Project description DEENESFRITPL New ERA Chair to make science more efficient Innovation is a top priority, and excellent science is the driver. However, excellent science needs excellent research infrastructures guided by a policy for Open Science. This includes open access to data and publications. The EU-funded EXCELScIOR project will develop, extend and fully unlock the research potential of the University of Coimbra (Portugal) through the implementation of a new interdisciplinary ERA Chair devoted to the field of meta-research (research on research). The aim is to foster reproducibility and interdisciplinarity, making science more efficient through better use of research data. Biomedical sciences will be the ERA main focus of the ERA Chair holder (Professor John Ioannidis from the University of Stanford). Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective EXCELScIOR will develop, extend and fully unlock the research potential of the University of Coimbra (UC, Portugal) through the implementation of a new interdisciplinary ERA Chair devoted to Meta-research (i.e. “research on research”, or Meta-science). Meta-research fosters reproducibility and interdisciplinarity, making science more efficient through better use of research data, more reliable through better verification and ultimately more transparent (open) and responsive to societal challenges and needs. EXCELScIOR strategic goal is thus to improve UC’s research methods and practices, and enhance approaches to integrate information, generate reliable evidence and maximize its impact, in order to increase the scientific production, quality and organizational praxis of Research & Innovation at UC towards EU/ERA excellence. Biomedical Sciences will be the ERA Chair’s primary target during the project’s execution, but the intrinsic nature of meta-research is seemingly apposite and will then continue to revolutionize and advance multiple other research areas, within UC and beyond. The named ERA Chair holder _ Professor John Ioannidis from the University of Stanford _ is considered a pioneer in meta-research, being one of the ten most-cited scientists globally across all sciences. His work in the field attained worldwide recognition and has transformed research in biomedicine and multiple other scientific areas. Under his leadership, this ERA Chair will strive and, in the long term, evolve into a new research to action center _ the Meta-Research Innovation Center - Coimbra (METRIC C) _ bound to operate in tandem with the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) and its sister in Berlin (METRIC-B), both of which co-founded and (co-)directed by Professor Ioannidis. Keywords Meta-research Research Methods and Practices Open Science Research Reproducibility Biomedical Sciences Cross-disciplinarity Programme(s) HORIZON.4.1 - Widening participation and spreading excellence Main Programme HORIZON.4.1.3 - ERA-Chairs Topic(s) HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-01-01 - ERA Chairs Call for proposal HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions Coordinator UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA Net EU contribution € 2 500 000,00 Address PACO DAS ESCOLAS 3004-531 Coimbra Portugal See on map Region Continente Centro (PT) Região de Coimbra Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 2 500 000,00
