Community for Rigor
Welcome to the Community for Rigor! We create educational materials to help you teach, and learn, the principles and practice of scientific rigor.
What we’re building
Lessons and Materials
- Always free, open-access
- Interactive activities and thoughtful instruction
- Suitable for all levels of research experience
- Tailored versions to support solo and group learning
- Best practices supported by subject matter experts
A Community for Rigor
- Students – grow together with peers and mentors
- Teachers – incorporate our materials into your curriculum
- Schools – partner with us for wide-scale deployment
- Organizations – work with us, join our community index
- You!
The latest from C4R
- C4R is Rigorous and Glamorous!This week, the Community for Rigor hosted Rigorous and Glamorous in 100 Words or Less, an abstract workshop for our friends across the world! We had a blast reaching scholars from eleven countries and over three dozen institutions! We’ve shared a recording of the fun to our YouTube channel and written up some tips for… Read more: C4R is Rigorous and Glamorous!
- BPS 2024: Rigor is . . . Popular!This February, the Community for Rigor made the long trek across Philadelphia to attend the 2024 annual meeting of the Biophysical Society (BPS) for a weekend of tabling, conversation, and learning that crystallography does not, in fact, involve all that many precious gems. Thanks to all the wonderful people who came by our booth to… Read more: BPS 2024: Rigor is . . . Popular!
- Rigorous and Glamorous in 100 Words or Less!A Community for Rigor Abstract Workshop It’s hard to write an abstract. It’s harder to write a glamorous one that tells your story without overselling your results. Community for Rigor is here to help! Join Professor Konrad Kording for a rigorous abstract writing workshop on March 20th, 2024. Together, let’s lovingly glam up abstracts from the Community… Read more: Rigorous and Glamorous in 100 Words or Less!
- SfN 2023: Nice to Meet You!This November, the Community for Rigor flocked to the 2023 annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience (SfN) for a week of tabling, conversation, and so, so, so many socks. Thanks to all the wonderful people who came by our booth to talk about rigor, make some coffee, and test our Road 2 Rigor demo… Read more: SfN 2023: Nice to Meet You!
- Leaving Science in a Better State Than They Found It: How the Campsite Rule Motivates Scientists to Learn About ReproducibilityReproducibility of scientific findings leads to faster progress and innovation. In an effort to understand the motivations of scientists that attend reproducibility training events, instructors running these reproducibility workshops through Reproducibility for Everyone conducted a voluntary survey of participants between 2020 and 2022 (n=639). The findings provide insights into the experiences of researchers and highlights… Read more: Leaving Science in a Better State Than They Found It: How the Campsite Rule Motivates Scientists to Learn About Reproducibility
Our partners
Help us make science less wrong today
- Did something with less rigor than optimal? Tell us anonymously about it at our confessionals box. Let’s make rigor a daily conversation!
- What should we teach? Important topics holding back science.
- How should we teach it? Answer our survey.
- Join our team. Inquire about our open positions.