How to manage and utilize the information from R&D evaluation?

The management and utilization of information from the R&D evaluation is an important construct in performance-based R&D management systems. This paper is to analyze information from the evaluation systems of government R&D activities and to suggest policy implications that could make more effective management and utilization of evaluation information. For the effective utilization of evaluation information, active linkage of R&D management systems and sharing of information among agencies are necessary. The linkage model of R&D evaluation systems can be designed by following procedures; 1) investigation of information from evaluation systems, 2) identification of information needs, 3) making evaluation data flow diagram, 4) conceptual design of the linkage model, 5) operational design of the linkage model. The information from R&D evaluation sho uld be open to the interest groups as much as possible for the transparency and fair ness. For the effective linkage of R&D evaluation systems, standardization of terminology of evaluation criteria and classification code of R&D projects is suggested. Interrelation among expert databases of each agency is one of the most practical exam ples of the linkage model in the evaluation systems. The author provides some reco mmendations for more integrative evaluation systems in a national level.