{"id":38157,"date":"2025-07-05T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T16:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?p=38157"},"modified":"2025-09-03T21:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:23:39","slug":"white-house-issues-guidance-on-controversial-gold-standard-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/white-house-issues-guidance-on-controversial-gold-standard-science\/","title":{"rendered":"White House issues guidance on controversial \u2018Gold Standard Science\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following an\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/05\/restoring-gold-standard-science\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/05\/restoring-gold-standard-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order promoting \u2018Gold Standard Science,\u2019<\/a>\u00a0the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/06\/ostp-issues-agency-guidance-for-gold-standard-science\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2025\/06\/ostp-issues-agency-guidance-for-gold-standard-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has issued guidance for agencies<\/a>\u00a0on \u2018incorporating Gold Standard Science tenets into their research activities.\u2019 The original executive order raised\u00a0<strong>concerns and debate in the scientific community<\/strong>, as these articles show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adz3920\">\u2018Fool\u2019s Gold\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/why-trumps-push-for-gold-standard-science-has-researchers-alarmed\/601365151\">\u2018Why Trump\u2019s push for \u201cgold standard science\u201d has researchers alarmed\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OSTP Director Kratsios\u2019 defence:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adz9562\">\u2018Sound policy demands sound science\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li>H. Holden Thorp:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adz9553\">\u2018Sluggishness and defensiveness helped enable an executive order on research integrity\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The OSTP memo focuses on the \u2018Tenets of Gold Standard Science\u2019 that are key to research integrity without suggesting that research must be discarded if it does not 100% meet the criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies are directed to report on steps taken or planned to implement the guidance by 25 August. 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