@helenajambor won the ECR #EinsteinFoundationAward for advancing scientific image standards.
@Nature is now piloting the checklists in 4 journals. Individual #EinsteinFoundationAward winner
@ElisabethBik sees the focus on image integrity as a win for research integrity.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01299-2

#Reminder: The €350K #EinsteinFoundationAward aims to provide recognition and publicity for outstanding efforts that enhance the rigor, reliability, robustness and transparency of research in three categories. The #CallForEntries closes 30/04/2025: award.einsteinfoundation.de

On March 14, we presented the #EinsteinFoundationAward 2024

Governing Mayor Kai Wegner and Senator for Higher Education & Research, Health & Long-Term Care Ina Czyborra underscored the important role of research in Berlin’s position as a leading science hub and emphasized how crucial it is in these challenging times.

Robbert Dijkgraaf, former Minister of Education, Culture & Science of the Netherlands and President-elect of the International Science Council, honored us with a keynote.

#EinsteinFoundationAward 2024 Gewinnerin @ElisabethBik im Interview mit
@deutschlandfunk über ihre Arbeit als Datendetektivin auf der Suche nach Betrug in der Wissenschaft und ihren unermüdlichen Einsatz für Forschungsintegrität.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/einsteinpreis-elisabeth-bik-eine-ikone-der-scientific-integrity-100.html

Important read on the devastating impact of fraud in Alzheimer's research, highlighting the work of 2024 #EinsteinFoundationAward winners
@elisabethbik.bsky.social and
@PubPeer in cleaning up the scientific record. For those inspired to do better, check out our #EarlyCareerAward winner PixelQuality @chrischmied @helenajambor, tackling image doctoring with clear guidelines.
#ResearchIntegrity

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/opinion/alzheimers-fraud-cure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE4.yPph.s6jo5WizTnAT&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Call for entries The international €350K #EinsteinFoundationAward honors researchers and institutions across all scientific disciplines working to advance #research quality. Deadline: 30 April 2025 - please share!
http://award.einsteinfoundation.de
#OpenScience #reproducibility (1/2)

Das BIH QUEST Center fördert den #EinsteinFoundationAward
ab 2025 mit 100.000 Euro jährlich! Der „Early Career Award“ würdigt #EarlyCareerResearcher, die die Qualität, Transparenz & Reproduzierbarkeit in der Wissenschaft verbessern. Call 2025 coming soon!
https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2025/23012025-03/25

The BIH QUEST Center will provide annual funding of €100,000 for the
#EinsteinFoundationAward
starting in 2025! The Early Career Award recognizes ideas developed by researchers at the beginning of their career to enhance quality, transparency & reproducibility in science. Call 2025 coming soon!

Much of our knowledge of cognition comes from studies with captive chimpanzees. In 2022, Sofia Forss & Elisa Bandini won the #EinsteinFoundationAward for the Ape Research Index addressing challenges in ape cognition research! How did the project evolve? Watch the video!

https://youtu.be/efkB4nzaN-4?feature=shared

We proudly present the 2024 winners of the #EinsteinFoundationAward:
Individual Award: Elisabeth Bik @ElisabethBik
Institutional Award: PubPeer @PubPeer
Early Career Award: PixelQuality @chrischmied schmied @helenajambor
https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/18112024-09/24

@maxplanckgesellschaft @PLOS @natureportfolio
@bih_charite
@BerlinUAlliance

We’re thrilled to partner with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to incentivize reliable and transparent research practices worldwide through the #EinsteinFoundationAward.
http://einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/press-releases/2024/21102024-08/24

@BerlinUAlliance @thenasem
@senwgp @PLOS @natureportfolio
@bih_charite @maxplanckgesellschaft

Missed Yves Moreau's talk "Dubious sources: investigating the dark side of large human DNA databases" at #rp24 @republica? Watch the winner of the 2023 #EinsteinFoundationAward on Youtube!

https://youtu.be/uXQi-3hAnyw?feature=shared

#Reminder: The €500k #EinsteinFoundationAward w/ @bih_charite QUEST Center aims to provide recognition & publicity for outstanding efforts that enhance the rigor, reliability, robustness & transparency of research in 3 categories. The #CallForEntries closes 30/04/2024: https://award.einsteinfoundation.de

@PLOS @Nature @berlinualliance

Stage 1 registered report for #BigTeamScience project & 2021 Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward winner Many Babies 5 by Martin Zettersten & Jessica Kosie accepted by @natureportfolio Human Behavior. Infancy researchers joining forces to advance robustness & generalizability:

https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/ck3vd

Our latest Editorial from @npariente & @dirnagl looks at the @einstein_berlin #EinsteinFoundationAward and how we can all help to promote research quality https://plos.io/3STvSac

We also hear from Early Career Award winner @gaertner_anne on responsible research assessment https://plos.io/49vQEUk

"Das toxische Karriere- und Bewertungssystem in der Wissenschaft muss reformiert werden", sagt @dirnagl Sekretär des #EinsteinFoundationAward
@berlinnovation im @tagesspiegel: "Warum Forschende betrügen und was dagegen hilft!" #paywall

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/fehlgeleiteter-ehrgeiz-warum-forschende-betrugen-und-was-dagegen-hilft-11238988.html

Call for entries

The international €500K #EinsteinFoundationAward w/ @bih_charite QUEST Center for Responsible Research honors researchers and institutions across all scientific disciplines working to advance #research quality: https://award.einsteinfoundation.de/

Deadline 30/04/2024 - please share!

@PLOS @Nature #OpenScience #reproducibility