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Alleged violations of research integrity are always investigated in the organisation where the suspected violation occurred or where the suspected researcher acted when it occurred. After the suspicion has first been addressed in the organisation's

Ethical review in Finland depends on whether the research is medical or in the scope of human sciences. Medical research The Medical Research Act and Decree (488/1999) regulate medical research involving human beings. According to the Act, medical

The roots of the State Award for Public Information stretch back to 1865, when the Senate decided to grant Finland’s first state awards. At the initiative of Senator J. V. Snellman, the decision was taken to grant three literary awards: non-fiction,

Alleged violations of research integrity (so-called RI violations) are investigated in the research organisation where the alleged violation has taken place. The process of handling alleged violations of research integrity, or the RI process, must be

Awards are granted for major information publication work in the field of scientific, artistic and technological information dissemination that has increased citizens’ knowledge and stimulated societal debate. The award is granted for currently relevant

Guidelines for the responsible conduct of research and for handling allegations of misconduct (the RCR guidelines) have been published by the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, which is appointed by the Ministry of Education and Culture in

Official e-mail:tenk(at)tenk.fi Address: Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK Kirkkokatu 6 FIN-00170 Helsinki   Chair ChancellorKaarle Hämeri University of Helsinki Secretary General Sanna-Kaisa Spoof Tel. +358 50 594 1909 Email:

Here you will find short videos produced by TENK for teaching purposes. In addition to Finnish and Swedish, the videos are available in English, French and Russian. Videos on Research Integrity (RI) Good research practices In English: Good research

On this page you will find TENK's guidelines and other publications in PDF format. Text-only versions of central publications are available on separate pages. All material published after 1.1.2021 is licensed with a CC BY 4.0 license unless otherwise

Ethical review means advance scrutiny and evaluation of a research plan in the light of the ethical practices generally followed in that particular discipline of science, with special emphasis on preventing any harm that the research or its results might

This page contains links to the key Finnish grants and awards in the field of public information, as well as other useful bodies. As these pages contain information subject to changes, we request that readers inform us of any changes, errors or omissions

In Finland, for research to be ethically acceptable and reliable and for its results to be credible, the research must be conducted according to the Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (PDF). In line with the European Code of Conduct for