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Over the past decade, the number of public interventions in R&D has risen considerably; the growth has not just been in a numerical sense – about 60 different programmes were launched during the last years – but also in terms of differentiation. These interventions address structural flaccidities as well as market and system failures, basic instruments were strengthened and funding gaps closed. Facing this rise of complexity, policy makers and stakeholders are calling for more evidence, for more accountability and for more impact measurement – a necessary and desirable call for a better, evidence based policy. Evaluation is the key instrument for providing such information, independent assessments and recommendations on how to improve. This book gives an overview about evaluations compiled in the field of research and technology policy in Austria over the past few years. The editors’ motivation was to contribute to the evaluation culture in our country by making recent evaluation reports accessible and transparent.