PEEK Evaluation

Research Policy & Development

ZSIc is responsible for the evaluation of FWF’s programme for Arts-based Research (PEEK)

The objectives of PEEK (see ToRs) are to

support high quality and innovative arts-based research in which artistic practice is integral to inquiry,
increase research capacity, quality and international standing of arts-based researchers working in Austria
increase both public awareness and awareness within the academic and the arts communities of arts-based research and its potential applications.

PEEK started in 2009 and has applied a consequent bottom-up principle from its inception.

The purpose of this evaluation is:

to critically review FWF’s PEEK funding programme in order to identify its strengths and weaknesses and to quantify and qualify the produced output, the generated outcome and the induced impact;
to provide recommendations based on the identified evaluation results and conclusions to the FWF and its supervisory bodies on if and how PEEK should be continued, improved or restructured;
to provide evidence-based and insightful recommendations for the further development of FWF’s general funding strategy for arts-based research for 2022 and beyond.

The scope of the evaluation includes also scrutinising the following aspects (see ToRs):

The contribution of arts-based research induced by PEEK to institutional changes within Austria’s art universities to a more pronounced research orientation
A systematisation of different modes and meanings of arts-based practices of knowledge production
Identification of (implicit) modes of arts-based research the projects refer and adhere to
The personal identities and subject positions within the PEEK projects, the meaning of working in a PEEK project and the relation between motivations to work in a PEEK project, the personal identities and models of arts-based research
Distinction and commonalities to work in PEEK in comparison to both artistic projects and FWF stand-alone projects in terms of substance and scope, knowledge generation, applied methods, personal identities and motivation
Forms of collaboration in PEEK projects
Relations to international and local contexts
The rationale for applying for PEEK funding vis-à-vis alternative funding potentials (e.g. stand-alone projects)
International examples of other research funding institutions comparable to the FWF in terms of their experience with funding instruments similar to PEEK.

The evaluation employs a multi-method evaluation design that comprises the following elements:

Desk research (state-of-art literature review, analysis of funding statistics)
Content analysis of PEEK final reports in comparison to stand-alone projects
Narrative interviews with PEEK grantees
Online Survey with PEEK grantees and applicants
Interviews with representatives of the PEEK board, FWF personnel and art universities
Analysis of three comparable international funding schemes

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Section: Research Policy & Development

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Type: Research

Submission Date: 03/2020

Project Status: Finished

Start/End: 06/2020 - 01/2022

Project Duration: 20 months