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This report has been prepared for a Mutual Learning Exercise on the evaluation of business R&D grant schemes.
The final report, with recommendations on increasing the impact of the programme, accompanied by BEIS supporting research.
SBRI brings together government challenges and ideas from business to create innovative solutions.
This study presents a thorough review of the SBRI process and the extent to which it achieves its goals and the impact the programme has.
This review from August 2015 has been published for transparency purposes as it supports the report: Leveraging public procurement to grow the innovation economy: an independent review of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) - by David Connell, published in November 2017.
The Ernst and Young Review of the Catapult Network 2017 was an independent review to look at the performance of the Catapult network and how successful it has been in delivering Government’s policy objectives.
Presents key information and data relating to SME activities in the UK, including: Past & future SME performance; Progress on implementing the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA); and the UK Government's SME policy priorities.
The UK Government has announced its intention to build an industrial strategy that addresses long-term challenges to the UK economy, with the aim to improve living standards and economic growth by increasing productivity and driving growth across the whole country. This green paper sets out the proposed approach and some early actions to which the Government has committed. As such it forms the basis of an ongoing consultation to determine the final form that the strategy will take.
The JRC managed Public Research Funding (PREF) study has collected information on and analysed national public research funding. It provides an overview of its evolution and current state in European and selected non-European countries, particularly as concerns funding themes, fields and the types of allocation (competitive project based versus institutional funding). The study was conducted by a consortium led by IRCRES CNR and involving researchers from USI, AIT and NIFU as well as a number of country experts.
This report summarises the work and lessons from the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Administration and Monitoring of R&D tax incentives.
An MLE is a project-based learning process whereby participating countries, assisted by a small group of experts and policy peers, jointly examine a challenge-driven policy question or an implementation issue linked to a policy reform in detail.
This is an independent review of the UK Research Councils, led by Sir Paul Nurse. It reviews why and how the UK should undertake research. The report recognises the UK’s Research Councils as key to delivering one of the most effective research communities in the world. The evidence given as part of the review highlights the Research Councils’ reputation for effectively supporting and promoting research excellence for the benefit of society and the economy. The report makes recommendations for the future of the Research Councils and their communities.
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