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|Title=The SOPs4RI project
|Is About=The [https://sops4ri.eu/ SOPs4RI project] (Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity) aims to stimulate transformational processes across European Research Performing Organisations and Research Funding Organisations (RPOs and RFOs). Specifically, SOPs4RI will establish an inventory of relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Guidelines that RPOs and RFOs can draw on when developing governance arrangements, procedures and policies to promote strong research integrity cultures within their organisations. These SOPs and Guidelines are freely available through an online Toolbox that will give guidance to RPOs and RFOs to build their own Research Integrity Promotion Plans (RIPPs). The SOPs4RI Toolbox as well as a broad spectrum of SOPs4RI resources, i.e. existing guidelines, best practices, and case studies will be made available on The Embassy of Good Science, using the tag “SOPs4RI”. Furthermore, the guidelines that we have developed are also available in the resources section of the Embassy and findable at this SOPs4RI-project page.

The SOPs4RI-project has delivered an online, freely accessible and easy-to-use “[https://sops4ri.eu/toolbox/ toolbox]” that can help RPOs and RFOs cultivate research integrity and reduce detrimental practice. SOPs4RI will establish an inventory of relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Guidelines that RPOs and RFOs can draw on when developing governance arrangements promoting strong research integrity cultures.

To facilitate implementation of the tools and the toolbox, the SOPs4RI project also provides guidance where and how to start at your individual institution. In provides a guideline (for [https://sops4ri.eu/wp-content/uploads/Guideline-for-Promoting-RI-in-RPOs-FINAL-2.pdf RPOs] and [https://sops4ri.eu/wp-content/uploads/Guideline-for-Promoting-RI-in-RFOs_final.pdf RFOs]) that helps institutions to formulate their needs and what research integrity topics/areas they need guidance on. Furthermore, it helps institutions to create and implement their own RIPP that is tailored to the institutional needs by providing an [https://sops4ri.eu/wp-content/uploads/Implementation-Guideline_FINAL.pdf RIPP manual on implementation]. Finally it gives a template (for [https://sops4ri.eu/wp-content/uploads/Template-Research-Integrity-Promotion-Plan-RPOs_FINAL.pdf RPOs] and [https://sops4ri.eu/wp-content/uploads/Template-Research-Integrity-Promotion-Plan-RFOs_FINAL.pdf RFOs]) that facilitates the creation of their own RIPP.
|Important Because=SOPs4RI wants to promote excellent and responsible research in a strong research integrity culture that aligns with the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. SOPs4RI is developed in response to contemporary challenges, including occurrence of research misconduct, poor reproducibility of research findings, research waste and potential diminishing trust in science from society.

In response to these challenges, SOPs4RI wants to enhance the ability of RPOs and RFOs to strengthen research integrity and promote good research practices in their organisations. These goals will be achieved through the development of a Toolbox of SOPs and Guidelines that can be used to implement research integrity policies in RPOs and RFOs. The tools were selected on successive empirical cycles including reviews, qualitative and quantitative evidence. For more information on the results of the project’s empirical findings, go to the “[https://sops4ri.eu/deliverables/ Deliverables]” section. Furthermore, the project has developed several guidelines for topics that lacked good quality guidance. Those guidelines entail important topics such as [https://sops4ri.eu/wp-content/uploads/SOPs4RI_Infographic_RI_Education__RGB.pdf Research Integrity Education], [https://sops4ri.eu/wp-content/uploads/SOPs4RI_Infographic_SupervisionRGB4-1.pdf Supervision and mentoring of researchers], [https://sops4ri.eu/wp-content/uploads/SOPs4RI_Infographic_Healthy_research_EnvironmentsRGB-1.pdf Research Environment], and [https://sops4ri.eu/wp-content/uploads/SOPs4RI_Infographic_RFOs_RGB.pdf Research funders]. 

SOPs4RI will develop tools that institutions can use to empower researchers to produce high quality, rigorous and reliable research, organize adequate support (training, supervision, etc) for organisations and deal with sloppy science. To accomplish this, SOPs4RI applied a wide-ranging review of current SOPs and Guidelines, an extensive systematic consultation with research integrity experts, extensive, international focus group interviews with researchers and stakeholders from all main areas of research, co-creation workshops, a large-scale international survey of researchers, and pilot testing of the Toolbox in selected RPOs and RFOs. Thus, the toolbox that we have developed will be grounded in a deep understanding of the constraints and opportunities faced by researchers and institutions and provide practically oriented resources to enhance research integrity and promote good research practices, as well as reduce malpractice and provide procedures for dealing with misconduct.

The project goes beyond the scope of just sharing knowledge. It activates a wide range of stakeholders to make contributions and reflect on their own practices. Consequently, we aim to inspire and enable all stakeholders in all research areas in Europe to facilitate measures locally that foster responsible research practices and take up this critical challenge.
|Important For=Policy makers; Research funding organisations; Research performing organisations; Research Integrity Officers; Research Ethics Committees; Editors; Researchers; Supervisors; mentors; PhD Students; Professors
|Has Detail='''Project team:'''

'''Project coordinators''': Prof. Niels Mejlgaard and Dr. Mads P. Sørensen

'''WP leaders''': Prof. Niels Mejlgaard, Prof. Costas Charitidis, Prof. Ana Marušić, Dr. Joeri Tijdink, Dr. Mads P. Sørensen, Prof. Nick Allum, Dr. Nicole Foeger

'''Researchers''': Dr. Tine Ravn, Anna-Kathrine Bendtsen, Prof Dr. Lex Bouter, Prof. Dr. Guy Widdershoven, Krishma Labib, Rea Ščepanović, Teodora Konach, Dr. Panagiotis Kavouras, Prof. Dr. Sarah De Rijcke, Dr. Thed Van Leeuwen, Andrea Reyes Elizondo, Dr. Maura Hiney, Prof. Dr. Kris Dierickx, Daniel Pizzolato, Prof. George Gaskell, Nik Claesen, Borana Taraj, Prof. Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri, Prof. Anna Domaradzka

'''Advisory Board members''': Prof. James A. DuBois, Dr. Anja Gilis, ZoёHammatt, Prof. Judit Sandor, Tony Mayer, Prof. Philippe Ravaud, Katie Metzler
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