Research concordat guidance to help align government science with academia
Move will improve transparency in government research
Government guidance has been published with the aim of helping its research community work to research integrity standards that align it with the university sector.
The research concordat, published in 2012, is the UK’s national policy statement on research integrity. It is a voluntary agreement that is not legally enforceable. The concordat sets out five commitments relating to standards of rigour and integrity. They apply to researchers, their employers and funding bodies, and are a condition of grants from many research funders.