Groningen Research Assessment Protocol

The University of Groningen has drawn up more tailored guidelines for the quality assurance of its main research units.

The national Strategy Evaluation Protocol (SEP) states that the Board of each University is responsible for organizing its tailored research assessments within the SEP framework. The Groningen guidelines have been laid down in the Groningen Research Assessment Protocol 2021 in order to dovetail our research policy and aims with the SEP. It provides more detailed guidelines, procedures and formats conforming to the specific requirements of the Faculty Boards and the Board of the University.

Following the SEP, internal self-evaluations in between two external assessments (previously known as Midterm Reviews) will no longer be organized. Instead, follow-up actions will be monitored at regular intervals as part of the quality assurance cycle, partly supported by annual research in- and output reports following national VSNU definitions and Template 1.

The main unit of assessment are the SEP institutes and programmes, irrespective of their current size. However, our units of assessment are expected to strive for sufficient critical mass to remain nationally and internationally visible, and PRCs will be instructed to explicitly address the viability of smaller units.

The GRAP further provides guidelines for internal and national coordination, inclusion of (local and interuniversity) Graduate Schools and alignment with the PDCA cycle and annual reporting and registration obligations.

• UG protocol Quality Assurance of Research
• Appendix 1 Time schedule and units of assessment
• Appendix 2 and Template 2 for Assessment of PhD training and supervision in the faculty graduate schools
• Appendix 3 Guidelines for responsible research assessment
• Template 1 for annual research information reporting (KUOZ)