Evaluating health research funding in Ireland: Assessing the impacts of the health research board of Ireland's funding activities

Research Evaluation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-200

  Nason, Edward ^a   Curran, Brendan ^b   Hanney, Stephen ^c   Janta, Barbara ^d   Hastings, Gillian ^e   O'Driscoll, Mairéad ^b   Wooding, Steven ^d  

^a Institute On Governance   (Canada)

^b HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e HEALTH INFORMATION AND QUALITY AUTHORITY   (Ireland)

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EID: 80053589333     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/095820211X12941371876823     Document Type: Article

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