Invitation to comment on new MRC guidance on good research practice
23 January 2012
The MRC is currently revising the principles and guidelines on good research practice and we would welcome views on the new draft which has been developed by a working group of the MRC’s Ethics, Regulation and Public Involvement Committee (ERPIC).
Good research practice underpins high-quality science and supports the robust evidence base needed to drive improvements in health and this new draft sets out our expectations for all MRC-funded researchers in the form of high-level principles alongside guidelines providing further information and sign-posting to more detailed guidance and codes of practice.
We would particularly welcome views on the whether the new principles and guidelines provide the right level of information and are clear and comprehensive, as well as views on any gaps you feel need to be addressed either here or which might form the basis for future work in this area.
The new principles and guidelines will be available primarily as a web based resource, with links to the relevant policy and guidance documents accessible in each section. It will also be available as a document that can be downloaded from our website, along with a summary flyer based on the key principles. An induction checklist, which also provides key links, will be produced for MRC units and institutes.
Our aim is to complete this review and to issue the new principles and guidance in the spring. Any comments on the current draft should be sent to Rosa Parker, Corporate Information and Policy Manager, to corporate@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk by Monday 13th February 2012.
For reference the current version of this publication is available here.
