Designing and implementing a research integrity promotion plan: Recommendations for research funders

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Abstract

Various stakeholders in science have put research integrity high on their agenda. Among them, research funders are prominently placed to foster research integrity by requiring that the organizations and individual researchers they support make an explicit commitment to research integrity. Moreover, funders need to adopt appropriate research integrity practices themselves. To facilitate this, we recommend that funders develop and implement a Research Integrity Promotion Plan (RIPP). This Consensus View offers a range of examples of how funders are already promoting research integrity, distills 6 core topics that funders should cover in a RIPP, and provides guidelines on how to develop and implement a RIPP. We believe that the 6 core topics we put forward will guide funders towards strengthening research integrity policy in their organization and guide the researchers and research organizations they fund.

Authors 26

1. Serge P. J. M. Horbach

   Aarhus University

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   Aarhus University

2. L.M. Bouter

   Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

   Affiliation as printed

   Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

3. GEORGE D. GASKELL

   London School of Economics and Political Science

   Affiliation as printed

   London School of Economics and Political Science

4. Maura P. Hiney

   Health Research Board

   Affiliation as printed

   Health Research Board

5. Panagiotis Kavouras

   National Technical University of Athens

   Affiliation as printed

   National Technical University of Athens

6. Niels Mejlgaard

   Aarhus University

   Affiliation as printed

   Aarhus University

7. Nick Allum

   University of Essex

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   University of Essex

8. Noémie Aubert Bonn

   Amsterdam University Medical Centers

   Affiliation as printed

   Amsterdam University Medical Centers

9. Anna-Kathrine Bendtsen

   Aarhus University

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   Aarhus University

10. Costas A. Charitidis

    National Technical University of Athens

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    National Technical University of Athens

11. Nik Claesen

    European Association of Research Managers and Administrators

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    EARMA

12. Kris Dierickx

    KU Leuven

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    KU Leuven

13. Anna Domoradzka

    University of Warsaw

    Affiliation as printed

    University of Warsaw

14. Andrea Reyes Elizondo Aachen

    Leiden University

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    Leiden University

15. Nicole Föger
    Affiliation as printed

    Austrian Agency for Research Integrity

16. Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner Aachen

    Leiden University

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    Leiden University

17. Teodora Konach
    Affiliation as printed

    Austrian Agency for Research Integrity

18. Krishma Labib

    Amsterdam University Medical Centers

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    Amsterdam University Medical Centers

19. Ana Marušić

    University of Split

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    University of Split School of Medicine

20. Daniel Pizzolato

    KU Leuven

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    KU Leuven

21. Tine Ravn

    Aarhus University

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    Aarhus University

22. Rea Roje

    University of Split

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    University of Split School of Medicine

23. Mads P. Sørensen

    Aarhus University

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    Aarhus University

24. Borana Taraj

    European Association of Research Managers and Administrators

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    EARMA

25. Giuseppe Veltri

    University of Trento

    Affiliation as printed

    University of Trento

26. Joeri K. Tijdink

    Amsterdam University Medical Centers

    Affiliation as printed

    Amsterdam University Medical Centers