CIHR: The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)CIHR's approach to research assessment within the Project Grant competition already reflected many of the DORA principles, such as encouraging peer reviewers to consider a range of research outputs broader than published journal articles. However, CIHR heard from stakeholders that additional guidance was needed to support applicants and peer reviewers in the inclusion of a broad range of research contributions in their applications and assessments, respectively. That's why CIHR updated its program guidance to provide examples of more inclusive and expansive contributions to help in the crafting and assessment of applications. These updates encourage the assessment of the content and output/outcomes of research rather than the prestige of the journals in which researchers publish, including directing reviewers to not use journal-based metrics as surrogate measures of the quality of individual research publications.
CIHR's approach to research assessment within the Project Peer Review Manual (2021) already reflected many of the DORA principles, such as encouraging the inclusion of outputs broader than published journal articles. The guidance updates further encourage the assessment of research quality and impact, rather than prestige, with instructions that journal-based metrics not be used in assessment of quality and impact. The updated materials provide examples of more inclusive and expansive contributions and impacts to help in the crafting and assessment of applications.