Questions from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
Science, Research and Innovation - RDI Investment appraisal
Marginal value of RDI: What is the marginal value of RDI in a programme? Many different research projects are funded in open research calls - how does the average value of these research projects compare to the marginal value of the last research project chosen?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Science, Research and Innovation - RDI Investment appraisal
New methodologies for valuing the impact of RDI programmes: What new methodologies exist for valuing the impact of individual RDI programmes? Are there ways to accurately estimate programme-specific spill overs or indirect impacts?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Science, Research and Innovation - Strategic RDI research
Optimisation of strategy and priority setting institutions and governance in the RDI system: Do we have the right institutional model for strategy and priority setting at all levels across the UK RDI system to deliver the ambitions of the Science and Technology framework?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Science, Research and Innovation - Strategic RDI research
Optimisation of the RDI system: What is the ‘optimal’ balance for public investment across the RDI landscape, including (but not limited to) the balance of funding by research type (basic, applied, experimental and innovation)? What are options for change and what is their impact on the RDI system?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
International Research and Innovation - Understanding local impacts of international R&I
Does international R&I activity in UK universities incentivise the creation of local clusters or agglomerations of business and research organisations? Are there concrete examples of this? What are the causal factors?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024