Digital Science is seeking innovative, technology-driven ideas to safeguard research integrity and support trust in science, as the focus of its Catalyst Grant round for 2024. Up to £25,000 will be awarded to individuals or startups for innovative technology ideaDigital Science is seeking innovative, technology-driven ideas to safeguard research integrity and support trust in science, as the focus of its Catalyst Grant round for 2024.
Launched with the campaign We Believe in… Research Integrity, this year’s Catalyst Grant round is driven by a need to address one of the most pressing issues faced by all research stakeholders, which impacts on the community’s trust in science.
The application deadline is 12:00pm BST / 7:00am EDT, Monday 14 October 2024.
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Steve Scott, Director of Portfolio Development at Digital Science, says: “Now in its 14th year, the Digital Science Catalyst Grant supports innovation, cultivating early-stage software ideas and enabling them to come to fruition.
“This year’s focus on Research Integrity recognizes the very real issues facing researchers, academic institutions, publishers, governments, and funding bodies, and the need for improved public trust in research and its benefits for society.
“Our 2024 Catalyst Grant round is now looking for the best and most innovative uses of technology to support Research Integrity and Trust in Science,” he says.
Dr Leslie McIntosh, VP of Research Integrity at Digital Science, co-founded the company Ripeta, which was a 2017 winner of Catalyst Grant. Today, Ripeta’s ‘trust markers’ technology underpins Digital Science’s products Dimensions Research Integrity and Dimensions Research Security.
Dr McIntosh says: “Trust in research is the bedrock of healthy societies, and research integrity is a critical challenge in today‘s research ecosystem. Safeguarding this integrity is the responsibility of everyone involved in research – policymakers, corporations, publishers, institutions, and researchers alike. While we face philosophical issues in society, we urgently need tangible solutions. We must strengthen and reimagine research integrity to uphold trust in the face of recent changes in open science and technological advances.
“As a past winner of the Catalyst Grant, I’m excited the grant might unearth another outstanding technology that will help safeguard the integrity of the scholarly record,” she says.
