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Future models of funding and evaluating transdisciplinary research [completed]
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RoRI Atlas of Peer Review
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Advancing Research on Research Use to Enhance Positive Impact
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The uses and evaluation of researchers’ narrative CVs
MetaROR
Translating Publish-Review-Curate outputs into actionable signals for research funders: A MetaROR Study
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A study of cumulative advantages in funding allocation [completed]
GRAIL
Getting responsible about AI and machine learning in research funding and evaluation [completed]
Funder Data Platform
A Secure Collaboration Hub for Metascience
Criteria
Exploring gender inequality in research funding
Atlas of Assessment
New geographies of research assessment
Upcoming
ECR Research on Research Seminar Series (ECR RoRSS)
1 Mar – 31 Dec 2026
We’re launching a new series of online talks by early career researchers (ECRs) on metascience / research on research topics (in their broadest senses). Each talk could be focused on completed research you want to share, work in progress you want to brainstorm with colleagues, or ideas for advancing metascience or future research you’d like […]
Desk Rejection: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
14 Oct 2026, 3pm–4pm
This session of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group will dive into Desk Rejection, the practice whereby staff at a funding agency screen applications early in the process and remove those that are unlikely to succeed, without sending them out for external peer review. The AFIRE Experimental Funders Group series provides a dedicated space for research […]
‘Lottery First’ methods: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
16 Dec 2026, 8am–9am
This session of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group will dive into ‘Lottery First’ methods, exploring the idea of allocating research grants where random selection replaces part of the traditional ranking process. The AFIRE Experimental Funders Group series provides a dedicated space for research funders to delve into current issues, share experimental approaches, and discuss the […]
Past events
The emerging shape of REF 2028
5 Jul 2023, 11:30am–12:30pm
Digesting, debating and delivering the outcomes of the UK’s Future of Research Assessment Programme Since 1986, UK universities have lived through eight cycles of national research assessment. Over that time, the purposes and methods of assessment have evolved and become more complex. The last Research Excellence Framework—REF 2021—involved 157 institutions submitting over 185,000 research outputs […]
Can AI predict research impacts?
15 Jun 2023, 6pm–7:30pm
The success or failure of medical research is judged by patient outcomes far downstream of the strategic decisions that initiate it. Optimising translational impact therefore relies on long range forecasting, for which no established framework exists. The evaluation of research proposals by expert appraisal of their content is undermined by difficulties with scaling, reproducibility, generalisability, […]
Invert the order! Government’s role in shaping a science superpower
18 May 2023, 6pm–7pm
What is required for the UK to stay at the cutting edge of science and technology and make harnessing its benefits our national purpose? And what role does the government have in that? Former special adviser on Science & Technology to the UK Prime Minister, James Phillips, reflects on his experiences at the nerve centre […]
Machine learning, metrics & merit: the future of research assessment
12 Dec 2022, 8am–5pm
The use of quantitative indicators and metrics in research assessment continues to generate a mix of enthusiasm, hostility and critique. To these possibilities, we can add growing interest in uses of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to automate assessment processes, and reduce the cost and bureaucracy of conventional methods of peer and panel-based review. […]
When priorities don’t align with needs: the case of mental health research
21 Jul 2022, 4pm–5pm
Mental ill-health and well-being are increasingly recognised as being intimately linked to a wide range of environmental and social factors. As such, the ways in which researchers approach, understand, and engage with mental health must be broad, ranging from the biophysiological mechanisms underpinning brain function, to the societal determinants which alter it. The significance of […]
The Quantified Scholar
16 Jun 2022, 3:30pm–4:30pm
Around the world, the good, the bad and the ugly in research cultures are the focus of unprecedented scrutiny and debate. Imperatives of equality, diversity, inclusion, impact, integrity and sustainability are forcing overdue change to institutions, policies and practices. But there is still a long way to go. Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, associate professor of sociology […]
