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1 Mar – 31 Dec 2026
We’re launching a new series of online talks by early career researchers (ECRs) on metascience / research on research topics (in their broadest senses). Each talk could be focused on completed research you want to share, work in progress you want to brainstorm with colleagues, or ideas for advancing metascience or future research you’d like […]
17 Jun 2026, 12pm–1pm
June 17 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Details Date: June 17 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3XO13zn1Ts-HHidin4MFTw Wednesday 17 June 2026 13:00 (CEST) / 12:00 (BST) / 07:00 (EDT) Finn Luebber, Universität Lübeck, Germany About the seminar Institutionally organized research funding is a rather new development that has its roots in the […]
17 Jun 2026, 3pm–4pm
June 17 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Details Date: June 17 Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm This session of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group will dive into Distributed Peer Review (DPR) – a reciprocal model where applicants themselves participate in the review process. The AFIRE Experimental Funders Group series provides a dedicated space […]
14 Oct 2026, 3pm–4pm
October 14 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Details Date: October 14 Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm This session of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group will dive into Desk Rejection, the practice whereby staff at a funding agency screen applications early in the process and remove those that are unlikely to succeed, without sending […]
16 Dec 2026, 8am–9am
December 16 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Details Date: December 16 Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am This session of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group will dive into ‘Lottery First’ methods, exploring the idea of allocating research grants where random selection replaces part of the traditional ranking process. The AFIRE Experimental Funders Group series […]
26 May 2026, 2pm–3pm
May 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Details Date: May 26 Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JF0DKNl3TFehf54YHgLmuA Tuesday 26 May at 9:00 (EDT) / 14:00 (BST) / 15:00 (CEST) Speaker: Yian Yin, Cornell University, USA About the seminar The rapid adoption of AI across disciplines is reshaping the landscape of scientific production. […]
13 May 2026, 3pm–4pm
May 13 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Details Date: May 13 Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Join us for the first session in the latest series of the AFIRE Experimental Funders Group. These workshops provide a dedicated space for research funders to delve into current issues, share experimental approaches, and discuss the future […]
30 Jun – 7 Jul 2025
June 30, 2025 @ 8:00 am – July 7, 2025 @ 5:00 pm Save the Date: June 30 – July 2, 2025University College London From 30 June to 2 July 2025, the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) and the Center for Open Science (COS) welcomed over 800 researchers, funders, policymakers, and innovators from 65 countries […]
20 Jun 2025, 12pm–1pm
June 20, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Details Date: June 20, 2025 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Join us for the launch of Funding by Algorithm: A handbook for responsible uses of AI and machine learning by research funders – a major new publication from the Research on Research Institute (RoRI). AI is already […]
27 May 2025, 4pm–6pm
May 27, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Think we’re transitioning to green energy? Think again. Join us for a talk on the history, mythology and politics of energy transitions. Join us for a compelling discussion with Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, historian and researcher at CNRS & the Alexandre Koyré Center of EHESS in Paris, as he […]
21 May 2025, 4pm–5pm
May 21, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Details Date: May 21, 2025 Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Curious about how different grant processes shape outcomes for both applicants and funders? In this talk, we share our experiences with continuous and two-stage processes – from shrinking average waiting times by more than 60 […]
30 Apr 2025, 4pm–6pm
April 30, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Do we need a new generation of public institutions for ST&I? Public institutions for science and technology have hardly changed over half a century; even the UK’s most recent creation, ARIA, is consciously modelled on a US institution founded in the 1960s. But there is much […]
23 Apr 2025, 8am–9am
April 23, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Details Date: April 23, 2025 Time: 8:00 am – 9:00 am As it becomes increasingly difficult to find experts to carry out peer reviews, the Volkswagen Foundation in Hanover, Germany’s largest research funding organisation, is testing an alternative method: distributed peer review (DPR). In this approach, […]
19 Mar 2025, 3pm–4pm
March 19, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Details Date: March 19, 2025 Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Cost: Free Event Category: Experiments Website: https://researchonresearch.org/afire-funders-forum/ 19 March 2025 08:00 PDT / 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET Scientists and funding agencies invest considerable resources in writing and evaluating grant proposals. But do grant proposal […]
