The review and decision-making process in the Excellence Strategy consists of a draft proposal stage and a proposal stage. The individual review stages were each followed by an online survey of the reviewers involved.

This report relates to the results of these surveys, which were conducted by uzbonn – empirical social research and evaluation consultants – following the review. The surveys were carried out in two waves, corresponding to the two-stage review process. 

Approximately 70 percent of reviewers participated in the survey to evaluate the programme’s review process. This report summarizes the results.