The Concordat to Support Research Integrity

We act as the secretariat to the concordat, as well as a signatory. The signatories are: 

• Cancer Research UK
• Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland
• Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
• National Institute for Health Research
• Scottish Funding Council
• The British Academy
• UK Research and Innovation
• Wellcome Trust
• GuildHE Research

Signatories to the concordat are committed to:

1. upholding the highest standards of rigour and integrity in all aspects of research
2. ensuring that research is conducted according to appropriate ethical, legal and professional frameworks, obligations and standards
3. supporting a research environment that is underpinned by a culture of integrity and based on good governance, best practice, and support for the development of researchers
4. using transparent, timely, robust and fair processes to deal with allegations of research misconduct should they arise
5. working together to strengthen the integrity of research and to review progress regularly and openly