CoARA TIER
Self Learning
Toolkit
Does your institution want to identify excellent researchers?
If so, it is crucial to recognize that researchers are diverse in their backgrounds, career paths, and contributions to science.
This interactive toolkit supports you and your institution in rethinking evaluation strategies to make assessments fairer and more inclusive,
with the goal of recognizing all excellent researchers. Ultimately, this can enhance both the quality of scientific knowledge and its impact within and beyond academia.
Through a list of self Learning questions, this toolkit guides you and your institution in:
gaining a better understanding of where your institution stands in terms of an inclusive evaluation of researchers
identifying which measures, processes and best practices can enable your institution to develop a more inclusive framework for research assessment.
Who is the toolkit for?
Research Funding Organizations (RFOs)
Measures targeting the research community
Useful for President, Governing Boards, Auditors, Research Council, Human Resources offices, EDI offices, officers in charge of preparing evaluation panels, evaluation committees.
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Measures targeting RPOs’ and RFOs’ employees
This part of the self-assessment tool focuses on RPO and RFO employees.
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You can download and consult the PDF, which explains:
A definition of each measure
Why a given measure is relevant
