The Metascience Symposium is a global gathering for knowledge sharing, community building, and opportunities to define a roadmap of research and intervention priorities to accelerate science.

Many scholarly fields conduct descriptive research about the research process. Advocates and reformers have prescriptive ideas about how the research process might be improved. Policymakers, funders, publishers, and other stakeholders enact changes to the social and technical infrastructure of research. All have an interest in whether changes and reforms have their intended effects or unintended consequences that might accelerate or inhibit advancement, translation, and application of research. Together, these researchers and stakeholders are the research and development pipeline for improving the system and practice of research. The Metascience 2025 Symposium brings these communities together to share ideas, evidence, and foster a culture of continuous experimentation and improvement. This funding will go towards the costs associated with hosting this conference.

From June 30 – July 2, 2025, the Center for Open Science and the Research on Research Institute(RoRi) brings the Metascience conference to London. The event will occur in London’s Knowledge Quarter, with a unique and rich mix of research, scientific, and cultural partners, facilities, and opportunities centered on a half-mile stretch of London’s Euston Road. RoRI, based at University College London, will be the lead local coordinating body for a collaborative effort by a consortium of London-based scientific and research institutions. There will also be 60- to 90-minute virtual events in April and May on topics related to metascience, featuring presentations, panel discussions, and community discussions with the attendees.