diff --git a/pipeline/Project.toml b/pipeline/Project.toml
index b0044426a..55065010a 100644
--- a/pipeline/Project.toml
+++ b/pipeline/Project.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ JLD2 = "033835bb-8acc-5ee8-8aae-3f567f8a3819"
 LogExpFunctions = "2ab3a3ac-af41-5b50-aa03-7779005ae688"
 MCMCChains = "c7f686f2-ff18-58e9-bc7b-31028e88f75d"
 Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
+RCall = "6f49c342-dc21-5d91-9882-a32aef131414"
 Statistics = "10745b16-79ce-11e8-11f9-7d13ad32a3b2"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 Turing = "fce5fe82-541a-59a6-adf8-730c64b5f9a0"
diff --git a/pipeline/src/EpiAwarePipeline.jl b/pipeline/src/EpiAwarePipeline.jl
index ab0ac0b3e..686bf000b 100644
--- a/pipeline/src/EpiAwarePipeline.jl
+++ b/pipeline/src/EpiAwarePipeline.jl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module EpiAwarePipeline
 
 using CSV, Dagger, DataFramesMeta, Dates, Distributions, DocStringExtensions, DrWatson,
       EpiAware, Plots, Statistics, ADTypes, AbstractMCMC, Plots, JLD2, MCMCChains, Turing,
-      DynamicPPL, LogExpFunctions
+      DynamicPPL, LogExpFunctions, RCall
 
 # Exported pipeline types
 export AbstractEpiAwarePipeline, EpiAwarePipeline, RtwithoutRenewalPipeline,
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ export infer, generate_inference_results, map_inference_results, define_epiprob
 # Exported functions: forecast functions
 export define_forecast_epiprob, generate_forecasts
 
+# Exported functions: scoring functions
+export score_parameters
+
 # Exported functions: plot functions
 export plot_truth_data, plot_Rt
 
@@ -47,5 +50,6 @@ include("constructors/constructors.jl")
 include("simulate/simulate.jl")
 include("infer/infer.jl")
 include("forecast/forecast.jl")
+include("scoring/score_parameters.jl")
 include("plot_functions.jl")
 end
diff --git a/pipeline/src/constructors/make_inference_method.jl b/pipeline/src/constructors/make_inference_method.jl
index eacbe6bdc..0bb81c867 100644
--- a/pipeline/src/constructors/make_inference_method.jl
+++ b/pipeline/src/constructors/make_inference_method.jl
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ function make_inference_method(
         nruns_pthf::Integer = 4, maxiters_pthf::Integer = 100, nchains::Integer = 4)
     return EpiMethod(
         pre_sampler_steps = [ManyPathfinder(nruns = nruns_pthf, maxiters = maxiters_pthf)],
-        sampler = NUTSampler(adtype = AutoForwardDiff(), ndraws = ndraws,
+        sampler = NUTSampler(
+            target_acceptance = 0.9, adtype = AutoForwardDiff(), ndraws = ndraws,
             nchains = nchains, mcmc_parallel = mcmc_ensemble)
     )
 end
diff --git a/pipeline/src/infer/InferenceConfig.jl b/pipeline/src/infer/InferenceConfig.jl
index dd5a0b1cd..764ae5afb 100644
--- a/pipeline/src/infer/InferenceConfig.jl
+++ b/pipeline/src/infer/InferenceConfig.jl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct InferenceConfig{T, F, I, L, E}
     "Latent model type."
     latent_model::L
     "Case data"
-    case_data::Union{Vector{Integer, Missing}, Missing}
+    case_data::Union{Vector{Union{Integer, Missing}}, Missing}
     "Time to fit on"
     tspan::Tuple{Integer, Integer}
     "Inference method."
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function infer(config::InferenceConfig)
     y_t = ismissing(config.case_data) ? missing : config.case_data[idxs]
     inference_results = apply_method(epi_prob,
         config.epimethod,
-        (y_t = y_t,)
+        (y_t = y_t,);
     )
     return Dict("inference_results" => inference_results, "epiprob" => epi_prob)
 end
diff --git a/pipeline/src/infer/generate_inference_results.jl b/pipeline/src/infer/generate_inference_results.jl
index 93e6e79e3..7de3df237 100644
--- a/pipeline/src/infer/generate_inference_results.jl
+++ b/pipeline/src/infer/generate_inference_results.jl
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ function generate_inference_results(
     # produce or load inference results
     prfx = prfix_name * "_igp_" * string(inference_config["igp"]) * "_latentmodel_" *
            inference_config["latent_namemodels"].first * "_truth_gi_mean_" *
-           string(truthdata["truth_gi_mean"])
+           string(truthdata["truth_gi_mean"]) * "_used_gi_mean_" *
+           string(inference_config["gi_mean"])
 
     inference_results, inferencefile = produce_or_load(
         infer, config, datadir(datadir_name); prefix = prfx)
@@ -63,9 +64,10 @@ function generate_inference_results(
     # produce or load inference results
     prfx = prfix_name * "_igp_" * string(inference_config["igp"]) * "_latentmodel_" *
            inference_config["latent_namemodels"].first * "_truth_gi_mean_" *
-           string(truthdata["truth_gi_mean"])
+           string(truthdata["truth_gi_mean"]) * "_used_gi_mean_" *
+           string(inference_config["gi_mean"])
 
-    datadir_name, io = mktemp(; cleanup = true)
+    datadir_name = mktempdir()
 
     inference_results, inferencefile = produce_or_load(
         infer, config, datadir_name; prefix = prfx)
@@ -76,16 +78,17 @@ end
 Method for prior predictive modelling.
 """
 function generate_inference_results(
-        truthdata, inference_config, pipeline::RtwithoutRenewalPriorPipeline;
-        tspan, inference_method,
-        prfix_name = "prior_observables", datadir_name = "epiaware_observables")
+        inference_config, pipeline::RtwithoutRenewalPriorPipeline;
+        tspan, prefix_name = "prior_observables")
     config = InferenceConfig(
-        inference_config; case_data = missing, tspan, epimethod = inference_method)
+        inference_config; case_data = missing, tspan, epimethod = DirectSample())
 
     # produce or load inference results
-    prfx = prfix_name * "_igp_" * string(inference_config["igp"]) * "_latentmodel_" *
+    prfx = prefix_name * "_igp_" * string(inference_config["igp"]) * "_latentmodel_" *
            inference_config["latent_namemodels"].first * "_truth_gi_mean_" *
-           string(truthdata["truth_gi_mean"])
+           string(inference_config["gi_mean"])
+
+    datadir_name = mktempdir()
 
     inference_results, inferencefile = produce_or_load(
         infer, config, datadir(datadir_name); prefix = prfx)
diff --git a/pipeline/src/scoring/score_parameters.jl b/pipeline/src/scoring/score_parameters.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01235f907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipeline/src/scoring/score_parameters.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""
+Internal function for making a DataFrame for a given parameter using the
+    provided MCMC samples and the truth value.
+"""
+function _make_prediction_dataframe(param_name, samples, truth; model = "EpiAware")
+    x = samples[Symbol(param_name)][:]
+    DataFrame(predicted = x, observed = truth, model = model,
+        parameter = param_name, sample_id = 1:length(x))
+end
+
+"""
+Internal function for scoring a DataFrame containing a prediction and truth value
+    for a parameter using the `scoringutils` package.
+"""
+function _score(df)
+    @rput df
+    R"""
+    library(scoringutils)
+    result = df |> as_forecast() |> score()
+    """
+    @rget result
+    return result
+end
+
+"""
+This function calculates standard scores provided by [`scoringutils`](https://epiforecasts.io/scoringutils/dev/)
+for a set of parameters using the provided MCMC samples and the truth value.
+The function returns a DataFrame containing a summary of the scores.
+
+## Arguments
+- `param_names`: Names of the parameter to score.
+- `samples`: A `MCMCChains.Chains` object of samples.
+- `truths`: Truth values for each parameter.
+- `model`: (optional) The name of the model. Default is "EpiAware".
+
+## Returns
+- `result`: A DataFrame containing the summarized scores for the parameter.
+
+"""
+function score_parameters(param_names, samples, truths; model = "EpiAware")
+    df = mapreduce(vcat, param_names, truths) do param_name, truth
+        _make_prediction_dataframe(param_name, samples, truth; model = model)
+    end
+    return _score(df)
+end
diff --git a/pipeline/src/scoring/scoring.jl b/pipeline/src/scoring/scoring.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bf239ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipeline/src/scoring/scoring.jl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include("score_parameters.jl")
diff --git a/pipeline/test/end-to-end/test_scoring.jl b/pipeline/test/end-to-end/test_scoring.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e80656f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipeline/test/end-to-end/test_scoring.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+using DrWatson, Test
+quickactivate(@__DIR__(), "EpiAwarePipeline")
+
+@testset "run inference for random scenario and do scoring" begin
+    using EpiAwarePipeline, EpiAware, Plots, Statistics, RCall, DataFramesMeta
+    pipeline = EpiAwareExamplePipeline()
+    prior = RtwithoutRenewalPriorPipeline()
+
+    ## Set up data generation on a random scenario
+
+    missing_padding = 14
+    lookahead = 21
+    n_observation_steps = 35
+    tspan_gen = (1, n_observation_steps + lookahead + missing_padding)
+    tspan_inf = (1, n_observation_steps + missing_padding)
+    inference_method = make_inference_method(pipeline; ndraws = 2000)
+    truth_data_config = make_truth_data_configs(pipeline)[1]
+    inference_configs = make_inference_configs(pipeline)
+    inference_config = rand(inference_configs)
+
+    ## Generate truth data and plot
+    truth_sampling = generate_inference_results(inference_config, prior; tspan = tspan_gen)
+    truthdata = truth_sampling["inference_results"].generated.generated_y_t
+    ##
+    plt = scatter(truthdata, xlabel = "t", ylabel = "y_t", label = "truth data")
+    vline!(plt, [n_observation_steps + missing_padding + 0.5], label = "forecast start")
+
+    ##Generate true Rt values
+    truth_It = truth_sampling["inference_results"].generated.I_t
+    truth_Rt = expected_Rt(truth_sampling["epiprob"].epi_model.data,
+        truth_sampling["inference_results"].generated.I_t)
+    plt_Rt = plot(truth_Rt, xlabel = "t", ylabel = "R_t", label = "truth Rt")
+    vline!(plt_Rt, [tspan_inf[2] + 0.5], label = "forecast start")
+
+    ##
+    ## Run inference
+    obs_truthdata = truthdata[tspan_inf[1]:tspan_inf[2]]
+
+    inference_results = generate_inference_results(
+        Dict("y_t" => obs_truthdata, "truth_gi_mean" => inference_config["gi_mean"]),
+        inference_config, pipeline; tspan = tspan_inf, inference_method)
+
+    ## Make 21-day forecast
+
+    forecast_quantities = generate_forecasts(inference_results, lookahead)
+    forecast_y_t = mapreduce(hcat, forecast_quantities.generated) do gen
+        gen.generated_y_t
+    end
+    forecast_qs = mapreduce(hcat, [0.025, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.975]) do q
+        map(eachrow(forecast_y_t)) do row
+            if any(ismissing, row)
+                missing
+            else
+                quantile(row, q)
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    plt = scatter(truthdata, xlabel = "t", ylabel = "y_t", label = "truth data")
+    vline!(plt, [tspan_inf[2] + 0.5], label = "forecast start")
+    plot!(plt, forecast_qs, label = "forecast quantiles",
+        color = :grey, lw = [0.5 1.5 3 1.5 0.5])
+    plot!(plt, ylims = (-0.5, maximum(truthdata) * 1.25))
+    plot!(
+        plt, title = "Forecast of y_t", ylims = (
+            -0.5, maximum(skipmissing(truthdata)) * 1.55))
+    savefig(plt,
+        joinpath(@__DIR__(), "forecast_y_t.png")
+    )
+    display(plt)
+
+    ## Make forecast plot for Z_t
+    infer_Z_t = mapreduce(hcat, inference_results["inference_results"].generated) do gen
+        gen.Z_t
+    end
+    forecast_Z_t = mapreduce(hcat, forecast_quantities.generated) do gen
+        gen.Z_t
+    end
+    plt_Zt = plot(
+        truth_sampling["inference_results"].generated.Z_t, lw = 3, color = :black, label = "truth Z_t")
+    plot!(plt_Zt, infer_Z_t, xlabel = "t", ylabel = "Z_t",
+        label = "", color = :grey, alpha = 0.05)
+    plot!((n_observation_steps + 1):size(forecast_Z_t, 1),
+        forecast_Z_t[(n_observation_steps + 1):end, :],
+        label = "", color = :red, alpha = 0.05)
+    vline!(plt_Zt, [n_observation_steps], label = "forecast start")
+
+    savefig(plt_Zt,
+        joinpath(@__DIR__(), "forecast_Z_t.png")
+    )
+    display(plt_Zt)
+
+    ## Make forecast plot for Rt
+    param_names = forecast_quantities.samples.name_map[:parameters] .|> string
+    obs_yts = filter(str -> occursin("y_t", str), param_names)
+
+    scores = score_parameters(obs_yts, forecast_quantities.samples, truthdata)
+    plt_crps = scatter(scores.crps, xlabel = "t", ylabel = "CRPS", label = "CRPS")
+    savefig(plt_crps,
+        joinpath(@__DIR__(), "crps.png")
+    )
+    display(plt_crps)
+
+    @test scores isa DataFrame
+end
diff --git a/pipeline/test/runtests.jl b/pipeline/test/runtests.jl
index c52f15c07..e349f6441 100644
--- a/pipeline/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/pipeline/test/runtests.jl
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ include("simulate/test_SimulationConfig.jl");
 include("infer/test_InferenceConfig.jl");
 include("infer/test_define_epiprob.jl");
 include("forecast/test_forecast.jl");
+include("scoring/test_score_parameters.jl");
diff --git a/pipeline/test/scoring/test_score_parameters.jl b/pipeline/test/scoring/test_score_parameters.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7d25c67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipeline/test/scoring/test_score_parameters.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+@testset "score_parameter tests" begin
+    using MCMCChains, EpiAwarePipeline
+
+    samples = MCMCChains.Chains(0.5 .+ randn(1000, 2, 1), [:a, :b])
+    truths = fill(0.5, 2)
+    result = score_parameters(["a", "b"], samples, truths)
+
+    @test result.parameter == ["a", "b"]
+    #Bias should be close to 0 in this example
+    @test all(result.bias .< 0.1)
+end