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.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The IDRC in Canada developed a tool called Research Quality Plus (RQ+) to assess applied and translational research.
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.
Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
CRUK recognizes value from all outputs of research, including publications. CRUK has modified its grant application process to ask candidates to describe the significance and impact of 3-5 key research achievements, which can include preprints, training delivered, contribution to consortia, patents, and sharing of key datasets, software, novel assays and reagents, and research publications.