Community for Rigor
@comm4rigor.bsky.social
UPenn-based, NIH and NINDS-funded initiative creating a free, online curriculum to learn, practice, and promote scientific rigor. For Better Science, Every Day! Join us at c4r.io
Happy Holidays from chilly Philadelphia! It's been a challenging year for many of us, but we also have plenty to celebrate here at C4R.
New quality control standards, our educational content being tested throughout the country, and thousands of new member around the globe. We couldn't ask for more.
New quality control standards, our educational content being tested throughout the country, and thousands of new member around the globe. We couldn't ask for more.
December 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy Holidays from chilly Philadelphia! It's been a challenging year for many of us, but we also have plenty to celebrate here at C4R.
New quality control standards, our educational content being tested throughout the country, and thousands of new member around the globe. We couldn't ask for more.
New quality control standards, our educational content being tested throughout the country, and thousands of new member around the globe. We couldn't ask for more.
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New #NIH prize competition to identify areas of biomedical science that can benefit from replication and to recognize past replication efforts to further promote the importance of research replication:
www.challenge.gov?challenge=re...
Submission deadline is in one month!
www.challenge.gov?challenge=re...
Submission deadline is in one month!
Challenge.gov
Challenge.gov is the official government website supporting prize challenges and prize competitions that are sponsored by the US federal government. Here federal agencies provide prize awards to publi...
www.challenge.gov
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🫶By joining our team, you won’t just design curriculum — you’ll shape how thousands of scientists learn to do rigorous, trustworthy research. Imagine seeing a student halfway across the world use materials you created to strengthen their science. That kind of impact lasts.
Apply at: buff.ly/nJxjaKd
Apply at: buff.ly/nJxjaKd
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🫶By joining our team, you won’t just design curriculum — you’ll shape how thousands of scientists learn to do rigorous, trustworthy research. Imagine seeing a student halfway across the world use materials you created to strengthen their science. That kind of impact lasts.
Apply at: buff.ly/nJxjaKd
Apply at: buff.ly/nJxjaKd
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Join us on Tuesday, 12/9 at 12pm to see Deans' Distinguished Visiting Professor, Eva Dyer of @pennengineering.bsky.social, present her seminar at the Computational Neuroscience Initiative! #PSOMDDVP tinyurl.com/2ewyww87
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Join us on Tuesday, 12/9 at 12pm to see Deans' Distinguished Visiting Professor, Eva Dyer of @pennengineering.bsky.social, present her seminar at the Computational Neuroscience Initiative! #PSOMDDVP tinyurl.com/2ewyww87
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💡 The state of peer review today / with Mario Malički @mariomalicki.bsky.social
youtu.be/pHPNuYAZ7U8?...
youtu.be/pHPNuYAZ7U8?...
Mario Malički - The state of peer review today
YouTube video by ReproducibiliTea Global
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
💡 The state of peer review today / with Mario Malički @mariomalicki.bsky.social
youtu.be/pHPNuYAZ7U8?...
youtu.be/pHPNuYAZ7U8?...
😍 Big thanks to everyone who joined our abstract-writing workshop yesterday, and to our P.I., @kordinglab.bsky.social for another great session!
Stay tuned for our next event in early 2026!
#AbstractWriting #sciencewriting #C4R #Communityforrigor #PlanYourScience #KonradKording
Stay tuned for our next event in early 2026!
#AbstractWriting #sciencewriting #C4R #Communityforrigor #PlanYourScience #KonradKording
December 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
😍 Big thanks to everyone who joined our abstract-writing workshop yesterday, and to our P.I., @kordinglab.bsky.social for another great session!
Stay tuned for our next event in early 2026!
#AbstractWriting #sciencewriting #C4R #Communityforrigor #PlanYourScience #KonradKording
Stay tuned for our next event in early 2026!
#AbstractWriting #sciencewriting #C4R #Communityforrigor #PlanYourScience #KonradKording
We're back after a wonderful #SFN2025 🔥 Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth and engaged with us over rigor topics. Hope you're enjoying your new socks! 🧦 😜
#ScientificRigor #NINDS #BetterScience #C4R
#ScientificRigor #NINDS #BetterScience #C4R
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We're back after a wonderful #SFN2025 🔥 Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth and engaged with us over rigor topics. Hope you're enjoying your new socks! 🧦 😜
#ScientificRigor #NINDS #BetterScience #C4R
#ScientificRigor #NINDS #BetterScience #C4R
PlanYourScience.com is live! 🔥
Professors: Running a class with research projects? You and your TAs will never have enough time to carefully guide every student through gap, hypotheses, experiment, data analysis, etc. I think every larger course running research projects should use this.
I think almost all scientific projects should be planned carefully. And I think an app can dramatically improve that. So I wrote an app for that (free for now, if you can fund this let me know). I tested it quite a bit (>8000 users in beta so far). try it: planyourscience.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
PlanYourScience.com is live! 🔥
Working on an abstract and could use some help? Join us on Tuesday, December 2 for a virtual abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I. Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social
Register for free at
Register for free at
Rigorous and Glamorous in 100 Words or Less 2.0 - An abstract-writing workshop with Konrad Kording
It’s hard to write an abstract. It’s harder to write a glamorous one that tells your story without overselling your results.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Working on an abstract and could use some help? Join us on Tuesday, December 2 for a virtual abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I. Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social
Register for free at
Register for free at
Are you in the process of writing an abstract and could use some help? Join us on December 2 for a virtual workshop with our P.I., Konrad Kording
@kordinglab.bsky.social
🎟️ RSVP at buff.ly/4IJ0Xwu
✨ You can submit an abstract in progress for a chance to have it workshopped live!
@kordinglab.bsky.social
🎟️ RSVP at buff.ly/4IJ0Xwu
✨ You can submit an abstract in progress for a chance to have it workshopped live!
Rigorous and Glamorous in 100 Words or Less 2.0 - An abstract-writing workshop with Konrad Kording
It’s hard to write an abstract. It’s harder to write a glamorous one that tells your story without overselling your results.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Are you in the process of writing an abstract and could use some help? Join us on December 2 for a virtual workshop with our P.I., Konrad Kording
@kordinglab.bsky.social
🎟️ RSVP at buff.ly/4IJ0Xwu
✨ You can submit an abstract in progress for a chance to have it workshopped live!
@kordinglab.bsky.social
🎟️ RSVP at buff.ly/4IJ0Xwu
✨ You can submit an abstract in progress for a chance to have it workshopped live!
✨ It’s hard to write an abstract. It’s harder to write a glamorous one that tells your story without overselling your results.
🛠️ Join us on Tuesday, December 2 @ 12 pm ET for a live abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I., Konrad Kording. RSVP @ c4r.io/events
🛠️ Join us on Tuesday, December 2 @ 12 pm ET for a live abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I., Konrad Kording. RSVP @ c4r.io/events
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
✨ It’s hard to write an abstract. It’s harder to write a glamorous one that tells your story without overselling your results.
🛠️ Join us on Tuesday, December 2 @ 12 pm ET for a live abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I., Konrad Kording. RSVP @ c4r.io/events
🛠️ Join us on Tuesday, December 2 @ 12 pm ET for a live abstract-writing workshop led by our P.I., Konrad Kording. RSVP @ c4r.io/events
The next round of scientific rigor educational units is brewing. Sign up to join our community and get timely updates about our curriculum, events, and more.
Join us at c4r.io/join
#Causality #CleanCoding #LiteratureSearches #DataVisualization #ScientificRigor
Join us at c4r.io/join
#Causality #CleanCoding #LiteratureSearches #DataVisualization #ScientificRigor
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The next round of scientific rigor educational units is brewing. Sign up to join our community and get timely updates about our curriculum, events, and more.
Join us at c4r.io/join
#Causality #CleanCoding #LiteratureSearches #DataVisualization #ScientificRigor
Join us at c4r.io/join
#Causality #CleanCoding #LiteratureSearches #DataVisualization #ScientificRigor
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We're looking for panelists for our "Beyond Academia: Careers for PhDs in Behavioral & Brain Sicences" event on Jan 16.
We bring PhDs working in industry/gov/non-profit sector to @upenn.edu to share their experience & jobs.
Early career welcome! DM or email pennmindcoreATsas.upenn.edu
Thanks!
We bring PhDs working in industry/gov/non-profit sector to @upenn.edu to share their experience & jobs.
Early career welcome! DM or email pennmindcoreATsas.upenn.edu
Thanks!
October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We're looking for panelists for our "Beyond Academia: Careers for PhDs in Behavioral & Brain Sicences" event on Jan 16.
We bring PhDs working in industry/gov/non-profit sector to @upenn.edu to share their experience & jobs.
Early career welcome! DM or email pennmindcoreATsas.upenn.edu
Thanks!
We bring PhDs working in industry/gov/non-profit sector to @upenn.edu to share their experience & jobs.
Early career welcome! DM or email pennmindcoreATsas.upenn.edu
Thanks!
Learn how to strengthen your study design and guard against bias through effective randomization techniques, in this hands-on workshop, led by C4R's Curriculum Development Lead, Dr. Hao Ye @hao-and-y.bsky.social
Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/uRegbqd
Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/uRegbqd
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Learn how to strengthen your study design and guard against bias through effective randomization techniques, in this hands-on workshop, led by C4R's Curriculum Development Lead, Dr. Hao Ye @hao-and-y.bsky.social
Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/uRegbqd
Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: buff.ly/uRegbqd
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Mapping Open Science in Neuroscience - A collaborative initiative with FORRT @forrt.bsky.social
ReproducibiliTea Bordeaux Team invites you to contribute to this project!
More details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please share.
ReproducibiliTea Bordeaux Team invites you to contribute to this project!
More details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please share.
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mapping Open Science in Neuroscience - A collaborative initiative with FORRT @forrt.bsky.social
ReproducibiliTea Bordeaux Team invites you to contribute to this project!
More details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please share.
ReproducibiliTea Bordeaux Team invites you to contribute to this project!
More details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please share.
Proud of our coLAB, Dr. Ben Kolber @ UT Dallas,
@mhagenauer.bsky.social
and their co-authors for their new paper based on one of our upcoming units 🔥 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@mhagenauer.bsky.social
and their co-authors for their new paper based on one of our upcoming units 🔥 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly
Science projects are designed and funded on the scale of years, so what happens when researchers need to finish prematurely? This Community Page discusses solutions for quickly documenting partially f...
journals.plos.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Proud of our coLAB, Dr. Ben Kolber @ UT Dallas,
@mhagenauer.bsky.social
and their co-authors for their new paper based on one of our upcoming units 🔥 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@mhagenauer.bsky.social
and their co-authors for their new paper based on one of our upcoming units 🔥 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Science projects are designed & funded on the scale of years, so what happens if you need to finish prematurely? @mhagenauer.bsky.social &co discuss solutions for quickly documenting partially finished projects & publishing ‘as you go’ in an uncertain environment @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4ovd1jH
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Science projects are designed & funded on the scale of years, so what happens if you need to finish prematurely? @mhagenauer.bsky.social &co discuss solutions for quickly documenting partially finished projects & publishing ‘as you go’ in an uncertain environment @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4ovd1jH
Prepare for the doctoral candidacy exam. C4R leads interactive and dynamic workshops on topics ranging from experimental design to transparent reporting.
Reinforce your foundational knowledge of scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Email us at carogar@seas.upenn.edu for more information.
Reinforce your foundational knowledge of scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Email us at carogar@seas.upenn.edu for more information.
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Prepare for the doctoral candidacy exam. C4R leads interactive and dynamic workshops on topics ranging from experimental design to transparent reporting.
Reinforce your foundational knowledge of scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Email us at carogar@seas.upenn.edu for more information.
Reinforce your foundational knowledge of scientific rigor and reproducibility.
Email us at carogar@seas.upenn.edu for more information.
"Recent observations show that a significant number of preclinical studies lack rigor in their conduct and reporting. This paper discusses statistical aspects, such as design, sample size determination, and methods of analyses, that will help add rigor and improve the quality of preclinical studies"
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Recent observations show that a significant number of preclinical studies lack rigor in their conduct and reporting. This paper discusses statistical aspects, such as design, sample size determination, and methods of analyses, that will help add rigor and improve the quality of preclinical studies"
Join our team! We are seeking a Technical Lead to guide the development of our web-based educational platform.
See the job posting at:
See the job posting at:
Technical Lead - Community for Rigor (C4R) - Penn Engineering
University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school…
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October 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Join our team! We are seeking a Technical Lead to guide the development of our web-based educational platform.
See the job posting at:
See the job posting at:
We host free in-person and virtual events to teach experimental design and proper research methods. Come and learn what everyone assumes you already know 😉
Join us at c4r.io/join to receive invitations and updates.
Photos: Eric Sucar
#SicentificRigor #ExperimentalDesign #ResearchMethods #C4R
Join us at c4r.io/join to receive invitations and updates.
Photos: Eric Sucar
#SicentificRigor #ExperimentalDesign #ResearchMethods #C4R
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We host free in-person and virtual events to teach experimental design and proper research methods. Come and learn what everyone assumes you already know 😉
Join us at c4r.io/join to receive invitations and updates.
Photos: Eric Sucar
#SicentificRigor #ExperimentalDesign #ResearchMethods #C4R
Join us at c4r.io/join to receive invitations and updates.
Photos: Eric Sucar
#SicentificRigor #ExperimentalDesign #ResearchMethods #C4R
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Congrats to Mary Brunkow from @isbscience.org on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Brunkow was honored with collaborators Ramsdell and Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking work on immune system regulation.
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Congrats to Mary Brunkow from @isbscience.org on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Brunkow was honored with collaborators Ramsdell and Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking work on immune system regulation.
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
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Current Penn graduate and professional students applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) are invited to participate in a 2-hour interactive writing workshop.
Thurs, Oct 9, 2-4pm
Graduate Student Center, Rm 304
Register: upenn-gsc.libcal.com/event/15480420
Thurs, Oct 9, 2-4pm
Graduate Student Center, Rm 304
Register: upenn-gsc.libcal.com/event/15480420
Interactive GRFP Writing Workshop
Current Penn graduate and professional students applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) are invited to participate in this two-hour interactive writing...
upenn-gsc.libcal.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Current Penn graduate and professional students applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) are invited to participate in a 2-hour interactive writing workshop.
Thurs, Oct 9, 2-4pm
Graduate Student Center, Rm 304
Register: upenn-gsc.libcal.com/event/15480420
Thurs, Oct 9, 2-4pm
Graduate Student Center, Rm 304
Register: upenn-gsc.libcal.com/event/15480420
Interested in testing our scientific rigor training materials? Email us at carogar@seas.upenn.edu
We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.
Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join
We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.
Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interested in testing our scientific rigor training materials? Email us at carogar@seas.upenn.edu
We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.
Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join
We have three units in beta, ready for testing, and they come in 3 versions: for individuals, small group meetings, and class lecture.
Join us and learn more at C4R.io/join