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      Challenges to ethical public engagement in research funding: a perspective from practice

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          European research funding organizations (RFOs) are increasingly experimenting with public engagement in their funding activities. This case study draws attention to the challenges they face in preparing, implementing, and evaluating ethical public engagement in the context of setting funding priorities, formulating calls for proposals, and evaluating project proposals. We discuss challenges related to seven themes: (1) recruiting participants; (2) commitments and expectations; (3) meaningful dialogue and equal engagement; (4) accommodating vulnerability; (5) funding call formulations; (6) lack of expertise in engagement ethics; and (7) uncertainty, resource constraints, and external factors. To address these challenges, we propose the following seven interventions: (1) developing comprehensive recruitment strategies with experienced recruiters and community organizations; (2) establishing clear communication of roles, expectations, and outcomes through codes of conduct; (3) training mediators to address power imbalances; (4) designing flexible engagement methods and providing tailored support; (5) implementing collaborative feedback loops for inclusive funding call formulation; (6) enhancing ethical standards through internal expertise and external advisory inputs; and (7) developing adaptive strategies for flexible and ethical public engagement. These recommendations emphasize the need for context-adaptive insights to support funding organizations to implement ethical public engagement activities, even when faced with organizational constraints and a lack of ethical expertise.

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                Open Res Eur
                Open Res Eur
                Open Research Europe
                F1000 Research Limited (London, UK )
                2732-5121
                6 November 2024
                2024
                : 4
                : 179
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Governance and Regulation Chair, University of Paris Dauphine-PSL, Paris, Île-de-France, 75016, France
                [2 ]Centre for Political Research, Sciences Po, Paris, Île-de-France, 75007, France
                [3 ]Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
                [1 ]Kazimieras Simonavicius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
                [1 ]CSIRO Environment, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
                [1 ]Kazimieras Simonavicius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
                Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, Île-de-France, France
                [1 ]School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
                Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, Île-de-France, France
                [1 ]CSIRO Environment, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
                Governance and Regulation Chair, Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8704-4484
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3059-0182
                Article
                10.12688/openreseurope.18126.2
                11549538
                210c802e-1dab-4ce3-a520-ae5317967295
                Copyright: © 2024 Giannelos K et al.

                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 30 October 2024
                Funding
                Funded by: Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
                Award ID: 872441
                This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No [872441](Participatory Real Life Experiments in Research and Innovation Funding Organisations on Ethics [PRO-Ethics]).
                The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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                engagement,participation,responsible research and innovation,research funding,ethics,public engagement

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