Impact monitoring and evaluation
The Strategic Research Council (SRC) is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the impact of the research it has funded. The monitoring and assessment covers both ongoing and completed programmes and projects. The aim is to monitor, evaluate and make visible the scientific and societal impact sought, achieved and potentially achieved in the future through SRC funding. This also contributes to producing information that can support the development of the strategic research funding instrument.
The first evaluations were carried out at the 2020–2021 programme level after the end of the programme, also using external experts. As of the end of 2023, there will no longer be separate programme evaluations, and, with the exception of self-evaluation, impact will be monitored and evaluated across programme boundaries.
The principles of programme evaluation are available in full in the SRC's funding principles.