This project was about systematically improving the knowledge on the situation of research active universities in Europe and how requirements and conditions imposed by national funding agencies affect this situation. This was done through four main steps:

1.    Assessment and further development of the templates for data on universities and public funding agencies as provided by JRC-IPTS.

2.   Collecting data for a sample of 60 public funding agencies (in two waves including 30 agencies each) across the EU and six associated countries. 

3.   Collecting data for a sample of 200 research active universities (in two waves including 100 universities each) across the EU and six associated countries. In addition to general information, data was collected on governance and management, human resources, academic output and third mission activities.

4.   A descriptive analysis of the information provided through the data collection on public funding agencies in two steps; a preliminary analysis based on the first subset of data, and a final analysis based on the full dataset.