A consortium of 18 universities including Southampton – members of the UK Reproducibility Network – has received significant funding to drive uptake of open research practices across the sector, furthering the UK’s position at the forefront of rigorous and reproducible research.
The Bristol-led project is worth £8.5M over five years and includes £4.5M from the Research England Development (RED) Fund. The projects’s objectives are:
- Developing and delivering innovative, multi-institutional, high-quality training in open and transparent research practice;
- Developing and delivering a framework for ongoing evaluation of institutional practice and learning in open research, leading to the embedding of a culture of continuous research improvement;
- Sharing effective practice among partner institutions and across the sector, and promoting the alignment of incentives, embedded in institutional practice, to drive uptake of open research.
Professor Mark Spearing, Dr Alison Knight (Head of Research Integrity and Governance, and UKRN institutional lead at Southampton), and Dr Christian Bokhove (UKRN Local Network Lead at Southampton) agree: “We are delighted for Southampton be involved in this important project as part of efforts to improve open research practices across the HEI sector. Open research is a key pillar of the work we and others do at the University to support both the quality and integrity of our research, as well as an important factor to help embed and sustain a positive research culture.”
For more information please contact the Institutional Lead Dave Steynor or the local network lead Christian Bokhove.