The #EinsteinFoundationAward hosts a plenary showcasing winners advancing transparency, reproducibility & responsible science. Timothy Errington @cos.io, @brandonstell.bsky.social @pubpeer.com & @elisabethbik.bsky.social share insights on open science, post-publication peer review & error detection.
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Join us in Vancouver for the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity (#WCRI2026), May 3–6, 2026.
🌍 All disciplines, all career stages
📍 Venue: The Westin Bayshore
🔗 Register now + book your stay: wcri2026.org/registration/
October 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The #EinsteinFoundationAward hosts a plenary showcasing winners advancing transparency, reproducibility & responsible science. Timothy Errington @cos.io, @brandonstell.bsky.social @pubpeer.com & @elisabethbik.bsky.social share insights on open science, post-publication peer review & error detection.
Unconference #RRiA: PixelQuality's @chrischmied.bsky.social (w/ @helenajambor.bsky.social), #EinsteinFoundationAward early-career winners, shared the journey of building a global team of 149 experts, @quarep-limi.bsky.social & creating a checklist now standard in @natureportfolio.nature.com journals
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Unconference #RRiA: PixelQuality's @chrischmied.bsky.social (w/ @helenajambor.bsky.social), #EinsteinFoundationAward early-career winners, shared the journey of building a global team of 149 experts, @quarep-limi.bsky.social & creating a checklist now standard in @natureportfolio.nature.com journals
🆕 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!
January 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🆕 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!
Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward winner PixelQuality (@helenajambor.bsky.social and @chrischmied.bsky.social) has developed checklists to improve standards for scientific images, which four @natureportfolio.nature.com journals began trialling in May.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The do’s and don’ts of scientific image editing
Acceptable image-editing practices are partly a matter of common sense. But researchers say journals and funders could help scientists by standardizing policies.
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward winner PixelQuality (@helenajambor.bsky.social and @chrischmied.bsky.social) has developed checklists to improve standards for scientific images, which four @natureportfolio.nature.com journals began trialling in May.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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! 🌍 (1/2)
➡️ award.einsteinfoundation.de
#OpenScience #reproducibility
➡️ award.einsteinfoundation.de
#OpenScience #reproducibility
January 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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! 🌍 (1/2)
➡️ award.einsteinfoundation.de
#OpenScience #reproducibility
➡️ award.einsteinfoundation.de
#OpenScience #reproducibility
#Reminder: The €350K #EinsteinFoundationAward aims to provide recognition for outstanding efforts that enhance the rigor, reliability, robustness & transparency of research in 3 categories: Individual, Institutional & Early Career. The #CallForEntries closes 30/04/2025: award.einsteinfoundation.de
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! 🌍 (1/2)
➡️ award.einsteinfoundation.de
#OpenScience #reproducibility
➡️ award.einsteinfoundation.de
#OpenScience #reproducibility
February 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#Reminder: The €350K #EinsteinFoundationAward aims to provide recognition for outstanding efforts that enhance the rigor, reliability, robustness & transparency of research in 3 categories: Individual, Institutional & Early Career. The #CallForEntries closes 30/04/2025: award.einsteinfoundation.de
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? youtu.be/efkB4nzaN-4?...
Ape Research Index: 2022 Einstein Foundation Early Career Award / Progress Report
YouTube video by Einstein Foundation Berlin
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December 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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? youtu.be/efkB4nzaN-4?...
We would like to thank the awardees, speakers, moderators, and guests for the wonderful evening at the 2024 #EinsteinFoundationAward ceremony! @kaiwegner.bsky.social @regberlin.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social @pubpeer.com @helenajambor.bsky.social @chrischmied.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We would like to thank the awardees, speakers, moderators, and guests for the wonderful evening at the 2024 #EinsteinFoundationAward ceremony! @kaiwegner.bsky.social @regberlin.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social @pubpeer.com @helenajambor.bsky.social @chrischmied.bsky.social
We proudly present the 2024 winners of the #EinsteinFoundationAward:
🏆Individual Award: Elisabeth Bik
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
🏆Institutional Award: PubPeer
🏆Early Career Award: PixelQuality @helenajambor.bsky.social
➡️https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/18112024-09/24
🏆Individual Award: Elisabeth Bik
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
🏆Institutional Award: PubPeer
🏆Early Career Award: PixelQuality @helenajambor.bsky.social
➡️https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/18112024-09/24
November 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
We proudly present the 2024 winners of the #EinsteinFoundationAward:
🏆Individual Award: Elisabeth Bik
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
🏆Institutional Award: PubPeer
🏆Early Career Award: PixelQuality @helenajambor.bsky.social
➡️https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/18112024-09/24
🏆Individual Award: Elisabeth Bik
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
🏆Institutional Award: PubPeer
🏆Early Career Award: PixelQuality @helenajambor.bsky.social
➡️https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/18112024-09/24
"Das toxische Karriere- und Bewertungssystem in der Wissenschaft muss reformiert werden", sagt Ulrich Dirnagl, Sekretär des #EinsteinFoundationAward am BIH QUEST Center im @tagesspiegel. #paywall
www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/fehlg...
www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/fehlg...
Fehlgeleiteter Ehrgeiz: Warum Forschende betrügen und was dagegen hilft
Die Fälschungsvorwürfe sind noch ungeprüft, doch die Präsidentin der Uni Kiel hat ihr Amt schon zur Verfügung gestellt. Indes, das Problem der Qualitätskontrolle in der Forschung wurzelt tiefer als de...
www.tagesspiegel.de
February 21, 2024 at 9:44 AM
"Das toxische Karriere- und Bewertungssystem in der Wissenschaft muss reformiert werden", sagt Ulrich Dirnagl, Sekretär des #EinsteinFoundationAward am BIH QUEST Center im @tagesspiegel. #paywall
www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/fehlg...
www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/fehlg...
Important read on the devastating impact of fraud in Alzheimer's research, highlighting the work of 2024 #EinsteinFoundationAward winners @elisabethbik.bsky.social and @pubpeer.com in cleaning up the scientific record. #ResearchIntegrity www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
Opinion | The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science (Gift Article)
Fraud in research needs to end.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Important read on the devastating impact of fraud in Alzheimer's research, highlighting the work of 2024 #EinsteinFoundationAward winners @elisabethbik.bsky.social and @pubpeer.com in cleaning up the scientific record. #ResearchIntegrity www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
#EinsteinFoundationAward Secretary Ulrich Dirnagl discusses together with Daniel Strech from @bihatcharite.bsky.social the consequences of Trump's Executive Order 'Restoring Gold Standard Science' in German Newspaper @faznet.bsky.social.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
#Paywall
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
#Paywall
Trumps „Goldstandard“ bedeutet das Ende der Wissenschaftsfreiheit
Ein Dekret von Donald Trump will neue Regeln für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten setzen. Doch hinter der Reform-Rhetorik verbirgt sich der Plan, die Forschung in den USA an die Kandare der Regierung zu ne...
www.faz.net
June 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#EinsteinFoundationAward Secretary Ulrich Dirnagl discusses together with Daniel Strech from @bihatcharite.bsky.social the consequences of Trump's Executive Order 'Restoring Gold Standard Science' in German Newspaper @faznet.bsky.social.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
#Paywall
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
#Paywall
Call for entries📣The international €500K #EinsteinFoundationAward w/ BIH QUEST Center honors researchers and institutions across all scientific disciplines working to advance #research quality: award.einsteinfoundation.de Deadline 30/04/2024 - please share!
January 22, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Call for entries📣The international €500K #EinsteinFoundationAward w/ BIH QUEST Center honors researchers and institutions across all scientific disciplines working to advance #research quality: award.einsteinfoundation.de Deadline 30/04/2024 - please share!
Congrats to the #EinsteinFoundationAward Early Career Finalists: Laura Globig, @nyu.edu; Hernan Andres Morales-Navarrete, Universidad de Las Américas; Aissatou Ndiaye, University of Augsburg; @ritpau.bsky.social, @unibas.ch; Maximilian Sprang, @unimainz.bsky.social. Meet them online next Monday!
Who will win the €100,000 Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward? Join us Nov 10 (3-5pm CET) to discover up to six finalist projects boosting research quality, selected from 72 global applications. Online event at @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social
Register now: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
Register now: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Congrats to the #EinsteinFoundationAward Early Career Finalists: Laura Globig, @nyu.edu; Hernan Andres Morales-Navarrete, Universidad de Las Américas; Aissatou Ndiaye, University of Augsburg; @ritpau.bsky.social, @unibas.ch; Maximilian Sprang, @unimainz.bsky.social. Meet them online next Monday!
Who will win the €100,000 Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward? Join @einsteinberlin.bsky.social on Nov 10 to discover up to six finalist projects boosting research quality, selected from 72 global applications. @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social
Register: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
Register: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
October 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Who will win the €100,000 Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward? Join @einsteinberlin.bsky.social on Nov 10 to discover up to six finalist projects boosting research quality, selected from 72 global applications. @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social
Register: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
Register: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
Who will win the €100,000 Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward? Join us Nov 10 (3-5pm CET) to discover up to six finalist projects boosting research quality, selected from 72 global applications. Online event at @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social
Register now: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
Register now: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Who will win the €100,000 Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward? Join us Nov 10 (3-5pm CET) to discover up to six finalist projects boosting research quality, selected from 72 global applications. Online event at @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social
Register now: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
Register now: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
🏆 Today, we are proudly presenting the #EinsteinFoundationAward for Promoting Quality in Research 2024 at the Bodemuseum @kulturspk.bsky.social.
Follow us on Instagram for exclusive insights starting at 6pm: www.instagram.com/einsteinfoun... 2/3
Follow us on Instagram for exclusive insights starting at 6pm: www.instagram.com/einsteinfoun... 2/3
March 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🏆 Today, we are proudly presenting the #EinsteinFoundationAward for Promoting Quality in Research 2024 at the Bodemuseum @kulturspk.bsky.social.
Follow us on Instagram for exclusive insights starting at 6pm: www.instagram.com/einsteinfoun... 2/3
Follow us on Instagram for exclusive insights starting at 6pm: www.instagram.com/einsteinfoun... 2/3
Absolutely thrilled to have won the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Individual #EinsteinFoundationAward.
Big congrats to PubPeer and @helenajambor.bsky.social for winning in their categories.
Big congrats to PubPeer and @helenajambor.bsky.social for winning in their categories.
We proudly present the 2024 winners of the #EinsteinFoundationAward:
🏆Individual Award: Elisabeth Bik
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
🏆Institutional Award: PubPeer
🏆Early Career Award: PixelQuality @helenajambor.bsky.social
➡️https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/18112024-09/24
🏆Individual Award: Elisabeth Bik
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
🏆Institutional Award: PubPeer
🏆Early Career Award: PixelQuality @helenajambor.bsky.social
➡️https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/18112024-09/24
November 18, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Absolutely thrilled to have won the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Individual #EinsteinFoundationAward.
Big congrats to PubPeer and @helenajambor.bsky.social for winning in their categories.
Big congrats to PubPeer and @helenajambor.bsky.social for winning in their categories.
#Lesetipp: Ulrich Dirnagl, Sekretär des #EinsteinFoundationAward, und Daniel Strech vom @bihatcharite.bsky.social nehmen in einem Gastbeitrag in der @faznet.bsky.social Trumps Dekret zum 'Goldstandard' in der Wissenschaft unter die Lupe.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
#Paywall
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
#Paywall
Trumps „Goldstandard“ bedeutet das Ende der Wissenschaftsfreiheit
Ein Dekret von Donald Trump will neue Regeln für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten setzen. Doch hinter der Reform-Rhetorik verbirgt sich der Plan, die Forschung in den USA an die Kandare der Regierung zu ne...
www.faz.net
June 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#Lesetipp: Ulrich Dirnagl, Sekretär des #EinsteinFoundationAward, und Daniel Strech vom @bihatcharite.bsky.social nehmen in einem Gastbeitrag in der @faznet.bsky.social Trumps Dekret zum 'Goldstandard' in der Wissenschaft unter die Lupe.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
#Paywall
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
#Paywall
🏆 Heute verleihen wir feierlich den #EinsteinFoundationAward for Promoting Quality in Research 2024 im Bodemuseum @kulturspk.bsky.social.
Folgt uns bei Instagram für exklusive Einblicke ab 18 Uhr: www.instagram.com/einsteinfoun... 1/3
Folgt uns bei Instagram für exklusive Einblicke ab 18 Uhr: www.instagram.com/einsteinfoun... 1/3
March 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🏆 Heute verleihen wir feierlich den #EinsteinFoundationAward for Promoting Quality in Research 2024 im Bodemuseum @kulturspk.bsky.social.
Folgt uns bei Instagram für exklusive Einblicke ab 18 Uhr: www.instagram.com/einsteinfoun... 1/3
Folgt uns bei Instagram für exklusive Einblicke ab 18 Uhr: www.instagram.com/einsteinfoun... 1/3
Today at 3 pm (CET) five #EinsteinFoundationAward Early Career finalists will pitch innovative, forward-thinking ideas aimed at strengthening the rigor, reliability, reproducibility, and transparency of research practices across disciplines! Join via Zoom: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
Who will win the €100,000 Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward? Join us Nov 10 (3-5pm CET) to discover up to six finalist projects boosting research quality, selected from 72 global applications. Online event at @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social
Register now: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
Register now: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Today at 3 pm (CET) five #EinsteinFoundationAward Early Career finalists will pitch innovative, forward-thinking ideas aimed at strengthening the rigor, reliability, reproducibility, and transparency of research practices across disciplines! Join via Zoom: www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/insights/...
🆕 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! www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2025/...
January 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🆕 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! www.einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2025/...
Missed Yves Moreau's talk "Dubious sources: investigating the dark side of large human DNA databases" at #rp24 @re-publica.com? Watch the winner of the 2023 #EinsteinFoundationAward on Youtube now!
youtu.be/uXQi-3hAnyw?...
youtu.be/uXQi-3hAnyw?...
re:publica 2024: Yves Moreau - Dubious sources: ...
Dubious sources: investigating the dark side of large human DNA databasesDNA databases in human genetics often contain data of unknown origin, collected with...
youtu.be
June 17, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Missed Yves Moreau's talk "Dubious sources: investigating the dark side of large human DNA databases" at #rp24 @re-publica.com? Watch the winner of the 2023 #EinsteinFoundationAward on Youtube now!
youtu.be/uXQi-3hAnyw?...
youtu.be/uXQi-3hAnyw?...
Stage 1 registered report for #BigTeamScience project & 2021 Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward winner @manybabies.org 5 accepted by @natureportfolio.bsky.social Human Behavoir. Infancy researchers joining forces to advance robustness & generalizability: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
April 5, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Stage 1 registered report for #BigTeamScience project & 2021 Early Career #EinsteinFoundationAward winner @manybabies.org 5 accepted by @natureportfolio.bsky.social Human Behavoir. Infancy researchers joining forces to advance robustness & generalizability: osf.io/preprints/ps...