La evaluación de Proyectos de Investigación por la Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva

Evaluation of research projects by the Spanish Agency of Evaluation and Prospective. This paper describes the procedure used by the Spanish Agency of Evaluation and Prospective (ANEP) to evaluate research projects. The problems involved in the peer review system used by the ANEP are analysed, and the following parameters used in the evaluation process, and the weights assigned to them, are discussed: experience of the research team, relevance of the objectives, viability of the proposal, coordination between research groups, dissemination of results, budget suitability, research group training capability, assignment of technicians, final report, and final evaluation of the research project. Recent descriptive data from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, in the research areas of Psychology and Education, are presented, providing an overview of current Spanish research in psychology and education. Results show that psychology research projects receive more favourable evaluations than projects in education. Results are disaggregated by sex, university, autonomous region, specific academic field, and other variables of interest. Finally, some tentative conclusions are drawn and future perspectives are discussed.