We’re transforming research systems and cultures

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

Unlocking the potential of the US$ 3 trillion invested globally in research.

RoRI aims to unlock more of the potential of the US$ 3.8 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.

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Could agentic AI topple grant-funding systems?

RoRI’s James Wilsdon and UCL’s Geraint Rees argue in Nature that the rise of agentic AI threatens to collapse traditional research funding systems

Seizing the ‘Meta-Moment’ in Japan

RoRI’s James Wilsdon shares insights on the global metascience surge at Tokyo metascience meetup

RoRI welcomes ZonMw and the British Academy as Core Partners

We are pleased to announce two new Core Partners: ZonMw,…

New RoRI project: PATHWAYS – Advancing Research on Research Use to Enhance Positive Impact

RoRI has begun work on a new project in partnership…

Does targeted research funding reshape research landscapes?

New evidence from Research Council Norway (RCN) and the Swiss…

Rethinking research assessment at the OECD

RoRI Research Fellow Seunghyun Lee attended the OECD Global Science…

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.

Narratives

The uses and evaluation of researchers’ narrative CVs

Criteria

Exploring gender inequality in research funding

AFIRE

Accelerator For Innovation & Research Funding Experimentation

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RoRI’s Impact

Research on Research Institute Impact report
January 2023 – June 2025

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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.

Partners

RoRI has 20 core partners from 12 countries, who are responsible for the co-design and delivery of the RoRI programme

About

In 2019, we founded RoRI on a simple idea: that the challenges of transforming research systems need more robust, systematic and comparative evidence.