EOSC News

On 18 November 2025, the EOSC Support Office Austria held its 5th General Assembly at TUtheSky, TU Wien, in Vienna. Alongside regular agenda items – such as reviewing the past period and electing EOSC SOA positions and Working Groups – participants received the latest updates on the status of an EOSC Node Austria and discussed potential next steps for its development.

Registration for the 12th General Assembly of the EOSC Association closes tomorrow, 03 December 2025, at 23:59 CET. Due to preparations for the Directors’ elections, late registrations will not be accepted.

BRUSSELS – The European Commission has published its Data Union Strategy: Unlocking Data for AI, a policy framework designed to enhance data access and sharing to accelerate AI-driven research and innovation across the EU, noting the role of EOSC in supporting scientific activities with AI in RAISE.

Welcome to the November edition of the EOSC Association Newsletter!

Highlights of this issue include:

“Let’s seize this moment!”: Momentum made visible at EOSC Symposium 2025,
Welcome to the EOSC Federation: MoU establishes shared path to operations,
Three open calls to grow the EOSC Federation,
Register to attend GA#12 and save the date of GA#13,
Interview with Petr Holub, BBMRI-ERIC EOSC Node.
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Happy reading!

The demonstration of an operational EOSC Federation, celebrated during the EOSC Symposium 2025 in Brussels, marks a major step toward the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) vision turning into reality. 13 candidate EOSC Nodes demonstrated scientific use cases, based on their connection among each other and together with the EOSC EU Node managed by the European Commission.

STRASBOURG — The European Commission (EC) released its Artificial Intelligence in Science Strategy on Wednesday, 08 October 2025, which highlights the role of the EOSC Federation.

At its second annual retreat, the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) adopted a landmark statement on open science, with the International Science Council serving as lead coordinator.

EOSC-A President Klaus Tochtermann took part in a panel discussion during the STOA Round Table at the European Parliament today. During his talk, Tochtermann highlighted that EOSC is not a new system. It aims to connect infrastructures that already exist in Europe to provide seamless access to data and services, following Open Science principles.

The EOSC EU Node Learning Center on OpenPlato is open! Complete courses to earn verifiable digital certificates or finish the full "EOSC Research Practitioner" path to receive badges, enhancing your professional profile and career opportunities

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The European Commission (EC) published its much-anticipated proposals last week for the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028-2034 and related programmes, including the 10th Research and Innovation Framework Programme, Horizon Europe. An initial assessment points to several encouraging signs that EOSC fits into the EC’s future outlook.

On 11 July 2025 the BMWFW, the ACOnet Association as well as representatives from the EOSC Support Office Austria’s Steering Committee initiated discussions regarding the establishment of a National EOSC Node in Austria as response to European developments

On 8 April 2025, the webinar “Importance of Scientific Collections and Open Science Competencies for Politics, Culture, Science, and Art in Austria (DE: Die Bedeutung von wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen und Open Science – Kompetenzen für Politik, Kultur, Wissenschaft und Kunst in Österreich) was organised by NHMW and EOSC SOA in the framework of the project Skills4EOSC (https://www.skills4eosc.eu/).

BRUSSELS—Through an initiative under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission helps qualified researchers access the internal data of very large online platforms (VLOPs) and search engines (VLOSEs) in the European Union.

We are excited to introduce VisConnect, a new service by Open Knowledge Maps that enables responsible, evidence-based research assessment. VisConnect supports institutions to move beyond traditional metrics by offering rich, visual profiles of researchers. Powered by AI and built as open-source infrastructure, VisConnect helps evaluate scholarly contributions holistically, yet efficiently.

Stefan Reichmann, EOSC SOA:

On 26 and 27 June 2025, the European Commission invited representatives of 33 Horizon Europe projects to Brussels who are working on the development of the European Open Science Cloud as part of the INFRAEOSC funding programme. The EOSC is intended to deepen the European Research Area by making research data accessible across Europe. With the establishment of the EOSC EU Node in October 2024, the selection of the first 13 Candidate Nodes in a lengthy selection process, and the establishment of the EOSC Federation Build-up Group, the EOSC has entered its build-up phase.

The final conference of the Skills4EOSC project, "Building Capacity for Open Science", took place on 11 June 2025 at Campus Condorcet in Paris. The event marked an inspiring moment of reflection and future vision, bringing together researchers, policymakers, trainers, and institutional stakeholders from across Europe.

On 27–28 May 2025, the EOSC Association community convened in Antwerp, Belgium, for its 10th General Assembly – a two-day, in-person lunch-to-lunch meeting.

On May 21–22, 2025, Brno hosted the international conference Research Data Day & EOSC National Tripartite Event, bringing together leading figures of European research, data science experts, representatives of research infrastructures, and science policy makers. The two-day programme—featuring lectures, panel discussions, expert workshops, and networking opportunities—attracted over 200 participants from 40 institutions across the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Finland, and other European countries, both in person and online.

ANTWERP – The EOSC Association welcomed three new Members and two new Observers to its membership base today. The five organisations were unanimously voted into the EOSC-A family during the Association’s 10th General Assembly.