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Table 1 Guidelines on the Evaluation Standards for Honorable Failure

From: A case study on the improvement of institution of “High-Risk High-Return R&D” in Korea

Classification

Criteria for Evaluation

Indicators (Example)

Integrity of research process

Reason for under-achievement

∙ Challenging goals

∙ Failure to meet goal due to external factors

Appropriateness of method and process of research

∙ Evaluation of research method (whether it was retried after failure)

∙ Evaluation of research process (sincere record of research notes, demonstration of progress)

Judgment of value derived from research process

Effect of results

∙ Project performance of the results derived from research process

∙ Research in a whole new field and originality of the method

Contribution to follow-up research

∙ Research results that can help with follow-up research

  1. Source: Guidelines for Providing Opportunities for R&D Retry, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), 2013