“Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at RFOs: Quick-Reference Sheets from the Practical Guide” is a set of concise, action-oriented resources designed to support RFOs to engage with RRA and catalyze action. The one-page Reference Sheets provide a highly distilled summary of each section of the full Practical Guide for Research Funding Organizations, covering:
- Introduction to the Guide
- Key activities for embedding RRA
- Key moments in funding agency research assessment:
- Establishing funding programs and calls
- Making funding decisions
- Setting grant terms and conditions
- Monitoring and evaluating grants and programs
- Communicating and engaging with your communities
- Responsible Research Assessment and its place in the research system
To support ease of use, we have uploaded to Zenodo:
- One consolidated file containing all Quick-Reference Sheets
- Individual files for each sheet, allowing you to download and share specific topics as needed
A series of Informational Briefs are also available at https://sfdora.org/resource/practical-guide-for-rfos-informational-briefs/
The RFO Practical Guide has been developed by DORA in collaboration with the Global Research Council RRA Working Group and Science Europe, and has engaged funders worldwide in five co-creation sessions. We are grateful to all who have contributed to it.
These materials are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial CC BY-NC. They may be freely used, copied, and adapted for non-commercial purposes, provided that the source is acknowledged.
Cite as: DORA San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. (2026). Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at RFOs: Quick-Reference Sheets from the Practical Guide. DORA. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19615426
This is part of DORA’s toolkit of resources to support academic institutions that are improving their policies and practices. Find other resources in the toolkit here.