Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

 
Indicator 1: Funding, including third-party funding
Total funding budget (commitments of BMBWF in € 
millions)
2018
2019
Federal funding 
13.57
12.36
Source: OeAD-GmbH.

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2. Key Players in Research Funding and in Non-university Research 
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The processing costs range from 10% to 20% of the funding budget in accordance with the approvals by 
the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) to OeAD-GmbH.
 
Indicator 2: Quality assurance and evaluations 
Surveys of (potential) applicants and subsidised companies: 
Grant recipients are surveyed regularly on the progress of their study or research activities and on 
OeAD-GmbH services. Among other things, these surveys provide information on levels of satisfaction 
with the way the OeAD-GmbH is implementing the programme. 
Evaluations of the programmes and the portfolio
The external evaluation of a development cooperation programme as well as the interim evaluation of the 
Erasmus+ programme at European level over the last two years should be mentioned at the overall 
OeAD-GmbH level. 
Impact analyses and institutional quality assurance measures
OeAD-GmbH prepares an annual report on effectiveness, performance and costs; the 2019 report is not 
yet available. 
The quality management system at OeAD-GmbH has been certified in accordance with ISO 9001 since 
2006. Compliance with the requirements of the quality management system is monitored through both 
internal and external audits. 
 
Indicator 3: Human resources and qualifications
The headcount stated relates solely to those research-related activities that are funded from the federal 
budget under Section 31 of the Universities Act (UG).