Impact Evaluation of the Icelandic Research Fund
Impact Evaluation of the Icelandic Research Fund
Terms of Reference: to provide a quantitative analysis of the Icelandic Research Fund, its visibility and impact, covering funding patterns, springboard to other activities and funding, scientific outputs, educational engagement & social, cultural and economic impact.
Project Grants, Grants of Excellence, Postdoctoral Awards were examined 2011-2015 (so as to capture outcomes) and Doctoral Student Awards from inception in 2016. Data sources: the Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS), the universities, University of Iceland’s coordinators of the Evaluation System of Icelandic Public Universities, Statistics Iceland (Hagstofan) and the Reykjavik University evaluation system. These were supplemented by qualitative survey.