A Pilot Approach To Replicating Research: The NIH Common Fund’s Replication to Enhance Research Impact Initiative Provides Funding To Support Research Replication Activities

October 29, 2024

This summer, the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination launched the new Replication to Enhance Research Impact Initiative, a pilot approach to advance rigor and transparency in biomedical research by supporting the direct third-party replication of NIH-funded studies. Through the new Replication Initiative, we aim to test whether direct replication of selected research studies is a fruitful approach to enhancing research reproducibility, and if yes, for what types of studies, and under what circumstances.