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!
The Executive Board of the German Research Foundation (DFG) has reprimanded a researcher for intellectual theft and imposed a two-year ban on submitting grant applications. According to the DFG, the researcher had published a paper without listing a former colleague and doctoral student who had made a significant contribution as a co-author. The latter had apparently previously refused to be listed as the second author and had demanded to be named as the first author.
www.dfg.de
The Library on the North Campus invites you to join in a diverse anniversary program from March through November 2026. The lineup includes coffee talks, podcasts, an escape room, and much more! The first event kicks off on March 18, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. as an After Lunch Coffee Talk in the pavilion of the Library on Campus North, focusing on Zotero and research data management.
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The workshop "Engineering Ethics & Dual-Use" will take place on March 24 and 25. The two-day event will highlight the ethical dimensions of security-related research with a special focus on drone technologies. Further information can be found at the following link.
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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!