Ex-post analysis of national programmes KONTAKT, INGO, EUREKA and COST

This article summarises main findings of an ex-post analysis of national programmes fostering international collaboration in research and development - KONTAKT, INGO, EUREKA and COST. The analysis was based on descriptive analyses of data from the publicly accessible part of the Information system of research, development and innovation, and a questionnaire survey. It analyses information on projects and their results as well as their general impacts on research institutions. As for disciplines, the programmes mostly supported Physics and Mathematics, Technical sciences, Bio sciences and Chemistry. The most frequent types of activities were basic and applied research. In the last decade, the programmes KONTAKT, INGO and COST showed a common trend of an increase of basic research activities, which became the dominant type. The main types of results were articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings. The evaluation also revealed that such papers were the most frequent result of applied research projects. In general, the results of the programmes were used for further research activities. Beside research activities and international collaboration, the programmes had positive impacts especially on human resources development and innovative capabilities of supported companies.