Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A Horizon Europe consortium presents its final results at a public end-of-project review meeting attended by the Project Officer and three external experts.
- Is an instance
A UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund programme has a final review including industry and policy stakeholders.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A mid-term review at project midpoint is not an end-of-project review.
- Not an instance
Routine final-report submission without a meeting is not the same as a formal end-of-project review.
Editorial commentary
An end-of-project review is a formal check, held at or shortly after a project’s completion, of whether the work delivered what it originally set out to do. It is usually a structured meeting or evaluative process, not simply the funder reading the final report in isolation — for larger or higher-profile awards it typically includes external experts alongside the funder’s own programme or project officer.
Timing and purpose
The review sits at project close, and its scope is deliberately bounded: it measures achievement against the project’s own original plan and objectives, using the final report as its primary evidence base. It is not asking whether the project changed the world — it is asking whether it did what it said it would do.
vs. interim project review
An interim project review happens at a defined mid-point, checks whether work is on track, and can trigger corrective action or affect continued funding while the project is still running. The end-of-project review happens once, after the work is finished, and looks backward at the complete record rather than forward at continued funding.
vs. impact evaluation
An end-of-project review and an impact evaluation are often confused because both happen around or after a project’s conclusion, but they ask different questions on different timescales. The end-of-project review asks whether the stated plan was delivered, using methods close to a structured progress check. Impact evaluation asks a broader question — what effect did this work actually have, including effects the original plan never specified — typically months or years later, using methods such as counterfactual comparison or theory-based evaluation, and sometimes assessed at a whole-portfolio level rather than for a single award.
Named examples
Horizon Europe consortium projects commonly hold a formal end-of-project review meeting with the Project Officer and external experts present; UKRI’s Strategic Priorities Fund programmes have run final reviews that include industry and policy stakeholders alongside the funder.
Also known as
Final project review · End-of-grant review · Final technical review
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