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Institute evaluations

Many research institutes receive their basic funding in the form of allocations from the Research Council. It has been a requirement that the institutes are evaluated every six years or so. Efforts to devise a new follow-up model are currently underway.

The aim of these evaluations is to gain an overview of the status of research and to identify the potential for improvement in the institutes' research activities with regard to: 

  • quality, relevance, efficiency, flexibility and competence development   
  •  leadership, management, organisation and finances
  • users' assessment of the institutes' execution of commissioned research activities.  

Tecnical and industrial institutes

Evaluation of tecnical and industrial institutes 1995-2001 (2002). In Norwegian only

Evaluation reports available as hard copies
Evaluation of SINTEF Unimed (2001)
Evaluation of MARINTEK, Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institution (2001)

Evaluation of petroleum related research at IFE (2000) 
Evaluation of SINTEF industrial management (2000)
Evaluation of The OECD Halden Reactor Project and the Institute for Energy Technology Halden activities (2000)
Evaluation of Norwegian Materials and Chemistry Research Institutes (1999)
Evaluation of Norwegian Petroleum Research Institutes (1998)
Evaluation of Norwegian Energy Research Institutes (1998)
Evaluation of Norwegian Buliding and Construction Institutes (1997)
Evaluation of Information Technology Research within the Technical-Industrial Research Institutes in Norway (1996)

Primary industry institutes

Evaluation of fish related industry (2001)

Evaluation reports available as hard copies
Evaluation of Planteforsk (2000)
Evaluation of NISK (2000)
Evaluation of NORSØK (2000)
Evaluation of the veterinary institute (2000)
Evaluation of Akvaforsk (1997)

Instiutes of development, climate and environment

Evaluation of Chr. Michelsens institute (2006)
Evaluation of Polarmiljøsenteret (2006). English summary

Evaluation reports available as hard copies
Evaluation Cicero, Center for int. climate and environmental resesarch (2000) Evaluation of NILU, NIVA, Jordforsk og NIKU (1999)
Evaluation of Norwegian institute of air research (1997)

Institutes of social sciences

Evaluation of NIFU and STEP (2001). In Norwegian only

Evaluation reports available as hard copies
Evaluation of FAFO, ISF, NIBR og NOVA (2001)
Evaluation of the regional institutes (2000) (Finnmarksforskning, NORUT Samfunnsforskning, Vestlandsforskning, Østfoldforskning, Telemarksforsking-Bø og Telemarksforsking-Notodden)
Evaluation of AFI, NILF, SNF, SSB og TØI (1998)

Published:
 22.12.2008
Last updated:
03.02.2009