Funding and supporting think tanks

The effect that funders and other supporters of policy research and think tanks have on them should not be underestimated. Often, schemes to support policy research organisations turn out to be damaging to them and their objectives. OTT dedicates considerable efforts to study and support funders and supporters in shaping think tanks and their contribution to policy and public life. Of particular interest for OTT is the role of domestic funders, transparency, and the long term development of individual skills, organisational competence, and the institutions that will maximise the contribution of research to policy.