client: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Evaluator: KMFA: Sonja Sheikh, Georg Bornett
Contents: The Austrian Institute for SME Research regularly (on a biannual basis) carries out an ex-post evaluation of the projects funded by the FFG, about 3 years after their finalisation. Within the ex-post evaluation the economic impact of the funds provided by the FFG is assessed on different indicators. Apart from these criteria, also the issue of additionality of the funded projects as well as the issue of customer satisfaction with the funding procedures of the FFG are regularly addressed in the scope of the ex-post evaluation.
Language: German
Pdf: FFG_Projekteval2006
Link: FFG Projektevaluierung 2002-2005

Evaluation of the Network for Market- and Technology Information for the Innovation Agency TECNET

Year: 2002
Title: Evaluation of the Network for Market- and Technology Information for the Innovation Agency TECNET
Client: Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour (bmwa)
Evaluator: Klaus Zinöcker, Andreas Fier
Contents: In this report the results of the evaluation of the Network for Market- and Technology Information which are based on reviewing the objectives, efficiency and effectivity are presented.
Language: German
Pdf: Tecnet-II

Evaluierung von i²

Year: 2002
Title: Evaluierung von i²
Client: Austrian Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour (bmwa)
Evaluator: Technopolis: L. Jörg, F. Ohler, J. Mahlich
Contents: In this report the results of the evaluation of the Business Angel Network i² are given. The network has been working for five years before the evaluation was conducted. It contributed significantly to the development of the informal venture capital market in Austria and is an important contact point for founders of growth-oriented start-up companies as well as private investors.
Language: German
Pdf: i2_endbericht

Evaluation of the Wood Research Programme

Year: 2002
Title: Evaluation of the Wood Research Programme
Client: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (former FFF)
Evaluator: Technopolis: Fritz Ohler, Jörg Mahlich, Claudia Gamsjäger, WIFO: Wilfried Puwein
Contents: The ex-post evaluation of the Wood Research Programme contains several performance analyses and tries to assess the programme's additionality.
Language: German
Pdf: eval_holzforschung

Evaluierung FINT 2

Year: 2002
Title: Evaluierung FINT 2
Client: Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Evaluator: Technopolis: Leonhard Jörg, Claudia Gamsjäger, Jörg Mahlich
Contents: The second completed programme phase of FINT is evaluated in this report. Due to cost efficiency at the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (programme management) the programme FINT 2 will not be carried on. The evaluation focused on a review of the previous years in order to assess the programme's performance.
Language: German
Pdf: FINT2

Evaluation of the ScienceWeek@Austria 2002: Analysis of Science Communication Experiment within the Austrian Context

Year: 2002
Title: Evaluation of the ScienceWeek@Austria 2002: Analysis of Science Communication Experiment within the Austrian Context
Client: Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (bm:bwk), Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit)
Evaluator: Institut für Wissenschaftstheorie und –forschung, Universität Wien: U. Felt, S. Schober, A. Müller
Contents: This report contains the evaluation of the ScienceWeek@Austria 2002 which aims at an improvement and a further development of the event. The strengths and weaknesses of the ScienceWeek are assessed and a comparison to the results of the last evaluation is given.
Language: German
Pdf: scienceweek_2002

Evaluation of the ITF focused Programme “Technology Transfer”

Year: 2001
Title: Evaluation of the ITF focused Programme “Technology Transfer”
Client: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs
Evaluator: Technopolis: Leonhard Jörg, Fritz Ohler, Joanneum Research: Wolfgang Polt;
Thomas Jud, Wolfgang Pointner, Klaus Zinöcker
Contents: This evaluation tries to assess technology transfer with regard to the constitution of future funding. It shall provide a basis to more clearly define technology transfer as well as to incorporate technology transfer into the Austrian technology policy.
Language: German
Pdf: ITF_techtransfer

Evaluation of the ScienceWeek@Austria 2001: Analysis of Science Communication Experiment within the Austrian Context

Year: 2001
Title: Evaluation of the ScienceWeek@Austria 2001: Analysis of Science Communication Experiment within the Austrian Context
Client: Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (bm:bwk), Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit)
Evaluator: Institut für Wissenschaftstheorie und –forschung, Universität Wien: U. Felt, S. Schober, A. Müller
Contents: The report focuses on a qualitative evaluation of the ScienceWeek@Austria 2001. The evaluation team tried to design a broad concept in order to catch unintended as well as unpredictable impressions of the event.
Language: German
Pdf: scienceweek_2001

Evaluation of ITF-Programme FlexCIM

Year: 2000
Title: Evaluation of ITF-Programme FlexCIM
Client: Federal Ministry of Science and Transport
Evaluator: A. Geyer, C. Rammer, W. Pointner, W. Polt, H. Hollenstein, L. Donzé, S. Arvanitis
Contents: This evaluation assesses the impact of the FlexCIM programme, which used to be one of the most important programmes of the ITF- technology and innovation funds in the nineties. The evaluation was accomplished by the Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf (ARCS) in cooperation with the Institute for technology and regional policy (INTEREG) of Joanneum Research, the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH).
Language: German
Pdf: FlexCIM

Evaluation of the ScienceWeek@Austria 2000

Year: 2000
Title: Evaluation of the ScienceWeek@Austria 2000
Client: Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit)
Evaluator: ARC systems research: W. Cerny, A. Geyer, E. Schiebel, C. Widhalm
Contents: -
Language: German
Pdf: Scienceweek_2000

Evaluation of the Austrian MINT Programme

Year: 1998
Title: Evaluation of the Austrian MINT Programme
Client: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
Evaluator: Fritz Ohler (ARC)
Contents: -
Language: German
Pdf: MINT

Evaluation of the ITF-Transport Technology Programme (1992-1997)

Year: 1998
Title: Evaluation of the ITF-Transport Technology Programme (1992-1997)
Client: n/a
Evaluator: Fritz Ohler, Leonhard Jörg (ARC), Erik Arnold (Technopolis), Daniel Corsten (Univ. of St. Gallen)
Contents: -
Language: English
Pdf: ITF_transport

Wirkungen der Innovationsförderung im Schwerpunkt Umwelttechnik des Innovations- und Technologiefonds [ITF]

Year: 1997
Title: Wirkungen der Innovationsförderung im Schwerpunkt Umwelttechnik des Innovations- und Technologiefonds [ITF]
Client: Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Verkehr, Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten
Evaluator: Uwe Kuntze, Angela Köppl, Claudia Pichl (WIFO/Fraunhofer ISI)
Contents:  
Language: German
Pdf: itf_1997

Evaluation of the Austrian Participation in Community RTD Programmes – Final Report

Year: 1997
Title: Evaluation of the Austrian Participation in Community RTD Programmes – Final Report
Client: Federal Ministry of Science, Transport and the Arts, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs
Evaluator: Fritz Ohler, Leonhard Jörg, Wolfgang Polt, Martin Husz, Anton Sieber (ARC), Ken Guy (Technopolis UK), Gernot Hutschenreiter, Sonja Patsios (WIFO), Herbert Gluske (University of Vienna)
Contents: -
Language: English
Pdf: EU_RTD-Progr

The “Regional Innovation Award” 1993-1995 - An accompanying Evaluation

Year: 1997
Title: The “Regional Innovation Award” 1993-1995 - An accompanying Evaluation
Client: Federal Ministry for Science and Transport
Evaluator: Gernot Hutschenreiter (WIFO)
Contents: -
Language: German
Pdf: innoprämie_1997

Evaluation of the promotion programme for innovative founders

Year: 1997
Title: Evaluation of the promotion programme for innovative founders
Client: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs
Evaluator: Ernst Zeiner, Stefan Lengauer
Contents: -
Language: German
Pdf: GruenderInnen
Link: Conclusio

Evaluation of the ITF-focused Programmes FlexCIM

Year: 1994
Title: Evaluation of the ITF-focused Programmes FlexCIM
Client: “Technologie-Information-Politikberatung (TIP)”
Evaluator: Eva Buchinger, Leonhard Jörg, Alexander Kopcsa, Hannes Leo, Lea Mustonen, Fritz Ohler, Wolfgang Polt (ARC Seibersdorf); Sonja Patsios (WIFO)
Contents: -
Language: German
Pdf: 1994_flexcim