Tender: investments in joint and open R&D programmes and analysis of their economic impact
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research has published a call for tenders for a study on investments in joint and open research and development (R&D) programmes and an analysis of their economic impact. The study will have to provide information on the dynamics of national public funding directed towards transnationally coordinated research and of national public funding open to non-residents across Europe. In the course of the study, activities will include: - collecting data on national funding dedicated to open, public R&D programmes and to transnational public R&D programmes at the level of programme managing authorities (ministries, national funding agencies, research councils) or national statistical institutes (NSIs), in a number of countries, overall and by broad scientific domains; - analysing the drivers/motivations for open R&D programmes and joint R&D initiatives; - analysing the impact of opening up public R&D programmes, and coordinating public R&D initiatives, on the quality and impact of research and on national research systems; - analysing the policy consequences of the findings.For further information, please contact: European Commission Directorate-General for Research Administration and Finance Sector Office SDME 09/62 Attn: Yves Dejaegere B-1049 Brussels E-mail: RTD-INVESTMENTS-JOINTPROGRAMMES@ec.europa.eu. To see the full details of the call, please consult the following web address: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:229748-2009:TEXT:EN:HTML(opens in new window)