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Designing and implementing a research integrity promotion plan: Recommendations for research funders

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  • Serge P J M Horbach
  • Lex M Bouter, VU University Amsterdam
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  • George Gaskell, The London School of Economics and Political Science
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  • Maura Hiney, Health Research Board Ireland
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  • Panagiotis Kavouras, National Technical University of Athens
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  • Niels Mejlgaard
  • Nick Allum, University of Essex
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  • Noémie Aubert Bonn, Amsterdam UMC
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  • Anna-Kathrine Bendtsen
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  • Costas A Charitidis, National Technical University of Athens
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  • Nik Claesen, European Association of Research Managers and Administrators
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  • Kris Dierickx, KU Leuven
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  • Anna Domaradzka, University of Warsaw
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  • Andrea Reyes Elizondo, Leiden University
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  • Nicole Föger, Austrian Agency for Research Integrity
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  • Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner, Leiden University
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  • Teodora Konach, Austrian Agency for Research Integrity
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  • Krishma Labib, Amsterdam UMC
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  • Ana Marušić, University of Split
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  • Daniel Pizzolato, KU Leuven
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  • Tine Ravn
  • Rea Roje, University of Split
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  • Mads P Sørensen
  • Borana Taraj, European Association of Research Managers and Administrators
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  • Giuseppe A Veltri, University of Trento
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  • Joeri K Tijdink, VU University Amsterdam

Various stakeholders in science have put research integrity high on their agenda. Among them, research funders are prominently placed to foster research integrity by requiring that the organizations and individual researchers they support make an explicit commitment to research integrity. Moreover, funders need to adopt appropriate research integrity practices themselves. To facilitate this, we recommend that funders develop and implement a Research Integrity Promotion Plan (RIPP). This Consensus View offers a range of examples of how funders are already promoting research integrity, distills 6 core topics that funders should cover in a RIPP, and provides guidelines on how to develop and implement a RIPP. We believe that the 6 core topics we put forward will guide funders towards strengthening research integrity policy in their organization and guide the researchers and research organizations they fund.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere3001773
JournalPLoS Biology
Volume20
Issue8
Pages (from-to)e3001773
ISSN1545-7885
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2022

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