This survey is intended for the FLAG-ERA organizations which are involved in the coordination and funding of the two Flagships Graphene and Human Brain Project. This survey is part of the TAIPI project (Tools and Actions for Impact Assessment and Policy Makers Information, http://www.taipi.eu/ ) and has been designed to characterize the evaluation practices conducted by these organizations to identify and measure the effects (the "impacts") of their funding policy.

Throughout the survey, the term « impact study » is used to represent any activities concerned with interpreting consequences resulting from scientific policy actions. In the case of a funding agency, impact studies can focus on, for example:

• the direct outputs of the funded projects and programs (publications, patents, startup, …),
• the outcomes and overall impacts of the agency (socio-economic impact, political impact, impact on scientific communities, impact on the organization of research, etc.).

The term « organization » is used to describe the structure which implements these policies (funding agency, governmental department…).

This survey concentrates on the way in which impact evaluation is addressed within the organization. This is the first part of a more in depth investigation which will include interviews with individuals involved in organizations that regularly conduct impact studies. 

The results from this investigation will allow to create a panorama of the different European practices used to study  impacts (methodologies, indicators, evaluation criteria) as well as create a methodological framework to characterize and measure the specific impacts of the Graphene and Human Brain Project Flagships.

We would like to thank you in advance for taking the time to respond to this survey as well as providing any additional information, reports, procedures or any other documentation that may be useful.

For more information about TAIPI:

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/dae/newsletter-item-detail.cfm?item_id=19770