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

PLoS Biol. 2022 Aug 19;20(8):e3001773. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001773. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Policy
  • Research Design*
  • Research Personnel*

Grants and funding

This study was funded by the European Commission HORIZON 2020 framework programme for Research and Innovation under Grant Agreement number 824481—project "Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity—SOPs4RI". The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.