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QUEST Center for Responsible Research

The BIH QUEST Center develops and implements new approaches to support that biomedical research is conducted in a trustworthy manner, provides useful results, and meets ethical standards.

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News | 28 June 2024
QUEST Center as part of the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI)
The QUEST Center for Resposible Research recently became part of the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI).
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QUEST Center
News | 26 June 2024
CERN-NASA Working Group "Incentives for Open Scholarship"
The 2023 CERN-NASA "Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science" Summit highlighted the need for concrete strategies to change research incentives towards open scholarship.
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QUEST Center
News | 16 April 2024
Summer School on "Decolonising Global Health with a Focus on Biomedical Sciences, Research and Education"
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QUEST Center
News | 19 March 2024
Ceremony for the Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2023
Einstein Foundation and BIH QUEST Center honor award winners
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QUEST Center
News | 01 February 2024
The call for entries for the Einstein Foundation Award 2024 has been launched - 500,000 euros in prize money to promote quality in research
Scientists, early career researchers and organizations from all disciplines are eligible to apply. (Press release in German)
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QUEST Center
News | 21 November 2023
The Berlin University Alliance's new mission statement for open science
Working together with politics, business and civil society to make science even more cooperative, inclusive, transparent and verifiable. (In German)
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QUEST Center
News | 20 November 2023
Reward for Open Data publications
Starting in 2023, BIH will reward the unrestricted availability of raw data in publications (open data) in addition to other indicator-based funding (IOM). Open access to the raw data of published…
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QUEST Center
News | 13 September 2023
iRISE to Improve Reproducibility of Scientific Research
A new project funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme will develop a framework to improve the reproducibility of scientific research.
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QUEST Center
News | 25 November 2022
Impulspapier: Weiterentwicklung der Indikatorgestützten Mittelallokation für die Forschung in der Hochschulmedizin (ehemals LOM)
Der Medizinische Fakultätentag (MFT) veröffentlicht Impulspapier: Exzellente Forschung und Lehre erfordern wissenschaftliche Freiräume sowie adäquate strukturelle, finanzielle und räumliche…
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Mission and approaches

The QUEST Center strives to increase the value of biomedical research at the BIH and beyond. The focus is on Open Science, Indicators & Incentives, Quality Assurance, Patient & Stakeholder Engagement, Education & Training and Meta Research.

Teams

The QUEST Center consists of research groups, project teams and an office team.
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Publications

The publications by employees of the QUEST Center, starting in 2015, are summarised here.
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QUEST Center as part of the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI)

CERN-NASA Working Group "Incentives for Open Scholarship"

Summer School on "Decolonising Global Health with a Focus on Biomedical Sciences, Research and Education"

Ceremony for the Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2023

The call for entries for the Einstein Foundation Award 2024 has been launched - 500,000 euros in prize money to promote quality in research

The Berlin University Alliance's new mission statement for open science

Reward for Open Data publications

iRISE to Improve Reproducibility of Scientific Research

Impulspapier: Weiterentwicklung der Indikatorgestützten Mittelallokation für die Forschung in der Hochschulmedizin (ehemals LOM)

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