Open Science NL

Open Science NL has awarded €15 million to strengthen the Digital Competence Centers (DCCs). This funding focuses on training in research software and improving data interoperability.

Local DCCs will receive funding for software trainers and community managers, while thematic DCCs will focus on metadata expertise and international collaboration. Finally, the Netherlands eScience Center will receive funding to build a national network of software trainers.

Read more: https://www.openscience.nl/en/news/funding-awarded-to-strengthen-digital-competence-centers

New blog by @jeroenson.bsky.social: Workshop report on designing the Work Programme 2026–2027 for Open Scholarly Communication.
At the 2024 Open Science Festival, community input helped shape future priorities. Read the key insights: https://www.openscience.nl/en/cases/workshop-report-designing-the-work-programme-2026-2027-open-scholarly-communication

Dutch institutions take action on recognising and rewarding open science.
Open Science NL supports 23 institutions with €1.2M to embed open science into recruitment and promotion policies.
Read more: https://www.openscience.nl/en/news/knowledge-institutions-take-action-on-open-science-in-recruitment-and-promotion-policies

💎Want to learn more about the Call for Proposals Diamond Open Access? Join our online Q&A on 21 January 2025, 15:00.
Get details about the call, learn how a journal was flipped, and ask your questions and get answers directly:
https://www.openscience.nl/en/meetings/qa-session-call-for-proposals-diamond-open-access

Join Citizen Science Nederland for the Networking Day 2025!

Are you actively involved in participatory research, or interested in the topic? Join the third CS-NL Networking Day, which will take place 14 January 2025 in Utrecht.

Sign up here: https://www.cs-nl.network/3e-netwerkdag/

Please note that although the entire event will be in Dutch, non-Dutch speakers can be accommodated during the break-out sessions. Please let the organisation know if you want us to set up something when signing up.

At the Open Science Festival, our colleagues led 3 workshops to gather input for the new @OpenScience_NL work programme. Read the blog from Marta Teperek and Mark van Assem, with contributions from Maria Cruz, about the session Data, Software and Hardware: https://www.openscience.nl/en/cases/workshop-report-designing-the-work-programme-2026-2027-data-software-and-hardware

'Open access is of great importance, but we need to seriously consider how we want to achieve it and what costs we find acceptable,' said Arfan Ikram of NWO & ZonMw, commenting after the yearly #openaccess monitor was published. The monitor showed that in 2023, 94.6% of publications resulting from ZonMw and NWO funding were published open access, with an estimated total cost of 10.9 million euros. Like last year, the monitor is entirely based on open metadata. https://nwo.nl/en/news/nwo-and-zonmw-analyse-open-access-publishing-costs-in-2023-monitor

From 21-27 October 2024, it's International Open Access Week. The theme: 'Community over Commercialization.' @Jeroenson@akademienl.social (Open Science NL / NWO) shares insights on diamond open access, featuring an online portfolio with expert contributions. Discover the developments in the Netherlands: https://www.openscience.nl/en/open-access-week-2024
#OAWeek #OpenAccess

We’d love your feedback on the Open Science Meetings call. As we plan for a potential 2025 round, we want to hear your thoughts on this year’s process. Whether you submitted a proposal or just considered it, please take a moment to complete a short survey: https://www.openscience.nl/en/news/help-us-evaluating-the-open-science-meetings-call

New programme by Dutch Research Council NWO: academic journals that wish to 'flip' from a subscription model to diamond open access (no fees for readers - no fees for authors) can apply for funding to transition: https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/funding-for-flipping-journals-to-diamond-open-access
#OpenAccessWeek

@crossref@mastodon.online @martijn@scholar.social @epentz@mastodon.social Hi Martijn, the team at NWO is also looking into this, we'll get back to you as soon as we have more insight.

@egonw@social.edu.nl hi Egon, de DOI's worden uitgegeven aan nieuwe projecten, niet met terugwerkende kracht.

All projects funded by NWO now receive a unique Grant ID. This persistent identifier by Crossref ensures that outputs—publications, data, software—are easily discoverable and linked, enhancing #OpenScience and #FAIRdata https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/nwo-funded-research-projects-get-unique-identifier-with-grant-id

Proud to have been part of the Paris Conference on Open Research Information with @OpenScienceNL@akademienl.social and NWO! Explore all abstracts and presentations on the
Barcelona Declaration website: https://barcelona-declaration.org/conference/ #OpenResearch #OpenScience

Citizen Science Hubs: Grant Alert! Research organisations can soon apply for funding to establish hubs that promote collaboration between citizens and scientists. €2M is available to support projects that that strengthen citizen-led research.
👉https://www.openscience.nl/en/news/grant-for-citizen-science-hubs-to-bring-science-and-society-closer-together

Interested in the call or thinking of applying? Join one of our online Q&A and matchmaking events on 17 or 25 October, organised in collaboration with CS-NL. Find more details in the Meetings section of our website.

Have you seen the impressive lineup of workshops for the Open Science Festival #osf2024NL? If you've registered to attend, you can now sign up for your favourite workshops!
Check your email from last Thursday, or visit the website for more info: https://opensciencefestival.nl/en/news/register-for-your-workshops

The @OpenScienceNL@akademienl.social budget will be cut in half if the plans that were announced today by our government go through.

While cuts in science are being made across the board, this reduction is disproportionate and extremely disappointing.

We urge the minister and Parliament to seriously reconsider these cuts. Addressing today’s and tomorrow’s major societal challenges simply cannot be accomplished with closed science.

Read more: https://www.openscience.nl/en/news/open-science-nl-budget-cut-by-half-the-transition-to-open-science-is-as-important-as-ever

Think along with Open Science NL! Our new website is now live and invites everyone to contribute their thoughts on how together we can accelerate the transition to #openscience.
Find us at 👉www.openscience.nl