Reproducibility is a very hot topic in science at the moment. After multiple studies showed that many research findings cannot be reproduced, scientists called out a “reproducibility crisis”, indicating that a large and growing proportion of published research is unreliable, making it harder to assess the quality, integrity, and credibility of research outcomes.
This study is part of the larger OSIRIS project, a collaboration between universities and research institutes all over Europe and funded by the European Union. The project aims to provide evidence-based solutions to support reproducibility in the scientific process.
In the past three years, we have conducted research on the drivers, barriers and facilitators of reproducibility in science by talking with researchers, funders and scientific journals. Through a process of facilitated co-creation and design, the knowledge of these previous studies has been collated into an online training module suitable for all research fields by consortium members UMC Utrecht, Amsterdam UMC and KU Leuven.
Now is the time for the evidence-based part of the project, to test the efficacy of our training module in a group of early career researchers – i.e., you!
Participating in this study consists of three parts:
- Baseline survey (~10 min) – open from June 15th until August 16th;
- Completing the training module (~4 hours) – from August 31stuntil September 27th;
- Follow-up survey (~10 min) – open from October 26th until November 8th.
You will receive a certificate for completing the module!
Use this link for more information, to sign up and to immediately complete the baseline survey. Any questions can be directed at Birgit van Dijk.