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 […]
21 Nov 2024
A joint initiative of AIMOS and RoRI, this new peer review platform is free to authors and readers
5 Nov 2024
RoRI and AIMOS are launching the MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) platform
17 Oct 2024
New report on the future of the EU’s research and innovation framework programmes has been published
14 Oct 2024
RoRI's James Wilsdon and Stephen Curry respond to think tank’s call to replace UK’s Research Excellence Framework with lower-cost alternative
3 Oct 2024
Five years ago, RoRI was founded to ensure that we have the evidence we need to realise the full potential of research
2 Oct 2024
An initiative aiming to enhance national capacity for metaresearch and to bring Canadian expertise and perspectives into the international dialogue on improving research funding practices is now available from RoRI partners in Canada
27 Sep 2024
RoRI’s UNDISCIPLINED project has concluded, and the final working paper has just been published
27 Sep 2024
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