Evaluation of the Strategic Project Grants (SPG) Program : Évaluation du Programme de subventions de projets stratégiques (SPS) : rapport sommaire

The purpose of the evaluation was to provide NSERC senior management with an assessment of the relevance and performance of the program. [...] The evaluation was also designed to ensure that NSERC meets the requirements of subsection 42.1(1) of the Financial Administration Act and the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Policy on Evaluation.1 The evaluation questions were developed in consultation with RPP senior management, and address the core evaluation issues laid out in the Directive on the Evaluation Function. [...] The SPG program has made a significant contribution to research in the target areas and the priorities of the science and technology strategy. [...] The evaluation was also designed to ensure that NSERC meets the requirements of section 42.1(1) of the Financial Administration Act and the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Policy on Evaluation.2 The SPG Program The SPG program was launched in 1977 by the National Research Council (NRC) and subsequently transferred to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) when it was establishe [...] The logic model illustrates the program rationale (at the bottom) and identifies the linkages between the program activities and outputs and the immediate, intermediate and final outcomes (at the top).