Comparative Table of Parliamentary TA Institutions
AUSTRIA - THE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Organisation
The ITA is a research unit of the ÖAW, which for its part is one of the
largest non-university research institutions in Austria with a
particular focus on basic research. In accordance with the
interdisciplinary approach of TA, the ITA was set up as an institute of
the "Academy as a whole", not related to one of its two
multidisciplinary chapters. The ITA is advised and supported by an
international scientific advisory board (SAB) and is evaluated
externally at six yearly intervals. Currently, the ITA has around 20
employees. Its work is financed by the Ministry of Science through the
ÖAW and, accounting for roughly one third of the budget, by third-party
funds (e.g. the Research Fund, various Austrian ministries, the EU
etc.). The overall budget runs to around 1.5 million EUR.