Swedish Research Council's Conflict of Interest Policy

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Swedish Research Council's Conflict of Interest Policy

What is this about?

The Swedish Research Council is a Government-backed research funding organization and plays a vital role in ensuring the quality or research. In order to ensure the fair and impartial allocation of funds, this document lays down the conflict of interest policy to be followed by its employees.

Why is this important?

The Swedish Research Council comprises active members of the research community. Thus, the situation may arise, during the evaluation of grant proposals, where evaluators may be closely linked to the applicant or applying institution or the research project, and therefore cannot make an impartial decision. Thus, it is important to be aware of and declare such conflicts in order to avoid them. This document provides guidelines on identifying, preventing, managing and addressing such situations.

For whom is this important?

Research funding organisationsResearch performing organisations

What are the best practices?

- Early identification of potential conflicts of interest

- Preventing conflicts of interest: by notifying council members or colleagues in the evaluation panel, avoiding handling applications which could be potentially conflicting

Other information

Who

• Swedish Research Council

When

• 2014

Where

• Sweden

Virtues & Values

• Transparency
• Impartiality
• Neutrality
• Honesty

Good Practices & Misconduct

• Grant applications
• Funders' responsibilities
• Evaluating and Editing