01017nas a2200169   4500000000100000000000100001008003900002260008600041100001800127700002100145700002000166700002700186700002600213245011000239856004100349520045700390       0                             d  cDecember 2021bNordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education1 aLiv Langfeldt1 aLina Ingeborgrud1 aIngvild Reymert1 aSilje Marie Svartefoss1 aSiri Brorstad Borlaug00aEvaluation of the Spark pilot: Identifying novel and unconventional research by doubleblinded peer review  uhttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/29959103 aThis report presents the results of an evaluation of the Spark pilot, a research funding instrument which was piloted by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) in 2019 and 2020 to enable rapid funding of unconventional research ideas. The evaluation report was commissioned by the SNSF, to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the funding instrument, and to provide the SNSF with recommendations on a possible future Spark funding instrument.