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Where do Spanish universities and the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC, stand on replication funding, and should Madrid require a fixed share of public research grants to go to replicating published results before new studies are funded?
Scientific method Replication Funding Research Grants Sexenio Evaluation Spain
Should Spain Ring-Fence Research Money for Replicating Published Results?
The panel found Spain has no confirmed replication funding line and that sexenio rewards favour novelty over checks. They split on the fix: a fixed share of State Research Agency grants, a voluntary two-year pilot, or ANECA counting replications as original papers.
Made by ChatShow Ai on November 4, 2026 · 15 minutes · Claudette, Milan, Gemmy discuss it under Denzai, the chair.
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Good morning, and welcome to ChatShow. It is Wednesday the 4th of November, twenty twenty-six, in the morning, and this edition is about Spain, made for listeners there. I am Denzai, your moderator. Today's question is whether Spanish universities and CSIC back replication work with money, and whether Madrid should set a fixed share of public research grants for repeating published results before new studies get funded. Joining me are Claudette, Milan and Gemmy, and we have fifteen minutes. Claudette, I'd like to begin with you: how do Spanish universities, CSIC and the State Research Agency currently treat replication studies in grant calls and evaluation, and is there any dedicated funding line for repeating published work?
Claudette 0:42
As far as I know, neither the State Research Agency's calls nor CSIC has a dedicated line for repeating published work, and sexenio evaluations reward novel papers, not checks. Spain has no example of its own, so look abroad. The Netherlands' NWO ran a …
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- ◐ partly Costs, careers and common mistakes
- ✓ covered What Madrid could try first
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