Open Access Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Efficiency Evaluation on R&D Input and Output

Abstract: As the role of economic development, science and technology got more and more get people's attention, the ef-ficiency of R&D input also gradually becomes the focus of political and academic discussion. This paper expounds the principle of data envelopment method, and then builds an evaluation index system of the efficiency in R&D input and output of the research and development institutions (R&D institutions) based on DEA method, after reading related litera-tures at home and abroad. Using related data of Chinese 30 provinces (lack of Tibet) R&D institutions to verify the estab-lished model, namely, measuring and analyzing output efficiency, input redundancy and output deficiency of Regional R&D institutions in China R&D input, and concluding the regional characteristics of R&D activities. The evaluation In-dex system of regional R&D institutions of our country not only has important guiding significance to the efficiency eval-uation, and the results of the validation research also is of great significance to clear R&D institutions development goals, improve configuration of R&D resources, and improve the level of their scientific research ability