**Background:**
OPEN MERIT is a digitalization project of institutional research assessments. The QUEST MERIT App Open is the prototype application that supports academic organizations in providing structured, quality-oriented and fair research assessments for hiring senior scientific staff and appointments. It includes the applicants` responsible research and innovation (RRI), open science as well as EDI record of accomplishments. Furthermore, the tool embeds strategies to reduce the risk of bias on the reviewer side. The idea for the QUEST MERIT App Open derives from the results of the MERIT project (see link).
**Objectives**:
The aim of QUEST MERIT App Open is to translate relevant (inter-)national recommendations on responsible research and innovation (RRI), Open Science, and principles of good evaluation into institutional practice. The tool addresses the applicant, the management offices and the reviewer (user groups).
**Methodology**:
The software development team consists of a multidisciplinary team of experts on research assessment, data scientists, as well as programmers.
**Perspectives**:
Production-ready open source version of the QUEST MERIT App as a prototype software as Service that is implemented and adapted on premises. Currently a configuration is implemented for the purposes of appointments at Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin ([MERIT App Charité][1])
[1]: https://osf.io/p2vyw/
