SSIC: positive report on structural impact

The Swiss Science and Innovation Council (SSIC) analysed the impact of the first series of NCCRs. They were launched in 2001 and came to an end in 2013. In its report, published in December 2015, the SSIC rates the structural impact of the NCCRs very highly, but it also gives recommendations for future adjustments. Some of these innovations have already been implemented in the three following series of NCCRs. For instance, the SNSF asked the NCCRs to bring their goals more closely into line with the research topics and actively promoted scientific exchanges between the NCCRs.