Good Research Practice (GWP)
KIT offers a range of services and advice for all those who study, research and teach here. Take a look at the following pages and find out more!
Here you will find
- General information on good research practice at KIT
- Support services for questions in the research process
- Information on teaching good scientific practice in teaching
- Specific offers for doctoral candidates/postdocs and students
Your question is not answered? Please contact the Office for Good Scientific Practice and Ethical Principles for further information!
On July 17, 2025, the HoC Writing Lab and the KIT Library, together with Baden-Württemberg universities, will stream the Digital Thesis Day live from KIT's InformatiKOM, which will show how writing and information skills as well as the use of AI tools can be promoted in the process of writing a thesis.
www.bibliothek.kit.edu
The University Alliance Ruhr has established an Early Career Researchers Board to involve young researchers more closely and supports them with mobility grants and common standards for doctoral supervision, among other things.
www.uni-due.de
The DFG has issued written reprimands against the physicians Simone Fulda and Klaus-Michael Debatin for scientific misconduct and also excluded Fulda from submitting proposals for one year after numerous publications were found to contain erroneous or manipulated figures.
www.dfg.de
Scientific Misconduct
KIT also offers support and structures to address scientific misconduct:
If scientific misconduct is suspected, a formal investigation procedure can be initiated via the Ombudspersons for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice. If the suspicion is substantiated, they will forward the case to the Commission for Good Scientific Practice.
The Ombudspersons for Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors will be happy to assist you with any problems you may encounter in resarch and writing as well as supervising doctoral theses. The Ombudspersons for Ethical Principles provide support with questions about KIT's ethical principles and applications for a vote of the Ethics Committee.
According to the statutes, tangible suspicions of scientific misconduct must be reported!