Evaluation of Funding Practices at Östersjöstiftelsen
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Research funding, Funding portfoliosAbstract
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (Östersjöstiftelsen) commissioned in autumn 2018 a study of Östersjöstiftelsen’s funding practices of research activities at Södertörn University to the Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy (CFA). This report presents the outcome of this study. CFA was asked to evaluate the efficiency of the practiced funding instruments given the existing contextual framing, i.e. Östersjöstiftelsen’s statutes and regulations, and this report is meant to give Östersjöstiftelsen a solid foundation for discussing and making decisions concerning the composition and balance of their overall funding instrument portfolio.
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