Country, institution | Actions related to resourcing and instrumentation |
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Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | • Internal policies and documents on insurance coverage for CIHR volunteers, Personnel Security Screening Policy, CIHR Travel Policy, CIHR Travel Expenses Reimbursement Guidelines, CIHR Code of Conduct |
• Collaborations with partners (e.g. the SPOR strategy with pharmaceutical companies) | |
• Website for partnership solicitation | |
• Financial support of CIHR Board to support institutes’ roles | |
Australia, National Health and Medical Research Agency (NHMRC) | • Assigns academy member group to identify external reviewers and to monitor peer review |
• Provides acceptable standards to research institutions on intellectual property, ethics and responsible conduct of research | |
• Added some specific committees upon the request of the Minister of Health and Ageing | |
United States, National Institutes of Health (NIH) | • Open application process for members of the Council of Public Representatives (COPR) |
• Allocation of institute funds for activities under the institute’s control | |
Singapore, National Medical Research Agency (NMRC) | • Revised financial and administration guidelines for researchers |
• Internal policies not online in English | |
• Guidelines on data sharing, guidelines for media | |
Sweden, Swedish Research Agency (SRC) and Scientific Council for Medicine (SCM) | • Two basic research-targeted programmes on Swedish priority research topics |
• Organised a series of seminars and a 1-day conference on mobility of researchers in the EU | |
• Digital service to communicate with journalists | |
• Measurement of citation impact of Swedish research | |
• Open access to research data | |
• Research data registry | |
United Kingdom, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) | • Research capability funding to support the management of research funds |
• Research support services as NIHR service to encourage, frame and harmonise local research processes for NHS-funded research | |
• Development of unified approval process, standards for compliance | |
• National advice service for complex regulatory issues of local R&D, with partners | |
• Partner with industry to support private economic growth | |
• Development of core standards for public involvement | |
• Plain English award | |
• Consensus building on the interpretation of central policies and rules by local R&D offices of NHS trusts | |
The Netherlands, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) | • Minutes of committee meetings – details not available |
• Responsibilities of committee members – details not available | |
• Policies of committee – details not available |