inspire research Beratungsgesellschaft m.b.H.

inspire research Beratungsgesellschaft m.b.H. is an Austrian consultancy based in Vienna that specialises in the analysis of research and innovation policy. According to its own description, the firm provides analysis of research and innovation policy in all aspects, covering financing and co-operation, management and control, institutions and governance, support activities and regulation, and results and impacts. Its clients and target groups include decision-makers in public administration, research councils and innovation agencies, higher education institutions, public research institutions and the private sector. Rather than acting as a pure data provider, inspire research positions itself as an external perspective that puts data, information, experience, assessments, opinions, processes and routines into context for decision-makers. The company also offers process support and designs measures intended to increase the societal and economic value added generated by research and innovation activities. Its work is therefore close to the fields of research evaluation, bibliometrics, science and innovation policy advice, and programme evaluation. Documented projects include a bibliometric analysis of Austrian publications from 2013 to 2022 funded by organisations such as ERC, MSCA, H2020, ERDF, FWF, CDG, COMET and other FFG programmes, examining visibility, resonance and cooperation with companies. inspire research has also been commissioned by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to evaluate its Clinical Trials programme, and has evaluated the Energie.Frei.Raum funding programme for the Austrian ministry formerly known as BMK (now BMIMI). The company is registered in Vienna, Austria, and operates primarily in the German-speaking and wider European research policy market. It is a private limited liability company (m.b.H.) and, as of available evidence, is not listed on a stock exchange.

inspire research Beratungsgesellschaft m.b.H. is a Vienna-based consultancy focused on research and innovation policy. Publicly available evidence does not document a founding date, founder or ownership structure, but the company is registered in Vienna, Austria, and operates as a private limited liability company (m.b.H.). Its self-description states that it provides analysis of research and innovation policy in all aspects, with key issues including financing and co-operation, management and control, institutions and governance, support activities and regulation, and results and impacts. The firm positions itself as an external analyst that helps decision-makers in public administration, research councils and innovation agencies, higher education, public research institutions and the private sector reflect on and better understand their actions. Beyond analysis, it offers process support and designs measures to increase the societal and economic value added generated by research and innovation activities. Documented work includes a bibliometric study of Austrian publications from 2013 to 2022, funded by organisations such as ERC, MSCA, H2020, ERDF, FWF, CDG, COMET and other FFG programmes, which examined visibility, resonance and cooperation with companies. The company has also been commissioned by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to evaluate its Clinical Trials programme, focusing on the appropriateness of the proposal evaluation and selection process, opportunities and risks during the study, assessment of study results and impacts, and the needs of the community and structural framework conditions. In addition, inspire research evaluated the Energie.Frei.Raum funding programme for the Austrian ministry formerly known as BMK (now BMIMI), which funds regulatory sandbox projects in the energy sector. These examples indicate a practice centred on evaluation, bibliometrics and policy advice for research funders and public bodies, primarily in Austria and Germany within the wider European research area.

• Bibliometric analysis of Austrian publications from 2013 to 2022 funded by ERC, MSCA, H2020, ERDF, FWF, CDG, COMET and other FFG programmes, examining visibility, resonance and cooperation with companies.

• Commissioned by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to evaluate its Clinical Trials programme, which has funded clinical trials since 2013.

• Evaluation of the Energie.Frei.Raum funding programme for the Austrian ministry formerly known as BMK (now BMIMI), covering regulatory sandbox projects in the energy sector.

External, context-providing analyst and evaluator for research and innovation policy decision-makers in public administration, research councils, innovation agencies, higher education, public research institutions and the private sector.

• Research and innovation policy analysis

  Analysis covering financing and co-operation, management and control, institutions and governance, support activities and regulation, and results and impacts.

• Programme evaluation

  Evaluation services for research funding programmes, including the DFG Clinical Trials Programme and the Energie.Frei.Raum programme.

• Bibliometric analysis

  Bibliometric studies of research publications, including analysis of visibility, resonance and cooperation with companies.

• Process support and measure design

  Support for processes and design of measures to increase the societal and economic value added generated by research and innovation activities.

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