Evaluation of R&D Results in German-speaking Countries

Evaluation is one of the important strategic instruments for obtaining feedback and testifying on the functionality of the management system of research and development (R&D). Based on evaluation results, top officials usually make decisions and then allocate and redirect funds to support public research. The plans of science policy, research priority direction proposals, R&D system reform, and the reorganization of R&D institutions all proceed from the obtained analytical findings and outcomes under the evaluations. This study evaluates the results of research and development (R&D) in German-speaking European countries, namely the evaluation of universities as public sector bodies. This study includes a review of evaluation schemes, according to which, on the basis of profits originating From sales of R&D, originators are rewarded and other redistributions within those universities occurs. In conclusion these evaluations are then compared and confronted with current evaluations of selected Czech universities.