Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

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• Kaufmann, P., Geyer, A. and Nindl, E. (2018): Evaluierung des BRIDGE Programms 2009-2016 (Evaluation of 
the BRIDGE programme 2009-2016), study commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation 
and Technology (BMVIT) and Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).
Impact analysis
The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) commissions an annual survey of the recipients of funding 
(companies and research institutions) regarding the impact of the funded projects, with each survey com-
missioned four years after the relevant funded RTI projects have been completed. The survey covers fund-
ed RTI projects from the various programmes and areas (General Programmes – GP, Thematic Programmes 
– TP, Structural Programmes – SP and Aeronautics and Space Agency – ALR) and is therefore not pro-
gramme-specific. The results are published on a regular basis at: https: //www.ffg.at/content/evalu-
ierung-der-foerderung.
Evaluation and quality assurance concept; institutional quality assurance measures
The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) has formulated and documented its procedures in defined 
processes. The evaluation of funding programmes is covered by one of these processes, even though the 
FFG’s services are often themselves subject to evaluations. The process governs the steps in an evaluation 
process that affect the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), such as data transfers; however, the 
main focus of the evaluation is the exploitation of the knowledge generated. Evaluation results are there-
fore presented and discussed across departments in order to support learning throughout the entire or-
ganisation. The steps implemented based on the evaluation are set out below.
 
Indicator 3: Human resources and qualifications