R&D Evaluation - Estonian Research Council

Estonian Research Council organises the evaluations of research and development. Evaluation means external evaluation of research and development, which since 2010 is carried out either as a regular evaluation for assessing the level of a field of research, or as a targeted evaluation for developing research policy and for obtaining the information necessary for organising of research and development in a field of science.

Legislation and documents of Regular Evaluation

Regular Evaluation Guidance 2024

Organisation of Research and Development Act

Higher Education Act

Positively evaluated R&D institutions

Research performing organisation	Field of research evaluated	Date of decision approval
BioCC**	life and environmental sciences	18 November 2015
Center of Food and Fermentation Technologies	natural sciences	22 August 2017
Competence Centre on Health Technologies	health sciences	11 June 2015
Cybernetica AS	natural sciences	22 August 2017
Estonian Biocentre (University of Tartu)*	natural sciences	22 August 2017
Icosagen Cell Factory OÜ	medical and health sciences	04 December 2020
Institute of the Estonian Language	humanities and the arts	22 August 2017
Estonian Literary Museum	humanities and the arts	22 August 2017
Estonian Academy of Arts	humanities and the arts engineering and technology	22 August 2017 23 July 2021
Estonian University of Life Sciences	natural sciences engineering and technology agricultural and veterinary sciences	22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017
Central Office of Metrology in Estonia Metrosert AS	engineering and technology	23 July 2021
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre	humanities and the arts	22 August 2017
Estonian National Museum	humanities and the arts	22 August 2017
Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (previously Estonian Crop Research Institute)	agricultural and veterinary sciences	22 August 2017
Under and Tuglas Literature Centre of the Estonian Academy of Sciences	humanities and the arts	22 August 2017
Estonian Business School	social sciences	22 August 2017
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics	natural sciences engineering and technology medical and health sciences	22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017
Protobios OÜ	medical and health sciences	22 August 2017
Tallinn University of Technology	natural sciences engineering and technology medical and health sciences agricultural and veterinary sciences social sciences humanities and the arts	22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017
Tallinn University	natural sciences social sciences humanities and the arts	22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017
STACC OÜ (previously Software Technology and Applications Competence Center)	natural sciences	22 August 2017
Tartu Observatory (University of Tartu)*	natural sciences	22 August 2017
University of Tartu	natural sciences engineering and technology medical and health sciences agricultural and veterinary sciences social sciences humanities and the arts	22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017 22 August 2017
National Institute for Health Development	medical and health sciences	22 August 2017
Competence Centre on Health Technologies	health sciences	11 June 2015
BioCC LLC (prior Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products LLC)	biosciences and environment	18 November 2015

*01.01.2018 – joined with the University of Tartu

** Organisation of Research and Development Act § 21⁴. (2) A positive decision made in a regular evaluation of 2015–2017 remains in force until the approval of the results of the regular evaluation round of 2024.