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Table 1 Incentives for responsible research practices in each funding scheme

From: Strengthening the incentives for responsible research practices in Australian health and medical research funding

Do funding instructions incentivise applicants to:

ARC Discovery Projects

ARC DECRA

NHMRC Project Grants

NHMRC CDF

NHMRC CTCS

DART

NBCF

Bupa Health Foundation

1. Publicly register study protocols before starting data collection

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

Instructed

No mention

No mention

No mention

2. Register analysis protocols before starting data analysis

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

3. Make study data openly available

Encouraged

Encouraged

Encouraged

Encouraged

Encouraged

No mention

No mention

No mention

4. Make analysis code openly available

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

5. Make research materials openly available

Encouraged

Encouraged

Encouraged

Encouraged

Encouraged

No mention

No mention

No mention

6. Discourage use of publication metrics

No mention

No mention

Instructed

Instructed

Instructed

No mention

No mention

No mention

7. Conduct quality research (e.g. adhere to reporting guidelines)

Instructed

Instructed

Encouraged

Encouraged

Encouraged

Encouraged

No mention

No mention

8. Collaborate with a statistician

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

9. Adhere to other responsible research practices

Encouraged

Encouraged

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

No mention

  1. ARC Australian Research Council, CDF Career Development Fellowship, CTCS Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies, DART Diabetes Australia Research Trust General Grants and Millennium Awards, DECRA Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, NBCF National Breast Cancer Foundation Investigator Initiated Research Scheme, NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council