Study Commissioned: Evaluation of the doc.funds Program

The FWF invited bids for an evaluation of the doc.funds program in September 2024. After evaluation by a jury and a decision by the FWF Executive Board, the contract was awarded to a consortium consisting of the 3s Research Laboratory – Forschungsverein and the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), University of Twente.

March 25, 2025

Person writing on flipchart. — The FWF invited bids for an evaluation of the doc.funds program in September 2024. © Unsplash/Kvalifik

The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) invited bids for the evaluation of the doc.funds program in September 2024. The FWF received four bids from three countries. After evaluation by a jury and a decision by the FWF Executive Board, the €100,000 contract was awarded to a consortium consisting of the 3s Research Laboratory – Forschungsverein and the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS), University of Twente. The final results are expected to be ready for publication in the fourth quarter of 2025.

The bidding procedure was carried out in accordance with the FWF rules on the quality and transparency of evaluations, studies, and research policy services and the evaluation standards of the Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation (fteval).