The Medical Faculty of the University of Tübingen collaborates with the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) to implement the recommendations of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) in its assessment procedures.

Building on the Responsible Research & Innovation and Open Science assessment criteria applied to intramural funding at Charité and BIH since 2018 (working paper) and use cases of the MERIT Portal (Open MERIT), this version was developed jointly with the Medical Faculty of Tübingen for the programs of its Talent Academy.

These criteria enable applicants to showcase their diverse academic achievements beyond conventional metrics. In addition, the concept of academic age was introduced to help committees contextualize career progression and productivity.