Jetzt mitreden: EU startet öffentliche Konsultation zur Strategie für eine europäische Datenunion
2025-07-18 23:59 (Europe/Paris)
Warum eine neue Datenstrategie?
Seit der Verabschiedung der EU-Datenstrategie im Jahr 2020 hat sich die digitale Landschaft stark gewandelt: Die rasante Entwicklung generativer Künstlicher Intelligenz, geopolitische Spannungen und der zunehmende Druck auf europäische Unternehmen, im internationalen Wettbewerb zu bestehen, machen eine Aktualisierung notwendig.
Insbesondere zwei Berichte – der Draghi-Bericht zur wirtschaftlichen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der EU und der Letta-Bericht zum Binnenmarkt – betonen die strategische Bedeutung eines umfassenden, sektorenübergreifenden Datenraums. Die neue Initiative soll helfen, dieses Potenzial systematisch zu heben.
Was ist geplant?
Die vorgeschlagene Strategie verfolgt drei zentrale Ziele:

Investitionen fördern und Datenzugang verbessernEs sollen gezielt Datenbestände für Forschung und Innovation – etwa im Bereich KI – erschlossen werden. Start-ups und KMU sollen einfacher Zugang zu hochwertigen Datenquellen erhalten.

Regelwerke vereinfachen und Verwaltungsaufwand senkenDer derzeitige Flickenteppich aus nationalen und sektorspezifischen Regelungen soll gestrafft und besser aufeinander abgestimmt werden. Auch digitale Berichtspflichten sollen optimiert werden.

Internationale Datenströme strategisch gestaltenDie EU will eine klare internationale Datenstrategie entwickeln, um Datenimporte und -exporte sicher und effizient zu gestalten – etwa durch bilaterale Vereinbarungen und gemeinsame Standards.

Was bedeutet das für Österreich?
Gerade für ein exportorientiertes Land mit starker KMU-Landschaft wie Österreich bietet die Initiative große Chancen. Einheitliche Regelungen und ein funktionierender Datenbinnenmarkt stärken die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit heimischer Betriebe – und bieten gleichzeitig neue Perspektiven für datengetriebene Innovationen im öffentlichen Sektor.
Zudem wird die Rolle öffentlicher Daten hervorgehoben: Behörden und öffentliche Stellen sind zentrale Datenlieferanten und zugleich gefordert, vertrauenswürdige Rahmenbedingungen für die Weiterverwendung ihrer Daten zu schaffen.
Jetzt Stellung nehmen – Ihre Meinung zählt!
Die Konsultation ist bis 18. Juli 2025 geöffnet. Rückmeldungen sind in allen 24 EU-Amtssprachen möglich – über das Online-Portal der Kommission:
👉 Ihre Meinung zählt – Öffentliche Konsultation zur Datenunion
Eingeladen zur Teilnahme sind:

Bürgerinnen und Bürger

Unternehmen und Technologieanbieter

Forschungseinrichtungen und Hochschulen

Behörden und öffentliche Datenlieferanten

Zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen und Berufsverbände

Nutzen Sie die Chance, die europäische Datenzukunft aktiv mitzugestalten – für ein digitales Europa, das Innovation und Vertrauen verbindet.

Workshop: Generative KI: Urheberrecht und Creative Commons (Andrea Schlotfeldt, 18.07.2025, online)
2025-07-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Der Online-Workshop informiert über urheberrechtlichen Fragen bei der Nutzung generativer KI-Systeme. Im Fokus steht dabei die Weiternutzung von KI-Output in Lehrveranstaltungen – auch im Rahmen von offenen Bildungsmaterialien (Open Educational Resources (OER)).
Systeme generativer KI sind für viele als alltägliches Arbeitsinstrument kaum mehr wegzudenken. Häufig stellen sich den Nutzenden urheberrechtliche Fragen, einerseits beim Prompten, aber insbesondere auch bei der Weiternutzung von KI-generierten Inhalten. Inwieweit ist dies zulässig? Besteht eine Kennzeichnungspflicht? Wann sollte von einer Weiternutzung eher abgeraten werden?
Auch wenn KI-Output im Rahmen offener Bildungsmaterialien (OER) genutzt werden soll, bestehen Unsicherheiten, ob dies möglich ist und, falls ja, welche Creative-Commons-Lizenz vergeben werden sollte und wie die Lizenzangaben für KI-Inhalte umzusetzen sind.
Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es, den Teilnehmenden wichtige urheberrechtliche Grundsätze bei Nutzung generativer KI-Systeme zu vermitteln und sie für urheber- und (CC-)lizenzrechtliche Aspekte zu sensibilisieren. Die Teilnehmenden sind herzlich eingeladen, beispielhaft Nutzungsszenarien zu schildern und Fragen hierzu zu stellen.
Anmeldung
Der Workshop richtet sich an Lehrende aller Fächer, Support-Mitarbeitende, Modulverantwortliche, Studiengangentwickler*innen und weitere Interessierte, die konkrete Umsetzungsbeispiele für KI-integrierende Lehrveranstaltungen kennenlernen möchten. Für die kostenfreie Teilnahme ist ▶ eine Anmeldung erforderlich.
Referierende
Andrea Schlotfeldt ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin für juristische Beratung für die Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU) an der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg sowie selbständige Rechtsanwältin, Dozentin und Referentin mit Schwerpunkt Urheber- und Medienrecht. Sie berät OER-Produzierende in Rechtsangelegenheiten bei der Konzeption und Veröffentlichung ihrer offenen Bildungsmaterialien. Darüber hinaus ist sie mit Fragen des Urheberrechts, des Datenschutzes und generativer KI in der digitalen Lehre befasst. Weitere Stationen waren das Lizenzmanagement der ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft sowie die Vertrags- und Lizenzabteilung einer Hamburger Buchverlagsgruppe.
Im Rahmen der landesweiten Fortbildungsreihe »Künstliche Intelligenz in der Hochschullehre (FO>KI)« setzt das Hochschulnetzwerk Digitalisierung der Lehre Baden-Württemberg (HND-BW) in Kooperation mit dem Zentrum für Mediales Lernen (ZML) am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) landesweit Veranstaltungen zur Förderung von KI-Kompetenzen bei Lehrenden, Support-Mitarbeitenden, Studiengangentwickler*innen, Hochschulleitungen und Studierenden an allen Hochschulen in Baden-Württemberg auf. FO>KI wird vom Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg und vom Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft gefördert.

European Digital Skills Awards 2025
2025-07-15 | Online
The Digital Skills and Jobs Platform of the European Commission is pleased to announce the new edition of the European Digital Skills Awards. The initiative aims to recognise and celebrate the outstanding work of organisations throughout Europe that have contributed to the advancement of digital skills through their projects, programmes and initiatives.

Applications are open from 3 June to 15 July, 2025.

We invite all types of organisations – whether public, private, academic, research and/or training centres, schools, SMEs or large corporates, EU-funded project consortia, public administrations, NGOs and citizen initiatives – that have either initiated or completed projects or initiatives aimed at fostering the adoption of digital skills in one of the 5 categories of the Awards, to apply for consideration.

If you are unsure about the eligibility of your project, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform Team at info@digitalskillsjobs.eu.

Are you ready to showcase Europe’s prowess in digital skills? Complete the online application form and prepare to shine.

We are looking forward to discovering all your projects. Best of luck to all applicants!

Open Science: Monitoring Progress, Assessing Impact
2025-07-07 - 2025-07-08 | Paris, Paris, France
We are pleased to invite you to save the date for the upcoming conference “Open Science: Monitoring Progress, Assessing Impact,” taking place on 7 and 8 July 2025 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and online.
Co-organized by UNESCO, OpenAIRE, PathOS, EOSC Track, and OSMI, this two-day event will bring together global experts, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how we monitor progress in open science and assess its diverse impacts, from research and innovation to societal benefits.
Sessions will include evidence-based insights from major initiatives, hands-on workshops, and discussions on future directions aligned with the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
Registration will open soon, and more details will follow.

Presenting the Results of UNESCO's Global Consultation Survey on Diamond Open Access
2025-07-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join this session to hear about the initial findings from UNESCO’s Global Consultation on Diamond Open Access. The consultation, launched in July 2024, builds on the values of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021) and seeks to identify priorities, challenges, and opportunities in the Diamond OA landscape. This session will provide an overview of the consultation process, present early results from the multilingual global survey, and invite input on possible next steps.
Date: 3 July 2025
Time: 04:00 PM Amsterdam
Location: online
Registration: here

AI Ökosysteme 2025 – AI for Tech & AI for Green
2025-07-01 12:00
Im Rahmen der Ausschreibung „AI Ökosysteme 2025: AI for Tech & AI for Green“ stehen 6,48 Mio. Euro für Projekte im Bereich Artificial Intelligence zur Verfügung. Davon entfallen 4 Mio. Euro auf kooperative F&E Projekte zum Thema Hybrid AI sowie (bis zu) 2,2 Mio. Euro für ein Leitprojekt in AI for Green. Darüber hinaus werden zwei F&E-Dienstleistungen und eine Vernetzungsplattform ausgeschrieben.
Die Ausschreibung wird von der Österreichischen Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG) im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Innovation, Mobilität und Infrastruktur (BMIMI) abgewickelt.
Eine Informationsveranstaltung mit Matchmaking findet am 23.6. in Wien statt, eine verbindliche Anmeldung ist erforderlich.

Was wird gefördert?
Zur Ausschreibung gelangen kooperative F&E-Projekte in AI for Tech: Hybrid AI, ein Leitprojekt in AI for Green, zwei F&E-Dienstleistung zu den Themen „Brain-inspired Computing“ und „Bundes-LLM“ sowie eine AI-Vernetzungsplattform.

Wer wird gefördert?
Die Ausschreibung richtet sich im Allgemeinen an Unternehmen, Forschungseinrichtungen und Universitäten. Die konkreten Anforderungen der einzelnen Instrumente finden sich im jeweiligen Instrumentenleitfaden.

Wie hoch ist die Förderung?
Die Höhe der Förderung beläuft sich auf 100.000 – 1 Mio. Euro für kooperative F&E-Projekte, 2 – 2,2 Mio. Euro für das Leitprojekt, 100.000 EUR für die Vernetzungsplattform und je 90.000 Euro inkl. USt für die F&E-Dienstleistungen. Förderquoten und Details sind dem jeweiligen Instrumentenleitfaden zu entnehmen.

Was sind die Einreichkriterien?
Die Einreichkriterien sind abhängig von den ausgeschriebenen Instrumenten.

Wie erfolgt die Einreichung?
Die Einreichung erfolgt elektronisch via eCall. Anträge sind ausnahmslos auf Englisch zu stellen.
Bitte beachten Sie, dass es unterschiedliche Einreichfristen gibt: 1.7.2025 für F&E-Dienstleistungen und die AI Vernetzungsplattform und 7.10.2025 für kooperative F&E-Projekte und das Leitprojekt.

Wann gibt es eine Entscheidung?
September 2025 ODER Jänner 2026 (abhängig vom Instrument bzw. dem zugehörigen Einreichschluss)

1st EOSC EDEN Survey
2025-06-30 23:59 | Online
EOSC EDEN has released its first survey to learn more on how digital preservation professionals across the globe currently work, and we need input from as many organisations as possible. As the work of this task force is closely related to the work of EOSC EDEN, we would really appreciate if you can fill out the survey or send it onwards to your colleagues and contacts that are working in the domain of digital preservation.
A little bit more context:
We are keen to understand the existing frameworks, guidelines and practices for identification, selection and appraisal of data for “long-term” preservation – and what “long term” means in different organisational and professional settings. This is an important area where sharing knowledge can make a meaningful impact as digital preservation continues to grow as a diverse field and community.
To that end, we’re running an inquiry to gather, compare and evaluate current knowledge and practice. We need your help to gain a more comprehensive picture of these frameworks, guidelines and practices in the field. Written from the perspective of digital preservationists working within the sector, we have created a short and focused survey which should take no more than about five to seven minutes to complete.
Whether you work in research, cultural heritage, industry, or another sector, and whether you are part of a large organisation or a small team, we would like to hear from you. The survey is suitable for members of staff at any level in the organisation and does not ask for any sensitive information. Multiple responses from the same organisation are welcome. We hope that, as colleagues across the digital preservation world, you will take a few minutes to share information with us about your current practices, and the guidelines and frameworks that inform your decisions.
The survey is open until 30 June 2025. Please take part now.
For any questions about the survey or the work of EDEN WP1, please contact WP Lead, Micky Lindlar at Micky.Lindlar@tib.eu or Task Lead Laura Molloy at laura@codata.org.

2025 Coordination meeting of EOSC-related projects funded under Horizon Europe
2025-06-26 - 2025-06-27 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
On 26-27 June 2025, the European Commission, represented by DG for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), DG for Communications Networks Content and Technology (DG CNECT), and the European Research Executive Agency (REA), will host the 2025 Coordination meeting of EOSC-related projects funded under Horizon Europe.

Open Source Software and Open Science: A productive pair
2025-06-24 17:00 - 18:00
The ZBW Coffee Lecture on Open Science Education is a series of online presentations that showcase examples how to weave the principles, methods, and tools of Open Science into university education. Our Coffee Lectures are tailored specifically for those in the fields of economics and management, though we welcome contributions neighboring disciplines.
Tuesday 24 June 2025 5pm – 6pm
Open Source Software and Open Science: A productive pair
Open Source Software (OSS) and Open Science are built on the same ideas and borrow heavily from the same philosophical and practical traditions. In practice, I would go as far as arguing that open science involving computations requires an open software stack. However, while OSS has become the backbone of much of the world’s scientific and web infrastructure, adoption in economics has been fairly slow. This is especially true when compared to some fields that have seen rapid progress in recent years, such as machine learning. I will discuss some reasons for this, and how we may be able to accelerate the trend. The lecture will include many practical examples, which draw on own research, on the course materials of Effective Programming Practices for Economists, and on the OSS projects pylcm and GETTSIM.

Speaker: Hans-Martin von Gaudecker is a Professor of Applied Microeconomics in the Department of Economics of the University of Bonn.

Open Science Framework (OSF)
2025-06-24 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Dr.rer.nat. Hilmar Brohmer, MSc

In diesem Workshop wird der Umgang mit dem Open Science Framework Repository (OSF) vorgestellt. Im OSF können Forschungsdaten und Materialien schnell hochgeladen und z.B. in einem Projektsetting geteilt oder auch publiziert werden. Zudem kann es für die Präregistrierung für Studien eingesetzt werden . Diese Präregistrierung kann zudem anonymisiert werden, um sie – z.B. im Zuge von einem Peer-Review – mit einem Journal zu teilen.
Hilmar Brohmer hat nach dem Studium der Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften an mehreren europäischen Universitäten zwischen 2016 und 2020 sein Doktorat in Psychologie an der Universität Graz absolviert. Im Rahmen seiner Postdoc-Forschung interessiert er sich für das öffentliche Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft, Metawissenschaft und Umweltpsychologie.

FAIR-EASE FINAL EVENT
2025-06-12 | Paris, Paris, France
Join us in Paris on June 12th for the final event of the FAIR-EASE project, a key gathering of Earth science researchers, policymakers, data scientists, and EOSC stakeholders. This full-day event marks the culmination of three years of work toward building an Open Science EOSC Node that empowers Earth System Science through interoperable, FAIR-aligned digital services.
The morning will feature two dynamic roundtable sessions. The first will present the main results of the FAIR-EASE project, highlighting key outcomes and achievements across disciplines and domains. The second roundtable will look ahead to the future of Earth Science communities within the EOSC Federation, focusing on sustainability, integration with research infrastructures, and the continued development of FAIR-oriented services. Both sessions will bring together voices from the scientific community, EOSC representatives, and major data providers including Copernicus, ESA, and ECMWF.
In the afternoon, we’ll dive deeper into the interdisciplinary and technical challenges that FAIR-EASE has addressed. Through live demonstrations, we’ll explore the innovative solutions developed for data discovery, access, and analysis. A poster session will showcase the full breadth of project results and use cases, providing a space for open exchange and feedback.
This event is a moment to reflect, share lessons learned, and look ahead to how FAIR-EASE’s work can continue to shape a more connected and collaborative scientific future.
We invite you to express your interest and pre-register below.

Building Capacity for Open Science
2025-06-11 | Paris, Paris, France
The Skills4EOSC project’s final conference, ‘Building Capacity for Open Science’, will take place on June 11, 2025. The event is co-organized with the French Ministry of Research and other national partners and will be held at the Condorcet Campus in Paris. The conference will highlight the achievements of Skills4EOSC, which aims to empower researchers and professionals with the skills needed to advance the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

The conference will feature discussions on key topics, including the strategic vision for Open Science skills and the role of Competence Centres in supporting research and training. Sessions are also dedicated to exploring the impact of data stewardship and collaborative networks in driving Open Science forward and innovative approaches to upskilling professionals, decision-makers, and academia.

Barrierefreiheit von PDF-Dokumenten
2025-06-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
Inhalt
Das PDF (Portable Document Format) als Format, das plattformunabhängig eine originalgetreue Darstellung gewährleistet, ist allgemein verbreitet für die Publikation von Forschungsergebnissen. Hinsichtlich Barrierefreiheit bereitet diese stets identische Darstellung eine Herausforderung, die erst bewältigt werden kann, wenn die Inhalte unabhängig vom visuellen Layout greifbar und auch mit assistiven Technologien bedienbar sind. Wie eine Strukturierung der Inhalte im Hintergrund gestaltet wird, kann bei PDF-Dokumenten veranschaulicht werden – etwa mit dem Tool Screenreader-Vorschau.
Dabei stellen sich folgende Fragen. Was ist ein barrierefreies PDF-Dokument? Was bedeutet „PDF/UA-Konformität“ und „WCAG-Konformität“? Was ist bei Dokumenten in unterschiedlichen Formaten (z.B. Word oder PowerPoint) zu beachten, um aus ihnen ein möglichst barrierefreies PDF zu erstellen? Wie kann man ein PDF-Dokument auf Barrierefreiheit überprüfen und Fehler beheben? Diesen Fragen widmet sich der Workshop.
Zeit und Ort
10. Juni 2025, 10 – 11:30 Uhr
Zielgruppe
Forschende, Personen aus der Forschungsunterstützung, RDM-Support Staff
Sprache
Deutsch
Vortragende
Maria Guseva, Universität Wien
Anmeldung
Um an dem Webinar teilzunehmen, melden Sie sich bitte hier an.
Materialien
Die Materialien zu diesem Workshop sind im Nachgang hier verfügbar.

International conference of Core Technologies for Life Science (CTLS)
2025-06-10 - 2025-06-12 | Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
We’re excited to invite you to join us at the CTLS 2025 Congress happening in the beautiful city of Brno! This gathering is going to be an excellent opportunity, bringing together core facility administrators, managers, researchers, and professionals to talk, collaborate, and dive into why core facilities are key to shaping the scientific world.
Registration open: September 2024
Early registration deadline: February 2025
Abstract submission deadline: March 2025

Forschungsdaten finden und nachnutzen
2025-06-03 15:30 - 17:00 | Universität Graz, Universitätsplatz 3a, Graz, 8010, Austria
Die Wiederverwendung von Daten ist eine entscheidende Fähigkeit für moderne Forscher, die erhebliche Vorteile in Bezug auf Effizienz, Kosteneffektivität und wissenschaftlichen Fortschritt bieten kann. Dieser Workshop will den Teilnehmenden praktische Techniken zum Auffinden und verantwortungsvollen Wiederverwenden von universitären Forschungsdaten vermitteln.
Er behandelt die Navigation durch führende Datenrepositorien, das Verständnis der FAIR-Datenprinzipien und die Berücksichtigung ethischer und lizenzrechtlicher Aspekte. Die Teilnehmenden diskutieren umsetzbare Strategien zur Nutzung bestehender Datensätze, die potenziell Zeit und Ressourcen sparen und gleichzeitig neue Wege für innovative Forschung eröffnen.
Durch die Förderung einer effektiven Datenwiederverwendung unterstützt das Nachnutzen von Forschungsdaten die Open-Science-Initiativen der Europäischen Union, fördert die grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit und steht im Einklang mit den Zielen von Horizon Europe für einen stärker integrierten Europäischen Forschungsraum.

Wann: Dienstag 03.06.2025, 15:30 – 17:00
Wo: SR 62.31 (0062030188)
Sprache: DE

We dare to open science
2025-06-03 08:45 - 17:00 | TU Wien Bibliothek, Vortragsraum
TU Wien Bibliothek invites you to the first Open Science Day at TU Wien — an event by and for researchers. Organized by TU Wien Bibliothek with the support of the Vice Rector for Digitalisation and Infrastructure, this event is your platform to share, learn, and connect – whether you publish open access, manage research data, work with open source code, or engage in citizen science.
When and where?
Date: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
Time: 08:45 – 17:00
Location: TU Wien Bibliothek, 5th floor, lecture room
Language: German, English
Why attend?

Learn how Open Science is taking shape at TU Wien
Discover good-practice examples from colleagues
Explore services and tools to support your research
Talk openly about challenges and needs
Connect with peers in an informal setting

Register now
Questions? Contact us at sekretariat@tuwien.ac.at
We look forward to seeing you there!
Programme
08:45–09:00 | Welcome Coffee
09:00–09:15 | Opening by Library Director Beate Guba and Overview by Moderator Philipp Steger
09:15–10:30 | Session I: Participatory Research – Good Practices & Challenges

“Citizen science and urban transformation” – Christian Peer (future.lab Research Center)
“Citizen Science data supported forest monitoring: Potential, Challenges, and Limitations” – Markus Hollaus (Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation)
“Soil Walks: How Numbers and Data can raise Awareness for Soil Protection” – Elias Grinzinger, Barbara Steinbrunner (Institute of Spatial Planning)

10:30–11:00 | Discussion
11:00–12:30 | Session II: Research Practices From Open Access to AI

“Community led publishing: Opportunities, challenges and pitfalls using the example of Quantum” – Marcus Huber (Faculty of Physics)
“Automated Reasoning” – Laura Kovacs (Faculty of Informatics)
“Open Science in Industry Collaborations: Challenges in Recommender Systems and Behavioral Data Analysis” – Julia Neidhardt (Faculty of Informatics)

12:30–13:00 | Discussion
13:00–14:00 | Lunch & Networking
14:00–14:20 | Pitch Session: Services for Open Science @ TU Wien

Citizen Science, Open Access Publishing, Journal Hosting, Recognising Predatory Publishing, PID-Services, Davis as an Open Infrastructure, Text- and Data Mining, TU Wien Academic Press, TU Wien Research Data Repository

14:30–15:30 | Session III: The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)

Short introduction to the EOSC – Beate Guba (Library)
“Data Quality Framework for EOSC” – Chris Schubert (Library)
“Different shades of FAIR” – Tomasz Miksa (Center for Research Data Management)

15:30 | Closing Remarks
Afterwards | Informal networking with refreshments

Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata
2025-05-28 - 2025-05-29 | Bologna
We invite to the Workshop Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata (WOOC) researchers, scholarly publishers, funders, policy makers, institutions, and open citations advocates, interested in the widespread adoption of practises for creation, sharing, reuse and improvement of open scholarly metadata.
This year edition of the workshop will gravitate around the following theme:
“Open Access of Research Information”
In particular, the first day will be dedicated to the Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information, to encourage discussion between the signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration and other interested bodies and collaboratively orient the common roadmap, thus allowing the articulation of the outcomes that have recently been discussed during the Paris Conference on Open Research Information.
The second day will be dedicated to invited contributions, presentations and a poster session selected among the participants in the call for contributions on the workshop theme.
The participation to both the days of WOOC 2025 is open to everyone, and in particular OpenCitations and the WOOC organizing committee aim to welcome the signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration, and anyone interested in Open Research Information in an interactive event that aspires to encourage the incubation of ideas to strategically orienting the development of practices in open research information.
The Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata 2025 will be organized in the spaces of the University of Bologna, one of the signatories of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and CoARA, of which it is also leader of the CoARA National Chapter.

FDM in den Geisteswissenschaften
2025-05-27 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Mag.phil. Elisabeth Steiner, MA
Spezifika und Best Practice anhand von Beispielen

Im Webinar werden die verschiedenen Aspekte im Umgang mit geisteswissenschaftlichen Forschungsdaten dargestellt. Dabei werden die Themen Langzeitarchivierung und Transparenz von Daten, Bedeutung von Datenformaten sowie die Einhaltung von FAIR-Prinzipien (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) dargestellt und Best-Practice-Beispiele zur Veranschaulichung herangezogen. Zudem werden die Zertifizierung und Vertrauenswürdigkeit von Repositorien, die Rolle von Open Science, rechtliche und ethische Fragestellungen, sowie die Bedeutung von Ausbildungsmaßnahmen und der Vernetzung innerhalb der Forschungsgemeinschaft thematisiert.
Elisabeth Steiner studierte Linguistik, Germanistik und Digital Humanities und absolvierte die Ausbildung zum Data Steward. Sie verstärkt das Team des Instituts für Digitale Geisteswissenschaften an der Universität Graz in den Bereichen Metadaten- und Repositorienmanagement. Sie beschäftigt sich dabei praktisch und theoretisch mit Archivierung, Verfügbarkeit und Management von geisteswissenschaftlichen Forschungsdaten und vermittelt ihre Erfahrung in Vorträgen und in der Lehre.

EOSC-A’s 10th General Assembly
2025-05-27 - 2025-05-28 | Antwerp
The 10th General Assembly meeting of the EOSC Association will be held as an in-person, lunch-to-lunch event on 27-28 May 2025 in Antwerp. Details regarding registration, event venue, accommodation options, and recommendations for things to do in Antwerp are provided below.
GA#10 will take place alongside the closing event for the EOSC Focus project and the kick-off of its successor, EOSC GRAVITY. Members planning to attend the handover from EOSC Focus to EOSC GRAVITY on 26 May 2025 need to complete a separate registration form.

Registration
Registration for GA#10 is now open! To participate in this important event, where members will elect the next President of the EOSC Association, please complete the registration form by 5 May 2025 (23:59 CEST).

Venue
EOSC Association’s 10th General Assembly will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Antwerp City Centre.
The hotel is ideally located in front of the magnificent Antwerp Central Station, just steps away from the city’s trendy and historic center. The venue is easily accessible by train and car, with a direct train from Brussels Airport (Zaventem) to Antwerp Central Station in just 30 minutes. There is also a direct Eurostar connection to Antwerp.

Address: Koningin Astridplein 7, 2018 Antwerp
Telephone: +32 (0) 3 203 12 34
E-mail: info.astrid.antwerp@radissonblu.com
Parking: Private underground parking with direct hotel access (€21.00/24h)

Call for evidence
2025-05-22 23:59 | Online
The European Commission has launched a call for evidence to gather input from researchers, policymakers, industry leaders and all other interested stakeholders for the upcoming European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures. The Strategy will ensure that researchers, innovators and industry in Europe have access to these cutting-edge facilities and services that support scientific and technological excellence and industrial competitiveness.
Submit your feedback by 22 May 2025!

Q&A Session on 2025 Calls in Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Digital, Industry & Space
2025-05-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
Planning to submit a proposal in the upcoming Horizon Europe Cluster 4 calls (Digital, Industry & Space)? Join our Q&A session and get direct input from Austria’s National Contact Points!
This interactive session will focus on your specific questions – whether they’re about call topics, proposal strategy or the application process.
👥 Who is it for?
Anyone interested in applying to Cluster 4 – regardless of prior experience.
📝 Submit your questions in advance:
Use Mentimeter to send us your questions anonymously before the session.
You’re also welcome to ask questions live during the event.
ℹ️ Please note:

The session will be held in English, but feel free to ask your questions in German as well.
The session will not be recorded.

Research Data Day & EOSC National Tripartite Event
2025-05-21 - 2025-05-22 | Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Are you interested in the latest trends in research data management and advancement in science related to data and AI? The conference titled Research Data Day & EOSC National Tripartite Event is a compelling event linking information on the latest developments in research data curation together with reporting progress on EOSC implementation at the national and international levels.
Topics and areas we will focus on

​​European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), EOSC Federation
Relationship between EOSC, high quality FAIR research data and Research Infrastructures
Relationship between EOSC, high quality FAIR research data, AI and machine learning (ML)​

Deep Dive "Research Infrastructures in Horizon Europe – 2025 Calls"
2025-05-20 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Funding opportunities, strategic insights and expert advice from the FFG
The Research Infrastructures programme under Horizon Europe offers targeted support for researchers and infrastructure providers – from developing and upgrading infrastructures to enabling transnational access.
In this Deep Dive, you’ll get a compact overview of the 2025 Work Programme, including current funding opportunities, strategic priorities and practical tips for proposal preparation. FFG experts will guide you through the key aspects and answer your questions.
What to expect:
– Introduction to the 2025 Work Programme “Research Infrastructures”
– Overview of funding opportunities across destinations
– Strategic advice for successful proposal preparation
– Q&A session with FFG experts
The 2025 calls focus on sustainable funding, the integration of technologies like AI and digital twins, open science, transnational access, interoperability of research data and environmental sustainability.
Calls will be open from 6 May to 18 September 2025.
The updated call page will be linked here as soon as it’s available.
This webinar will be held in English.
Login information
To participate in the event, registration on the website is necessary. During registration (or afterward under the heading “Events”), one can register for this and other events.
10 minutes before the start of the event, the button “Join online session” will appear in the section “Events”, which allows you to join the event (ATTENTION: You have to be logged in to see the button!):

Skills4EOSC Digital Collections Curators Training
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-20 | Online
We would like to kindly invite you the 19.-20.05.2025 to the two-days training course “Open Science skills for Digital Collection Curators”. Under the framework of the Skills4EOSC Horizon Europe Project, this training aims to promote the establishment of Open Science (OS) skills and practices in Research Data Management (RDM) of digital scientific collections. Expected participants are data stewards/curators/scientists and RDM leaders and/or trainers working on the digital transformation of collection-holding institutions, such as libraries, archives, museums and universities (among others).
This event will provide an opportunity to gain general knowledge about OS and the importance of its use in the management of digital data from collections of different research fields through lessons and case studies. We also hope that it will serve as a platform for us to connect as a community and establish enriching contacts that can help us to settle these practices in a sustainable and long-term manner.

Dates: 19.-20.05.2025
Time: 9:00 – 16:00h (CET)
Location: Online (Zoom)
Registration: Skills4EOSC Courses Registration Form – select the course “Open Science Skills for Digital Collections Curators (From 19/05 to 20/05)”
Registration closes on 12.05.2025

A more detailed overview of the training course and information about all Skills4EOSC training courses can be found in the documents attached. Feel free to also disseminate this information to potential interested people in your community/network!
We look forward to welcoming you to this important exchange!
If you have any questions or queries, please contact skills4eosc@nhm.at.

Horizon Europe Research Infrastructures info day
2025-05-19 | Online
About the event

The info day will focus on the 2025 calls of the Horizon Europe Research Infrastructures work programme 2025, for its main destinations.
First, INFRADEV, which aims to develop, consolidate and optimise the European research infrastructures landscape, and maintain global leadership.
Second, INFRAEOSC, with the objective to enable an operational, open and FAIR European Open Science Cloud ecosystem.
Third, INFRASERV, with the objective to support transnational access to state-of-the-art facilities for researchers, relevant for a large research domain or in support of societal challenge and EU priorities.
Fourth, INFRATECH, aiming to contribute at developing the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, and advanced digital solutions for Research Infrastructures.
The info day will also offer horizontal information on the submission, evaluation and management of the 2025 Research Infrastructures calls. In addition, the Q&A sessions will give participants the opportunity to ask any remaining questions.
The Info Day will take place on 19 May 2025 and will be online only.
The programme and more details on how to participate will be made available shortly on this page.
Documents

Horizon Europe strategic plan
Horizon Europe Programme Guide

Past info days

November 2023

Contact
Any questions? Contact the Research Enquiry Service (RES) for any general question on Horizon Europe

Opening announcement | 2nd OSCARS Open Call for Open Science projects and services
2025-05-14 17:00 | Online
We are glad to announce the opening date of our 2nd OSCARS Open Call for Open Science projects and services, which will take place on 14th March, 2025, at 10:00 am CET. The full text of the call will be published in the “Open Calls” section of our OSCARS website.
The cascading grant action is aimed at supporting researchers in uptaking FAIR data analysis and providing a series of new scientific results and services, demonstrating the role the Science Clusters as thematic Nodes for “Open Research” in Europe could play for the benefit of the scientific impact of EOSC.
Who can apply: Research Infrastructures, Universities, Institutes, SMEs and large companies, consortia, as well as individual researchers. Individual researchers, or a group of researchers, in different countries of the EU, Associated Countries and beyond can apply with their own affiliation (a university or a research institute). A Science Cluster by itself cannot apply.

Opening date: March 14th, 2025, 10:00 CET
Projects’ duration: 12 to 24 months
Budget: 100 k€ – 250 k€
Application deadline: May 14th, 2025, 17:00 CEST

We are keen to maximise the impact of our funding by supporting a diverse range of innovative projects from different communities and organisations. High quality applications by organisations that have not received funding in the 1st OSCARS Open Call, for subjects distinct from those previously supported, will therefore be prioritised in the 2nd Open Call.
The organisation and management of the cascading grant calls, together with the mentoring and training activities that the Science Clusters will provide in OSCARS, contribute to performing excellent science and pursuing societal benefits by leveraging an Open Research approach.
By the end of OSCARS, it is expected that a series of valuable scientific results and new services will be available, leading to an increased uptake of Open Science by researchers and to promote cross-border and cross-domain cooperation in the long run.

Austrian NeuroCloud: FAIR data operations for neuroscience
2025-05-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Content:
The Austrian NeuroCloud (ANC) is a FAIR-enabling platform designed to support sustainable research data management in cognitive neuroscience. It facilitates the entire lifecycle of neuroscientific data, from acquisition and storage to validation, metadata curation, publishing, and sharing. The platform equips researchers with essential tools to ensure data integrity and compliance with community standards. By providing controlled access to research data, the ANC ensures adherence to GDPR and European Open Science policies.
This webinar will provide an overview of the ANC and its key features, focusing on its operational workflows for data storage, validation, metadata curation, and dissemination.
Time and place:
14 May 2025, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Target group:
Research support staff, Researchers dealing with neuroscience
Language:
English
Speakers:
Barbara Strasser-Kirchweger, Mateusz Pawlik and Florian Hutzler, Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg
Registration:
For attending this webinar, please register here.
Materials:
The materials for this webinar will be published here afterwards.

FIDELIS Network Launch : Introductory Webinar
2025-05-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Over its three-year duration, FIDELIS will set up, develop and operate a European Network of trustworthy digital repositories. This includes developing and implementing a business model for sustaining the Network beyond the project duration. With this initiative, FIDELIS responds to a community need that was expressed in the Working Paper “Towards a European network of FAIR-enabling Trustworthy Digital Repositories (TDRs)”.
What is the FIDELIS Network webinar about?
The Network’s mission is to support digital repositories in Europe to become and remain trustworthy over time. The FIDELIS project operates the Network while working on its development. The webinar will be held online, on Tuesday, May 13th, at 14:00 to 15:00 CET. During this webinar, we will discuss the Network’s strategy, roadmap, governance and membership and encourage provisional members and the wider community to provide feedback.
Digital repositories that practice or aspire to practice TRUST-inspiring and FAIR-enabling ways of working are welcome to join. To save a spot, make sure to register for the webinar!

Agenda
Speaker

Welcome (5 minutes)
Jan Meijer, SIKT

History and introduction to FIDELIS
(10 minutes)
Ingrid Dillo, DANS

Benefits of provisional membership
(15 minutes)
Marjan Grootveld, DANS
Mari Kleemola, CESSDA/TAU-FSD
Laurence Horton/Joy Davidson, DCC

Q&A
(25 minutes)
Jan Meijer, SIKT

Wrap up and next steps
(5 minutes)
Jan Meijer, SIKT

Europe Biobank Week 2025
2025-05-13 - 2025-05-16 | Bologna
The most important event of the year in the global biobanking community!
Join us at Bologna Congressi, Italy from 13-16 May 2025 at #EBW25 for the biggest biobanking networking opportunity, to meet industry representatives at the exhibition, discuss the newest findings and hot topics with experts from healthcare, academia, and industry, and attend high-quality scientific programmes.
The congress will highlight state-of-the-art biobanking innovations and research. This action-packed congress will feature keynote presentations, panels and workshops organised by ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC.
Details on sponsorship and registration will follow shortly on the EBW website.
