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Ensuring that we have the evidence we need to realise the full potential of research.

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Unlocking the potential of the US$2.5 trillion invested globally in research.

RoRI aims to unlock more of the potential of the US$2.5 trillion invested globally in research every year. By turning the tools of research back on itself, RoRI generates data and analysis to improve how we fund, practice, evaluate and communicate research.

Metascience 2025 Conference

June 30 – July 2, 2025
University College London

A global gathering for knowledge sharing, community building, and opportunities to define a roadmap of research and intervention priorities to accelerate science.

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Current Projects

Through its flagship projects, RoRI brings together organisations and people who want to change research for the better, creating space for exchange and collaboration.

Matthew

A study of cumulative advantages in funding allocation

Narratives

The uses and evaluation of researchers’ narrative CVs

GRAIL

Getting responsible about AI and machine learning in research funding and evaluation

Funder Data Platform

A Secure Collaboration Hub for Metascience

AGORRA

A global observatory of responsible research assessment

Undisciplined

Future models of funding and evaluating transdisciplinary research

Peer Review

RoRI Atlas of Peer Review

Portfolios

Research funding landscape analysis

MetaROR

A platform for open peer review of metaresearch

AFIRE

Accelerator For Innovation & Research Funding Experimentation
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Resources

Through articles, reports, working papers, experiments and practical tools, RoRI aims to supply the evidence and data that people and organisations need to change research for the better. All RoRI publications and resources are openly available to everyone.

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Resources

Through articles, reports, working papers, experiments and practical tools, RoRI aims to supply the evidence and data that people and organisations need to change research for the better. All RoRI publications and resources are openly available to everyone.

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“The partnerships we’ve built, and the progress we’ve made, reinforce the case for taking research on research to the next level – and for the need for collaborative platforms and soft infrastructures like RoRI to support and amplify these efforts.”

James Wilsdon, Director, RoRI