Challenges addressed by the project
Reliable and trustworthy research is founded on principles of research ethics and integrity. To foster and strengthen a more responsible research culture, research institutions and funders should recognise their crucial role in shaping the research environment.
In order to bolster these endeavors and provide guidance to institutions in establishing a practical framework for promoting responsible research, the SOPs4RI project (Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity) developed an open and adjustable Research Integrity Promotion Plan for research performing institution and research funders, with a free, on-line toolbox with over 130 useful resources, recommendations, guidelines, checklists and many more.
This 48 months EU project was funded under H2020-SwafS-2018-2020/H2020-SwafS-2018-1 call with a grant of 3.999.860,00 €.
Main project objective/mission
SOPs4RI’s co-creative approach to the development and empirical validation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines enabled a final pilot testing of the Research Integrity Promotion Plans in fifteen RPOs and RFOs in Europe and worldwide.
Leveraging insights garnered from these practical implementations, the project offered practical tools, templates and guidelines for setting up Research Integrity Promotion Plans in various organisational contexts.
Consortium
Coordinator: UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS (AU)
Partners: EARMA, AMSTERDAM UMC (VUMC), UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT (MEFST), UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX (UESSEX), AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR RESEARCH INTEGRITY (OEAWI), NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS (NTUA), UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN (UL), THE HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD (HRB), KU LEUVEN, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS (LSE), UNIVERSITY OF STUDIES OF TRENTO (UNITN), UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW (UNIWARSAW)
Benefits for EARMA community
EARMA community was very actively contributing to the pilot testing phase, with representatives from member institutions such as the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Ghent University, University Pompeu Fabra, Eindhoven University of Technology providing commentary, revisions, co-authorship, and even developing additional templates and checklists for the implementation of an institutional Research Integrity Promotion Plan.
Watch and read the testimonials of the community here.
The EARMA community of Research Managers and Administrators benefits from this initiative by contributing to:
- A proven policy impact, as the Research Integrity Promotion Plans are referenced in the contractual obligation under the Horizon Europe framework (declaration in part A of each submitted EU research proposal).
- Supporting and fine-tuning the novel approach to strengthening research integrity at institutional level, specifically through the co-development of the operational framework for fostering responsible research via Research Integrity Promotion Plans (RIPPs), tailored to the needs of both research institutions and funders.
- Strengthening the recognition of research managers and administrators as key stakeholders within research landscape (watch the video on RMAs perspective here).
- Co-developing the free, on-line toolbox for research performing institutions and research funders with over 130 practical resources, recommendations, guidelines, checklists, most of which are available under CC licenses and/or are not copyrightable.
- Key outcomes of the project, as the Research Integrity Promotion Plans and the toolbox, that have entered the Horizon Europe programme guide.
Contact
More information is available on the project website.
Project duration: January 2019 – January 2023
For questions, please contact projects@earma.org.
The project leading to this application has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 824481.
