Universities and researchers
Universities, research institutes and laboratories can collaborate with The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) on research, independent review and methods. Collaboration starts from a research protocol and agreed terms for contributions, rights and publication. Ethics review follows the requirements of the institutions and jurisdictions involved, and research terms always keep negative findings and independent scrutiny possible. This page sets out the routes, the ethics and publication rules and what each party contributes. It is part of Work with GCRI.
- Institution
- The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
- Service level
- R0: information and enquiries
- 01QuestionNational, regional or institutional priority
- 02EvidenceSTEM foundation of the platform
- 03BuildNexus Foundry
- 04OrganizeNexus Ecosystem
- 05TestNexus Universe (independent site)
- 06PublishNexus Reports
- 07DecideCompetent authorities and institutions, through Nexus Rails
- 08RenewCorrections and the next annual agenda
The short answer.
Universities, research institutes and laboratories collaborate with GCRI on research, independent review and methods, starting from a research protocol and agreed terms for contributions, rights and publication. Ethics review follows the institutions and jurisdictions involved, and research terms always protect negative findings and independent publication.
People and services in Colombia.
Where people live and how far each division sits from a large city's services, shown for Colombia as an example geography for this subject.
Three ways to work together.
Each starts with a written protocol and agreed terms.
Independent review
Review of GCRI methods and findings by researchers with managed conflicts.
Methods and teaching
Contributions to method pages in the STEM Commons and to learning routes.
What is agreed at the start.
- 01
Research protocol
Questions, methods, data, roles and timeline.
- 02
Resource decision
What each party contributes, including any computing or data access, and on what terms.
- 03
Rights
Background intellectual property, joint results, third-party material and protected community knowledge are treated separately.
- 04
Publication route
Where and how results are published, authorship by contribution and the review that precedes release.
What you receive, contribute and can expect.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What you receive | A research protocol, a resource decision, contribution and rights terms and a publication route |
| What you contribute | Research expertise, staff time and any data or facilities agreed in the protocol |
| Cost | Determined in each protocol; no general fee applies to research collaboration |
| Who is accountable | The GCRI organization named in the terms, GCRI Canada or GCRI US |
| How to leave or raise a concern | Withdraw at any time under the agreed terms; concerns go to integrity@therisk.global |
Terms used on this page.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Research ethics approval | Approval of a study protocol by an independent ethics committee before data collection involving people. |
| Contributor role statement | A structured record of each person's part in a research output, often using the CRediT taxonomy of fourteen roles maintained by NISO. |
| Open access | Free, immediate online availability of research outputs, with rights to read, download and reuse under an open licence, as the Budapest Open Access Initiative defines it. |
| Null result | A finding of no detectable effect, which still informs future campaigns when published. |
Integrity is not negotiable.
- Ethics review as required by the institutions and jurisdictions involved, before work with people begins
- Negative findings and independent scrutiny always remain possible
- No funder, sponsor or host can suppress a result or a limitation
- Funding and conflicts disclosed with each publication
- Corrections recorded as new versions
Integrity rules are set out under research integrity. The Global Risks Forum (GRF) runs a research and universities constituency for leadership dialogue. The current service level is R0, information and enquiries: an enquiry receives a reference, and the acknowledgement names the next step.
Questions and answers.
How do we propose a collaboration?
Who owns joint results?
Can students join a collaboration?
Does GCRI fund research?
Around GCRI.
Start with an enquiry.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.