The innovation group "Matters of Research Assessment and its Implementation" (MAI), led by Dr. Cornelia Schendzielorz (HU, RMZ) and Dr. Miriam Kip (QUEST), was launched on February 1st. It encompasses two distinct projects. While the focus of the project at RMZ (MAI-A) is on research evaluation in research alliances, making a contribution to the functioning, goal-oriented, and sustainable management of the BUA, the project based at QUEST (MAI-I) focuses on the application-oriented optimization of research assessment in the context of appointments and tenure track evaluations at individual BUA institutions.