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Future models of funding and evaluating transdisciplinary research [completed]
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Research funding landscape analysis
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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
META-MOMENT
Summary Metascience is exploding into the mainstream. Its simple premise – to turn the data and methods of science back towards analysing and improving science itself – is increasingly being adopted and advanced by governments, funding agencies and researchers themselves. These agendas aren’t new: metascience builds on longstanding research into research systems. But there is […]
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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 […]
Interdisciplinarity & Transdisciplinarity (ECR RoRSS)
8 Jul 2026, 12pm
Wednesday 8 July 2026 07:00 (EDT) / 12:00 (BST) / 13:00 (CEST) / 21:00 (AEST) Part of the ECR Research on Research Seminar Series. Anne-Sophie Schaltegger, ETH Zürich A social and cultural perspective on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research assessment: learning from three Swiss funding schemes Research assessment mechanisms are still considered one of the main […]
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
Distributed Peer Review: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
17 Jun 2026, 3pm–4pm
This session of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group will dive into Distributed Peer Review (DPR) – a reciprocal model where applicants themselves participate in the review 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 future of research and […]
Past and Future of Research Funding: From Beginnings to New Developments
17 Jun 2026, 12pm–1pm
Wednesday 17 June 2026 13:00 (CEST) / 12:00 (BST) / 07:00 (EDT) Finn Luebber, Universität Lübeck, Germany About the seminar Institutionally organized research funding is a rather new development that has its roots in the beginnings of the last century. A marked increase in funding during and after World War II in the US led […]
Scientific Production in the Era of Large Language Models: Early Evidence from Large-scale Preprint Data
26 May 2026, 2pm–3pm
Tuesday 26 May at 9:00 (EDT) / 14:00 (BST) / 15:00 (CEST) Speaker: Yian Yin, Cornell University, USA About the seminar The rapid adoption of AI across disciplines is reshaping the landscape of scientific production. While both enthusiasm and concern about generative AI in research are rising, systematic empirical evidence on the impact of large […]
AI in Funding: AFIRE Experimental Funders Group
13 May 2026, 3pm–4pm
Join us for the first session in the latest series of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group. These workshops provide a dedicated space for research funders to delve into current issues, share experimental approaches, and discuss the future of research and innovation (R&I) funding. The session focuses on the rapidly evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence in […]
Metascience 2025 Conference
30 Jun – 2 Jul 2025
June 30 – July 2, 2025University College London From 30 June to 2 July 2025, the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) and the Center for Open Science (COS) welcomed over 800 researchers, funders, policymakers, and innovators from 65 countries to explore the future of science and research systems. Metascience 2025 marked one of RoRI’s biggest […]
Launching Funding by Algorithm: A Handbook for research funders on using AI
20 Jun 2025, 12pm–1pm
Join us for the launch of Funding by Algorithm: A handbook for responsible uses of AI and machine learning by research funders – a major new publication from the Research on Research Institute (RoRI). AI is already transforming research systems around the world. But how can funders make informed, ethical, and effective choices about using AI in […]
More and More and More: why energy transitions are an unhelpful myth
27 May 2025, 4pm–6pm
Think we’re transitioning to green energy? Think again. Join us for a talk on the history, mythology and politics of energy transitions. Join us for a compelling discussion with Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, historian and researcher at CNRS & the Alexandre Koyré Center of EHESS in Paris, as he forensically dissects the past and future potential for energy […]
Two-stage versus continuous application processing
21 May 2025, 4pm–5pm
Curious about how different grant processes shape outcomes for both applicants and funders? In this talk, we share our experiences with continuous and two-stage processes – from shrinking average waiting times by more than 60 % through continuous handling, to reducing overall writing effort by nearly half using a two-stage model. Our analyses reveal how […]
Do we need a new generation of public institutions for ST&I?
30 Apr 2025, 4pm–6pm
Do we need a new generation of public institutions for ST&I? Public institutions for science and technology have hardly changed over half a century; even the UK’s most recent creation, ARIA, is consciously modelled on a US institution founded in the 1960s. But there is much to learn from other sectors that have innovated far […]
