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Moderator Leonhard Möckl
• Use RRR (Review the Reviewers’ Review), a feedback
mechanism designed to enhance quality and fairness
by rating the reviewers’ assessments. Applicants who
participate in RRR will review the evaluations provided by reviewers on other proposals. These “applicant
reviewers” will assess the clarity, depth, constructiveness, and absence of bias in the original reviews. (They
cannot review evaluations of their own proposals and
will typically review proposals outside their area of expertise or with time delay.)
• Ratings given by “applicant reviewers” are recorded and
monitored by granting agency for accountability and
improvements. Perhaps use standardized questionnaire for applicant reviewers to collect feedback.
• The reviewers should be selected, assessed, and rewarded based on the quality of their expert opinions. Their
contributions to science need to be properly acknowledged.
• Funding agencies should systematically collect data on
misconduct regarding conflicts of interests, reviewers’
performance etc., and set up metrics to follow up the effectiveness of newly implemented changes in procedure.
How to Remove Obstacles for the International Movement of Early-Career Scientists
Moderated by Lindau Alumnus Leonhard Möckl,
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany
Visa Issues
• National institutions and universities should connect
with immigration and local authorities and offer education on critical research projects and what to consider
in visa applications.
• Universities should set up and expand frameworks that
help early-career researchers to navigate visa application procedures.
• Universities should push for the establishment of a specific visa category for scholars, particularly for attending scientific events on short notice. In many countries,
there is no dedicated visa for such events, necessitating
the application for a tourist visa instead.
• A website listing all available fellowships and grant
options by the university, national research foundations/EU funding and important foundations would
help not just foreign early-career researchers but also
provide early-career researchers with more guidance at
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