Wellcome

As part of its open access 2020 policy, Wellcome-funded organizations are asked to publicly commit to the principle that when assessing research outputs – for example in hiring, promotion and tenure committees – they will consider the intrinsic merit of the work, not the title of the journal, its impact factor or the publisher.

U.S. National Science Foundation

The U.S. National Science Foundation has modified its instructions to grant applicants to recognize that the outputs of scientific research include more than just publications, an idea endorsed by DORA.

U.S. National Institutes of Health

The U.S. National Institutes of Health has revised the format of the CV or “biosketch” in grant applications.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO)

The NWO is piloting a narrative CV format for assessment of early career researchers who apply to the Veni funding scheme.

Swiss National Science Foundation

The Swiss National Science Foundation is testing a structured narrative CV format called ‘SciCV’ to increase consistency in decision-making for its grant applications.

Open Research Funders Group (ORFG)

The ORFG released guidance for funders called, Incentivizing the sharing of research outputs through research assessment: a funder implementation blueprint.

Health Research Board, Ireland

The Health Research Board (HRB) has taken several actions since 2016 to implement DORA’s principles in its grant review process.

Evaluation of Research Careers fully Acknowledging Open Science Practices

Evaluation of Research Careers fully Acknowledging Open Science Practices, a report released by the European Commission in 2017, recognizes the emerging Open Science movement creates an opportunity to develop an evaluation system for hiring and promotion that is focused on the equal treatment of applicants.

EMBO

The application process for EMBO Long-Term Fellowships emphasizes the most important outcomes and impact of the applicant’s work rather than where it is published and specifically states that journal impact factors should not be provided.