New RoRI Working Paper examines the bureaucratic burdens of research funding
2 Jun 2026
A new review evaluates global efforts to reduce grant bureaucracy
2 Jun 2026
A new review evaluates global efforts to reduce grant bureaucracy
21 May 2026
RoRI is delighted to have Namibia’s National Commission on Research, Science and Technology (NCRST) join us on two project initiatives. As Namibia’s lead agency for advancing science, technology, and innovation (STI), NCRST coordinates and promotes research across the country to drive national development and build an equitable research ecosystem. At the 14th Annual Meeting of […]
19 May 2026
The initiative was introduced at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Global Research Council (GRC) in Bangkok
11 May 2026
New RoRI Working Paper explores the complexities of monitoring research culture and environment
27 Apr 2026
RoRI’s James Wilsdon and UCL’s Geraint Rees argue in Nature that the rise of agentic AI threatens to collapse traditional research funding systems
15 Apr 2026
RoRI's James Wilsdon shares insights on the global metascience surge at Tokyo metascience meetup
26 Feb 2026
We are pleased to announce two new Core Partners: ZonMw, the Dutch Organisation for knowledge and innovation in health, healthcare and well-being; and The British Academy, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. This brings the tally of RoRI’s Core Partners to 21 organisations across 13 countries. RoRI’s work programme is shaped […]
23 Feb 2026
RoRI has begun work on a new project in partnership with the Impact Funders Forum
16 Feb 2026
New evidence from Research Council Norway (RCN) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
11 Feb 2026
RoRI Research Fellow Seunghyun Lee attended the OECD Global Science Forum (GSF) in Paris with RoRI’s Executive Director, James Wilsdon
29 Jan 2026
Metascience explained: research on research, open science and AI
17 Dec 2025
Matthew Lucas (on left) with James Wilsdon, Nosisa Dube and other RoRI colleagues in Hannover, Germany for the December 2023 RoRI Consortium Meeting We are pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Lucas as RoRI’s new Co-Chair, and to thank Gert Balling as he comes to the end of his term in the role. Matthew […]
15 Oct 2025
The reforms draw on international work on funding and research assessment, including research from RoRI
14 Oct 2025
The RoRI team is growing with new researchers and UKRI AI Metascience fellows
1 Oct 2025
At UCL, Stian Westlake set out how analytics and experimentation can strengthen UK research funding
10 Sep 2025
Colleagues from NWO’s Open Science NL share insights into publishing with our open review platform for metaresearch
1 Sep 2025
Catch up on the big conversations shaping the future of research
27 Aug 2025
A new RoRI study with the Volkswagen Foundation shows how distributed peer review can make funding decisions more democratic
15 Aug 2025
A new step forward in making metaresearch publishing faster, more transparent
7 Aug 2025
The BIH QUEST Center is looking for non-commercial funders of clinical trials
2 Jul 2025
RoRI is proud to be a founding member of the newly launched Metascience Alliance