Wie sollte eine faire Finanzierung von Open Access aussehen?
2026-03-12 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
Wissenschaftliches Publizieren im Open Access (OA) wird heute von den kommerziellen Zielen einer sehr kleinen Anzahl von umsatzorientierten, global agierenden Medienkonzernen dominiert (Gatti et al. 2025, 14). Im Mai 2023 erklärte der Rat der Europäischen Kommission, dass das aktuelle System des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens für öffentliche Forschungsförderer zunehmend unbezahlbar wird. Die steigenden Kosten haben global die Forderung nach einem Wechsel zu nicht gewinnorientierten Publikationsmodellen gestärkt, siehe UNESCO Diamond Open Access Alliance, 2024.
Immer stärker etablieren sich Forderungen, Diamond Open Access (DOA) Publikationsmodelle im Bereich des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens zu finanzieren, um das aktuelle System zu transformieren und die Abhängigkeit der Wissenschaft vom kommerziellen Verlagswesen zu verringern. Die ab 2025 von der DFG geförderte Servicestelle Diamond Open Access (SeDOA) unterstützt diesen Ansatz. Zudem betont die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina die Skalierbarkeit von nicht gewinnorientierten OA-Publikationsmodellen als entscheidender Faktor für eine erfolgreiche Transformation, da Wissenschaftseinrichtungen mit wenigen Medienkonzernen auf dem Publikationsmarkt konkurrieren (Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina 2025, 34). Entsprechende Finanzierungsstrukturen können die Implementierung offener Infrastrukturen und damit die gesamte Open-Research-Transformation positiv beeinflussen.
Für den Forschungsraum Berlin-Brandenburg ist das faire und nachhaltige Finanzieren von Open Access ein drängendes Thema (Neufend et al. 2024), das aufgrund der Unsicherheiten in der Finanzierung von Wissenschafts- und Kulturerbe-Einrichtungen alle Einrichtungstypen unterschiedlich betrifft. In dieser Veranstaltung möchten wir mit Akteur*innen ins Gespräch kommen, die bereits eine nachhaltige, faire und kollektive Finanzierung von Open Access unterstützen und ermöglichen.
Auf dem virtuellen Podium möchten wir entlang folgender Fragen diskutieren:

Ist das nicht gewinnorientierte Publizieren kostengünstiger als kommerzielle APC- und BPC-Modelle?
Welches Verständnis von Fairness ist maßgeblich für faires OA?
Was ist der Wert und was sind die Kosten des nicht gewinnorientierten Publizierens und wie können entsprechende Ressourcen bereitgestellt werden?
Wie können einzelne Akteure im Forschungsökosystem nicht gewinnorientiertes Publizieren unterstützen?
Was sind notwendige Finanzierungsstrukturen, die nicht gewinnorientiertes Publizieren nach fairen Prinzipien ermöglichen?
Was lässt sich aus einer kritischen Reflektion bisheriger großangelegter Transformationsverträge und den daraus entstandenen Kriterien lernen?
Was sind die Alternativen zu solchen großangelegten, kommerziellen Ansätzen im wissenschaftlichen Publizieren?

Webinar: The Barcelona Declaration: Why Open Research Information Matters
2026-03-03 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Die Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information wurde im April 2024 veröffentlicht und hat das Ziel, offene Forschungsinformationen als Standard in der Wissenschaftscommunity zu etablieren. Während kommerzielle Anbieter den Zugriff auf Metadaten oft exklusiv kontrollieren, zeigt die Barcelona Declaration den Weg zu einer unabhängigen und transparenten Forschungsinfrastruktur mit offenen Forschungsinformationen wie Metadaten zu Publikationen, Forschungsprojekten und weiteren forschungsrelevanten Informationen.
Organisiert vom Cluster Forschung+Daten beleuchtet dieses Webinar die konkreten Auswirkungen einer solchen Wende auf die österreichische Community. Wir gehen mit einem hochkarätigen internationalen Panel der Frage nach, wie der Weg zu offenen Forschungsinformationen in der Praxis aussehen kann. Konkret sollen dabei folgende Fragen beantwortet werden:

Implementierung: Was bedeutet es konkret für eine Forschungsstätte, wenn sie die Barcelona Declaration unterzeichnen will? Welche Prozesse müssen angestoßen werden?
Benefit: Welchen unmittelbaren strategischen und operativen Nutzen (z. B. Datenhoheit, Sichtbarkeit) bringt die Unterzeichnung der Institution?
Wer nutzt offene Forschungsinformationen bereits und falls ja, wie? Wie können wir als Community diese Infrastrukturen nachhaltig unterstützen?

ECSA 2026
2026-03-03 - 2026-03-06 | Finland
The ECSA 2026 conference is framed around the notion of Citizen Science bridging Centre and Periphery. This theme explores the diversity of contexts in which citizen science unfolds — from urban metropolitan hubs to remote northern and southern spaces — and emphasizes its role as a link between centre and periphery. Here, we encourage collective analysis and visioning for the potential of citizen science to reduce inequalities between centres of power and scientific attention and their associated hinterlands (which may indeed have little geographic distance between them). The theme invites reflections on how citizen science acts as a bridge across geographic, cultural, social and institutional divides. Doing so invites contributions that consider the ability of citizen science to work towards sustainability, support evidence-based decision-making, improve public health, engage with political and legal frameworks, promote integrated resource management, and honour cultural and historical contexts.
In light of ongoing global challenges, we invite scholars, practitioners, and community actors to assess the current state of citizen science — giving attention to emerging directions and pressing challenges, and to promising opportunities for the forms of critical, engaged work that have long shaped the practice.
Dimensions

Challenges and opportunities of citizen science across centres and peripheries
What are the specific challenges and opportunities of implementing citizen science in contexts that are socially, geographically, institutionally, or scientifically distant from centres of power? How can citizen science serve as a tool for inclusion, innovation, and transformation in areas or fields that are often overlooked or underrepresented?
Citizen science and inclusion: reaching marginalised communities
How can citizen science empower and engage marginalised communities in scientific research and decision-making processes — if at all? What conditions are necessary to ensure that such engagement is meaningful, respectful, and equitable? What potential impacts — both positive and negative — can citizen science have on marginalised communities, and how can these be addressed or leveraged for lasting benefit? Is citizen science an appropriate or welcome framework, particularly where dominant or Eurocentric models may risk reinforcing unequal power dynamics? And if so, how might citizen science be reimagined to centre diverse forms of knowledge, representation, and community agency?
Citizen science across borders
How can citizen science foster collaboration across different kinds of borders and frontiers — including geopolitical, disciplinary, organizational, or cultural? What role can it play in connecting diverse knowledge systems and enabling inclusive, equitable, and cooperative approaches to research, learning, and action?
Citizen science in extreme conditions and situations of crisis
How can citizen science be mobilised in challenging or high-risk contexts — from remote environments and polar regions to situations of conflict, environmental disaster, or public health emergencies, which might be familiar to practitioners but in which academic researchers may hesitate to tread? What strategies support safe and effective participation, resilient data collection, and sustained knowledge co-production when institutional, logistical, or technological infrastructures are disrupted?
Citizen science and Indigenous knowledges and practices
How can citizen science contribute to the respectful co-creation of knowledge with Indigenous communities? How can projects be designed in ways that are ethical, collaborative, and supportive of Indigenous perspectives, values, and knowledge systems — while safeguarding sovereignty and cultural integrity?
Other compelling dimensions of citizen science
What other emerging, overlooked, or unconventional dimensions of citizen science deserve greater attention? We welcome contributions that challenge current assumptions, explore new scientific, methodological, or societal frontiers, or reimagine how citizen science can engage with communities, technologies, and institutions.

FIDELIS mentoring and peer-to-peer support programme : first open call
2026-02-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Join us on 27 February from 11-12 CET for an overview of the support programmes you can apply to join as a mentor or mentee in the first open call for FIDELIS mentoring and peer to peer support.

This is the first of two open calls for FIDELIS mentoring and peer to peer support and will run over the second half of 2026. In this open call, we invite applications to join one of five thematic support programmes:

1. Trustworthy at national and international levels
2: Data curation, access and preservation policies
3: Fostering engagement between repositories and end users
4: Active Data Curation for technical repository staff
5: Training approaches for repository staff

This webinar will provide more information about the support programmes, what is expected from mentors, financial support provided, and how to apply. The session will allow ample time for questions from participants and will last no longer than one hour.
Registration for this webinar is free and open to all.

Through two open calls, FIDELIS will allocate a total of €200,000 in financial support to enable around 40 successful applicants to participate as mentors in one of a series of defined support programmes.
Each of the defined support programmes will focus on a particular theme related to Trustworthy Digital Repositories and will aim to share real-life experiences on tools, methods and/or approaches that have been taken. Successful applicants to the open call will receive a standard day rate of 500 EUR/day to support their active participation in a given support programme.The support programme will require 10 days of effort and a total of 5000 euros will be paid upon completion of the support programme.

RICH Europe Symposium
2026-02-25 - 2026-02-26 | Rome
RICH Europe kindly invites you to the Second RICH Europe Symposium on Research Infrastructures, which will take place on 25–26 February 2026 in Rome, Italy, at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
European Research Infrastructures (RIs) play a pivotal role in advancing frontier research, fostering innovation, and addressing societal challenges. As strategic assets of the European Research Area (ERA), RIs support excellent science, enable cross-border collaboration, and contribute to Europe’s global competitiveness.
The Symposium will provide an opportunity to promote synergies among Research Infrastructures and relevant stakeholders; to showcase successful models of collaboration among RIs, partnerships, and clusters; to encourage the involvement of RIs in other parts of Horizon Europe; to assess and analyse cooperation between Research Infrastructures and other European programmes; to promote interoperability and data sharing; to facilitate dialogue among stakeholders; and to support capacity building.
You can use the QR code in the Save the Date or this link to register. Registration to the symposium is temporary closed, due to the maximum capacity of the Venue. Here is the Programme. Here is the InfoPack for your stay and attendance.
The Symposium will be also streamed live. The link will be available few days before the event.
NCPs from Third Countries can rely on the call of the GSF that focuses on funding participation of official Third Country NCPs for RIs (here attached the document with further info and criteria. Deadline to submit the application: 4th December 2025).

ERCIM News No. 144
2026-02-24
The Special Theme and the Research and Innovation sections contain articles presenting a panorama of European research activities. The Special Theme focuses on a sector that has been selected by the editors from a short list of currently “hot” topics whereas the Research and Innovation section contains articles describing scientific activities, research results, and technical transfer endeavours in any sector of Information and Communication Science and Technology (ICST), telecommunications or applied mathematics. Submissions to the Special Theme section are subjected to an external review process coordinated by invited guest editors whereas submissions to the Research and Innovation section are checked and approved by the ERCIM News editorial board.
Special Theme: Open Science Experiences and Prospects
Guest editors:

Leonardo Candela, CNR-ISTI
Roberto di Cosmo, Inria and University Paris Cité

Open Science is the practice of science in which researchers collaborate openly and citizens contribute to research questions. In this approach, research artefacts, research processes, and even laboratories are shared under conditions that enable reuse, transparency, and reproducibility as early and openly as possible. The European Commission has made Open Science a policy priority.
This special theme aims to highlight current technological developments in Open Science and to present future prospects for infrastructures, tools, and services that support open, transparent, and reusable research practices.
Topics include but are not limited to:

AI and Open Science
Approaches for effective sharing and reuse of research artefacts
Citizen science platforms, methods and impact
Ethical, legal and trust aspects of Open Science (e.g. GDPR, IP, sensitive data)
Infrastructures promoting Open Science
Interoperability, standards, and sustainability of Open Science ecosystems
Methods and tools for science reproducibility and transparency
Open research software, open-source practices, and research software sustainability
Open science-friendly scholarly communication
Open science-oriented research data management and FAIR data principles
Open Science and Research Security
Science gateways, virtual research environments for Open Science
Services for Open Science education and skills development
Socio-economic and geopolitical dimensions of Open Science
Solutions for Open Science monitoring and innovative research assessment.

All articles have to be sent to the local editor for your country (see About ERCIM News) or to the central editor en-submission@ercim.eu
Reviewing:
Articles submitted to the special theme and the research and society sections are subject to a review process.

Three open calls to grow the EOSC Federation
2026-02-18 17:00 | Online
Enrolment call of the EOSC Tripartite Governance
This call invites organisations to join the second wave of the EOSC Federation’s build-up phase, requiring them to enrol as an EOSC Node, submit a Project Charter, develop use cases, and demonstrate their capacity to function as a community gateway.
Total funding: No funding is provided through this call
Maximum grant amount: Not applicable

Preparatory grants under EOSC Gravity

hese grants are designed to support the preparatory work of potential future EOSC Nodes. The main objective is to develop a Project Charter for a subsequent, separate application to the Enrolment Call of the EOSC Tripartite Governance.
Total funding: €800,000
Maximum grant amount: €50,000 per project
Read the call text on EU Funding & Tenders Portal

Inter-project grants under EOSC Gravity
This call aims to expand the services offered through the EOSC Federation and to demonstrate the benefits for end users. This can be achieved in two ways: by developing scientific use cases, or by piloting the onboarding of new services into existing EOSC Nodes, without the requirement to become an EOSC Node at this stage.
Total funding: €400,000
Maximum grant amount: €50,000 per project
Read the call text on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal

20th International Digital Curation Conference
2026-02-16 - 2026-02-18 | Zagreb
About the International Digital Curation Conference
The International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) is an established annual event with a unique place in the digital curation community, reaching out to individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains involved in curating data and providing an opportunity to get together with like-minded data practitioners to discuss policy and practice.

EOSC EU Node Ask Me Anything for Contributors
2026-02-12 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Join our Ask Me Anything (AMA) session for Contributors and explore how to onboard, integrate, and build with the EOSC EU Node
When: Thursday 12 February 2026, 11.00-12.30 CET
Speakers & Moderators: Peter Szegedi, Policy Officer at the European Commission DG CNECT, Spiros Athanasiou, EOSC EU Node Contractors’ representative, Maja Dolinar
Who is it for?
Service providers, research infrastructures, candidate nodes, technical contributors, and developers interested in integrating their data sources, services, or tools into the EOSC EU Node. Ideal for anyone working on interoperability, open-source tooling, or technical onboarding.
What’s on the agenda?
This AMA session focuses on the contributor’s perspective and will cover:

Live demonstration of the testing environment with the enrolled Candidate Nodes and their onboarded services
Insights into the process of onboarding services from Candidate notes; how they were achieved, lessons learned, and what contributors can expect
Open-source components of the EOSC EU Node; what is available, how to access it, and how it can be reused, deployed, or customised

This interactive session is your opportunity to understand how to bring your services into the EOSC ecosystem and how to build on top of the software we develop.
How will the session work?

Interactive Q&A – Ask your questions about integration, and technical requirements
Live engagement – Submit and upvote questions using Zoom’s Q&A feature
Focused discussions – From onboarding services to open-source components and interoperability scenarios

Register now and join us for a hands-on discussion that will help you take the next step as a contributor to the EOSC EU Node. We look forward to seeing you there!

Data Spaces Symposium 2026
2026-02-10 - 2026-02-11 | Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Mark Your Calendars!
The world’s premier event on data spaces returns for its fourth edition!
Under the theme “Scaling cross-border data ecosystems”, the Data Spaces Symposium 2026 will spotlight how data spaces drive collaboration, innovation, and global competitiveness.
Hosted by the Data Spaces Support Centre together with BDVA – Big Data Value Association, FIWARE Foundation, Gaia-X Association for Data and Cloud (AISBL), and the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA), this year’s symposium takes place in Madrid, in partnership and under the coordination of the Gaia-X Hub España. As a leading actor in Spain’s data sharing and data space initiatives, the Hub brings national expertise to a truly European stage.
2026 Highlights:

Data Spaces as value creators – enabling collaboration and economic growth
Trustworthy data for AI – how data spaces power the future of artificial intelligence
Standards and interoperability – driving international harmonisation and cross-border alignment
The inaugural European Data Spaces Awards Ceremony

and much more to come!
Registration opens soon — stay tuned for updates!
Questions or sponsorship opportunities? Contact us at events@dssc.eu

Tag der guten Daten
2026-02-10 | Universität Graz, Universitätsplatz 3a, Graz, 8010, Austria
In der International Love Data Week, in der dieses Jahr die Frage “Where’s the data?” diskutiert werden soll, gibt es an der Universität Graz eine ganztägige Veranstaltung zu diesem Thema. In der Keynote, welche die Vortragsreihe am Vormittag (9:00-13:00) eröffnet, wird Verantwortung, Wartbarkeit und Langzeitdenken am Beispiel eines DH Urgesteins – der Mittelhochdeutschen Begriffsdatenbank – thematisiert. Dabei stellen die Vortragenden KI-gestützte Arbeitsmethoden vor, zeigen auf, dass KI Forschung zwar unterstützen kann, Forschungspersonal aber nie ersetzen wird und stellen fest, dass offene, menschenlesbare Standards wie XML durchaus kein Rückschritt sind, sondern der Schlüssel für digitale Zukunftsfähigkeit. Die weiteren Vorträge behandeln Lizenzierung in AUSSDA, den Health Data Research Hub der Meduni Graz, die Performancetests und Metadaten aus den Digital Skills Austria Studien und ein übertragbares Modell für heterogene (psychologische) Forschungsdaten.
Dieser Teil der Veranstaltung wird auch per Livestream übertragen.

Am Nachmittag findet ein Workshop mit dem Titel “Forschungsdaten zur Verfügung stellen / Forschungsdaten nachnutzen” statt, in dem nach einer Reihe von Impulsvorträgen, in denen Daten aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen charakterisiert werden, an einer Handreichung für Forschende zu diesem Thema gearbeitet wird.
Der Workshop findet nur in Präsenz statt und die Teilnehmerzahl ist beschränkt.

Veranstaltungslink: https://forschungsdatenmanagement.uni-graz.at/de/veranstaltungen/tag-der-guten-daten-2026/

Anmeldung: https://ub.uni-graz.at/de/beratung-kurse/kurse-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/tag-der-guten-daten-2026/

Public consultation on SRIA 2.0 is open!
2026-01-31 23:59
Dear EOSC community,
The Board of Directors of the EOSC Association warmly invites you to participate in the SRIA 2.0 public consultation.
Your input is essential for shaping the future direction of EOSC and ensuring that the voice of the community remains strong.
The purpose of this public consultation is to collect insights from the EOSC community on the main technological and innovation challenges of EOSC. SRIA 2.0 will have three core chapters:

Chapter 1 addresses the “Vision, Mission, and Strategic Objectives” of EOSC.
Chapter 2, “Current Landscape: Gaps, Trends, and Challenges”, will be informed directly by the insights gathered through this consultation. The consultation enables participants to rate the relevance of topics and suggest additional input.
The results of this consultation will provide the basis for Chapter 3: “Strategic Priorities for 2026–2030”, ensuring that the strategic focus truly reflects the needs and perspectives of the EOSC community.

The consultation will take approximately 10-15 minutes. Participation is possible until 31 January 2026.

Call for evaluators of EOSC Gravity cascading grants
2026-01-30 14:00 | Online
BRUSSELS — A call for independent evaluators is now open to assess applications for the EOSC Gravity preparatory and inter-project grants aiming to grow the EOSC Federation. Interested candidates can submit their applications by 30 January 2026 (14:00 CET).
Evaluation work will take place from 25 February 2026 to 7 April 2026, with each evaluator receiving compensation for their work. Serving as an evaluator offers a unique chance to apply your expertise in shaping the future of the EOSC Federation. Full details of the call, including guidelines, rules and conditions, the selection process, timeline, and more, are available in the evaluator package.
Download full call text and evaluator package
EOSC Gravity may draw from the pool of applications submitted under this call for other EOSC Federation-related assessments, such as the Enrolment call of the EOSC Tripartite Governance or the second inter-project call under EOSC Gravity planned for the second half of 2026.
Selection criteria
The evaluators must meet the following mandatory criteria:

Understanding of the EOSC Federation ecosystem and its build-up process (more details are available in the EOSC Federation Handbook),
Broad knowledge of EOSC-A activities and initiatives, as well as Open Science principles and practices,
Understanding of the training and skills development needs of the EOSC Federation,
Familiarity with ICT technologies, software development processes, or service management systems,
Be legally established or resident in a Member State of the European Union, including outermost regions and associated Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT); or in a Horizon Europe associated country at the time the EOSC Gravity grant entered into force (October 2024),
Ability to work as a consultant and issue invoices/debit notes following the regulations of their own country.

Optional criteria:

Experience in evaluating proposals for the European Commission, or similar relevant experience, is considered a plus.

Tasks
The evaluators will be responsible for providing an impartial and unbiased review of the applications assigned to them, following the determined evaluation process and timeline. The evaluation workflow includes the following steps:

Participation in the onboarding session on 25 February 2026,
Pre-assessment of the applications between 25 February 2026 and 18 March 2026,
Participation in a panel meeting to determine a ranked list of applications. Each evaluator will participate in one remote panel meeting scheduled between 26-31 March 2026,
Preparation of the consensus report (one per application) between 26 March 2026 and 7 April 2026: A summary of the pre-assessments and panel discussions to be sent to each applicant.

Compensation
Evaluators will receive compensation of 100€ per evaluation, provided it is properly completed and validated by ESF. This includes all the steps listed above under Tasks.
The Panel Chair, selected by ESF among the evaluators, will receive an additional 200€ for the panel day.
How to apply
Applications can only be submitted via the European Science Foundation (ESF) Platform. If you are a first-time user of the ESF Platform, you will need to create an account before applying.
If you have any questions about the process, please reach out to us at EOSC-Gravity-grants@esf.org and include “Evaluator call” in the subject line.

Create an account on the ESF platform

Apply to become an evaluator

EOSC Winter School 2026
2026-01-27 - 2026-01-29 | Nizza
Mark your calendars for the EOSC Winter School 2026, which will take place during the week of 26 January 2026 and 1 February 2026! While the location and exact dates are yet to be decided, you can already now look forward to an engaging programme.
As in the first two Winter Schools, the third edition will bring together broad representation from the EOSC community, including from the EOSC-related Horizon Europe projects, the EOSC-A Task Forces, the Opportunity Area Expert Groups, the EOSC-A Board and Secretariat, the European Commission and others.
To review the reports and materials from previous editions, visit EOSC Winter School 2025 and EOSC Winter School 2024.

Participate in the European Research Area Act consultation
2026-01-05 | Online
Brussels — The European Commission has opened a public consultation on the forthcoming European Research Area Act, inviting contributions from all stakeholders. The consultation is open until 5 January 2026.
The European Research Area (ERA) Act represents a major policy initiative to strengthen the EU’s research and innovation landscape. Its objective is to overcome persistent challenges such as fragmented regulatory frameworks, uneven research and innovation investments across Member States, and barriers that hinder researchers’ mobility, collaboration and knowledge sharing.
A central ambition of the ERA Act is to advance the EU’s “fifth freedom”, i.e. the free circulation of researchers, scientific knowledge and technology throughout the Single Market. Through this consultation, the Commission aims to gather evidence on the obstacles preventing the full realisation of the ERA, and to collect stakeholders’ views on the policy and legislative solutions needed at EU level.
Have your say on the ERA Act and share your insights on topic relevant for EOSC and the broader Open Science and research infrastructure ecosystem in Europe!

Participate in public consultation on the ERA Act

EOSC-A 12th General Assembly
2025-12-10 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
Mark your calendars! The 12th General Assembly meeting of the EOSC Association will be held online on the afternoon of Wednesday, 10 December 2025. This meeting will include the election of three Directors to the EOSC-A Board of Directors.
More details and registration information coming soon. Stay tuned!

Commission seeks feedback on the future Charter of access for industrial users
2025-12-10
Brussels — The European Commission has opened a public survey to gather input from stakeholders on the upcoming Charter of Access for Industrial Users to Research and Technology Infrastructures.
Building on the revised Charter for Access to Research Infrastructures, the new Charter will focus specifically on improving access for companies. Its goal is to make it easier for businesses, particularly SMEs, startups, and scaleups, to benefit from Europe’s world-class research and technology infrastructures. The survey will close on 10 December 2025 and the final Charter is expected to be presented in 2026.
The Charter aims to improve access to infrastructures through six proposed principles:

Increased visibility and availability of services
Transparency and quality of services
Simplified contract and agreement procedures
Safe intellectual property management
Priority to companies in the EU
Cooperation between infrastructures and access to data

7. EOSC Coffee Lecture: “Aktuelles aus der EOSC-Föderation”
2025-12-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Die European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) schafft einen integrativen, föderierten Raum für die gemeinsame Nutzung wissenschaftlicher Forschungsdaten in Europa. Sie stärkt die europäische Datensouveränität, indem sie gemeinsame Standards und sichere, transparente Rahmenbedingungen für den Austausch von Forschungsdaten etabliert. Mit dem weiteren Ausbau der EOSC-Föderation entstehen neue Möglichkeiten für Institutionen, sich zu beteiligen und entsprechende Förderangebote zu nutzen.
Um darüber zu informieren, lädt die ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft Sie am Dienstag, den 2. Dezember 2025, von 15:00–16:00 Uhr zur siebten EOSC Coffee Lecture ein.
Diese Coffee Lecture stellt folgende Themen in den Mittelpunkt:

Bericht vom EOSC-Symposium 2025 in Brüssel
Update zum Stand der EOSC-Föderation
Fördermöglichkeiten zur Vorbereitung eines EOSC-Knotens
Fördermöglichkeiten zum Andocken von Ressourcen (Services/Repositorien)

Durch das einstündige, deutschsprachige Webinar (30 Min. Vortrag, 30 Min. Fragen/Diskussion) führt Sie Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann, Präsident der EOSC Association, Mitglied im NFDI-Senat und in mehrere NFDI-Konsortien involviert.
Die EOSC Coffee Lectures richten sich an alle, die sich in ihrer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit mit Forschungsdaten beschäftigen oder an der Umsetzung und dem Betrieb von Forschungsdateninfrastrukturen beteiligt sind.
Weiterführende Informationen zu den Inhalten der 7. EOSC Coffee Lecture finden Sie außerdem hier: https://eosc.eu/news/welcome-to-the-eosc-federation-mou-establishes-shared-path-to-operations/

FAIR&AI: How research data and AI can empower each other
2025-11-27 | TU Graz, Graz, Austria
Der Cluster Forschungsdaten lädt herzlich ein zum FAIR&AI Symposium am 27. November 2025 an die TU Graz. Die Veranstaltung thematisiert die Schnittstellen zwischen Forschungsdatenmanagement (RDM) und Künstlicher Intelligenz (AI): Wie können FAIR-Prinzipien KI-Anwendungen unterstützen, und wie kann KI RDM-Prozesse beeinflussen?
Das Programm beinhaltet Keynotes von internationalen und nationalen Expert*innen, Lightning Talks und Breakout Sessions für interdisziplinären Austausch und Möglichkeiten zum Networking. Gemeinsam werden Infrastruktur-Herausforderungen diskutiert, Supportstrukturen präsentiert und die Synergien zwischen FAIRen Daten und künstlicher Intelligenz aufgezeigt.
Die Veranstaltung beginnt um 13 Uhr, davor findet die Registrierung und der Networking-Lunch statt.
Wir hoffen Ihr Interesse geweckt zu haben und Sie in Graz begrüßen zu dürfen – halten Sie sich den Termin frei. Die Anmeldung beginnt im Oktober 2025, weitere Informationen finden Sie hier.

5th EOSC Support Office Austria General Assembly
2025-11-18 13:30 - 18:00 | TUtheSky, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien, Gebäude BA, 11. OG, Vienna, 1060, Austria
We are pleased to announce that the 5th General Assembly of the EOSC Support Office Austria will take place on November 18, 2025, at TUtheSKY, TU Wien. This event brings together members of the EOSC SOA community to review achievements over the past year, elect new representatives to governing bodies, and discuss the strategic direction for the future.
It will be a key moment for advancing shared goals within the EOSC SOA community and fostering stronger collaboration across diverse areas, including Open Science, data stewardship, and research infrastructure. The General Assembly will provide an opportunity to report on developments and to strengthen the community’s impact in supporting Austria’s engagement within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

Agenda

Time:

Item:

Presenter:

13:30-14:30

Lunch and Networking

14:30-14:45

Opening

Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi (1st Chair GA) & VR Wolfgang Kastner (TU Wien)

14:45-14:55

ACONET Association: Legal Entity & Strategy 2030

Petra Karlhuber
ACONET Association

14:55-15:10

Year in Review

Barbara Sánchez Solís
Chair of the EOSC SOA Management Board

15:10-15:25

Official Business: Elections

Group photo

15:25-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:45

Nodes Development in the EOSC Federation

EOSC Federation: current developments and next steps

EOSC Node in Poland

Update: Austrian developments towards an EOSC Node

Q&A

Bob Jones
EOSC Association

Stefan Hanslik
BMFWF

Aneta Pazik-Aybar
NCN Poland

Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi
1st Chair of the EOSC SOA General Assembly

17:45-18:00

Closing

Registration has closed.
If you still want to join the event, please contact contact@eosc-austria.at

Munin Conference on Scholary Publishing
2025-11-18 - 2025-11-20
This is the programme for the 19th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing 2024.
All presentations will take place in Auditoria 1 and 2 (see information about the conference venue). Registration, poster sessions and coffee breaks will take place in the hall outside of the auditoria. The workshop rooms are above the conference hall, accessible by lift or stairs.
Short abstracts for the parallel workshops can be seen on the Workshops-overview page. See also an overview of posters that will be displayed during poster lunches on 26 and 27 November.
For the digital audience: all presentation and panel sessions will be streamed. The streaming links for the sessions in Auditorium 1 are posted at the top of the programme for each day. For Auditorium 2, see the specific session. Munin is in the CET zone.

COMET-Zentren 2025: Exzellente themenoffene Forschung
2025-11-18 | Online
Exzellente Forschung an COMET-Zentren in Kooperation von Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft

In COMET-Zentren forschen Unternehmen gemeinsam mit Forschungseinrichtungen an einem mehrjährigen Forschungsprogramm.
COMET-Zentren betreiben exzellente, kooperative Forschung auf hohem internationalem Niveau und setzen neue Forschungsimpulse. Sie bauen entsprechende Kompetenzen und Humanressourcen auf und bieten Forscher:innen vielfältige Aus- und Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten.
Erfolgreiche Zentren zeichnen sich durch die Dissemination von Forschungsergebnissen, sowohl in Form von innovativen Produkten, Prozessen und Dienstleistungen als auch durch eine hochrangige Publikationstätigkeit aus.
Internationalisierung als Qualitätsmerkmal exzellenter kooperativer Forschung zeigt sich insbesondere durch die Einbindung international renommierter Forscher:innen, Organisationen und Unternehmen sowie die Beteiligung an internationalen Projekten.
COMET Zentren tragen im Sinne der SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) zur Lösung gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen bei und unterstützen die Transformation der österreichischen Wirtschaft bei ihrem nachhaltigen Wandel.

Austrian ERA SYMPOSIUM 2025
2025-11-17 10:00 - 19:00
The Austrian ERA Symposium 2025: “Towards Europe’s Fifth Freedom” will be held as a full-day, in-person event in Vienna on 17 November 2025.
This year’s symposium offers a unique opportunity to explore and shape the future of the European Research Area (ERA). We are honoured to welcome Commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva, who will share first-hand insights into the evolving EU R&I landscape. We will furthermore discuss the path towards the ERA Act – an envisaged landmark initiative introducing legally binding measures to strengthen the ERA.
The symposium will also spotlight priorities of Austria’s next ERA Action Plan 2026–2028 with dedicated workshops.
Visit the ERA Symposium website for the full agenda and registration details. We kindly ask you to revisit this website which will be regularly updated with speaker information.

Opening Research Assessment
2025-11-12 - 2025-11-13 | Pisa
For research assessment to truly support Open Science, we must prioritise transparency, inclusivity, and fairness in how we recognise research activities and contributions. This means not only ensuring that all contributions to Open Science are valued but also promoting openness in the data, tools, services, and other resources used in the assessment process.
We invite you to our Conference on Opening Research Assessment, where we will present the results of the GraspOS project and engage in discussions on transforming research assessment into a system that is open, responsible and aligned with the principles of Open Science.

The GraspOS project supports the emerging policy reforms and paves the way for a responsible research assessment system that is fully aware of and integrated with Open Science practices. GraspOS focuses on developing, assessing, and operating an open federated infrastructure designed to aggregate open resources that can catalyse the implementation of relevant policy reforms.
The Conference will not only showcase the key outcomes and insights of the project, but will also feature invited talks and expert panels addressing critical topics for advancing a responsible research assessment system that fully embraces Open Science principles including:

Open infrastructures for responsible research assessment
Transparency and inclusivity of the assessment processes
Recognition of contributions to Open Science

We also invite poster contributions aligned with these themes by anyone interested. Guidelines on how to submit a contribution for the Poster Session are available below.

Open Science Week 2025
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-12
Open Science Week 2025, organised by the Open Science Working Group of the Association of Libraries of Czech Universities, is approaching!
We are preparing three days full of inspiration, experience sharing, and practical demonstrations focused on Open Science, research data management, open access, citizen science, and the legal aspects of open science. You can look forward to expert lectures, live discussions, and networking that will connect researchers, PhD students, librarians, project support staff, data stewards, and all other friends of open science – everyone will find something to their liking!
Follow us on social media for more information – the program details will be published soon.
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Registration will open soon.

Open Science in the light of geopolitical polarisation
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-11 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The current geopolitical landscape is characterised by rising political and trade tensions as well as heightened economic interest in scientific innovation. This polarisation has significant implications for the global scientific community, particularly in the pursuit of Open Science. Could the naivety of science be exploited? Where is the line between scientific idealism and naivety?
As major global powers engage in systemic rivalries, the conduct of science is increasingly influenced by national security concerns, export controls, and sanctions that can restrict the free flow of ideas, data, and researchers across borders. Meanwhile, global challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and technology-based development require international scientific collaboration and universal knowledge development. The normative nature of the scientific ethos is increasingly in tension with political forces that demand that science be both vigilant and competitive.
How can Open Science – with its emphasis on transparency, collaboration, efficiency and validity of scientific results – be sustained in the light of these competing interests?
During this year’s Open Science Days, we will explore these tensions by discussing the interrelations of Open Science, political interests, and innovation. We will ask how research organizations can reconcile Open Science policies with resilience and competitiveness.

About Open Science Days
The Open Science Days (OSD) are periodically organised by the Max Planck Digital Library.
In the context of this conferences we deal with various aspects of a global movement towards a more open, transparent and reproducible approach to science. Aside from invited expert talks, participants get the opportunity to present their own ideas, experiences, initiatives or activities in a Lightning Talk session. It is an open discussion platform around current Open Science developments.
The hybrid event is directed at researchers and specialists outside the Max Planck Society as well as within. It is for anyone, who is interested in an interdisciplinary communication about Open Science.

EOSC Symposium 2025
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-05 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Please mark your calendars for the EOSC Symposium 2025, the largest and most in-demand event on the EOSC calendar. Organised by the EOSC Association for the second consecutive year, the Symposium will take place 03-05 November in Brussels. Check back for details on venue and registration.
As an appetizer, please enjoy our compilation video from the 2024 Symposium in Berlin. The outcomes and resources from the 2024 Symposium can be found here: EOSC Symposium 2024: Outcomes

30th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy
2025-10-29 - 2025-10-31 | Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Over the course of three days, October 29-31, 2025, you will have the opportunity to engage with experts from a variety of fields, including bibliometrics, research policy and library & information science. The aim of the workshop is to integrate bibliometric research with research policy, showcase the latest bibliometric research from the Nordic region and beyond, and strengthen connections between bibliometric research groups and their PhD students.
Important dates
Submission of abstracts: March 17 – May 31, 2025.
Notifications of acceptance: June 20, 2025.
Registration: July 1 – September 15, 2025.
Nordic Workshop: October 29 – 31, 2025.
Organizing committee
Dag W. Aksnes, NIFU
Caroline S. Armitage, University of Bergen
Marta Eide, University of Bergen
Henrik Karlstrøm, NIFU
Eli Heldaas Seland, University of Bergen
Contact
Follow us on Bluesky: @nwb2025.bsky.social
Hashtag on social media: #nwb2025
NWB Steering group
Denmark: Birger Larsen, Aalborg University
Finland: Susanna Nykyri, Tampere University
Iceland: Baldvin Zarioh, University of Iceland
Norway: Dag W. Aksnes, NIFU – Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education
Sweden: Fredrik Åström, Lund University

Open Science Day 2025
2025-10-28 11:00 - 15:30 | University of Mannheim
The seventh annual Open Science Day will take place on 28 October 2025. This year, BERD@NFDI and the Open Science Office have co-organized the Open Science Day to showcase, share, and discuss the diverse range of open science activities and experiences taking place at the University of Mannheim and beyond.
We are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker this year is Vasilka Paunova, the legal counsel for BERD@NFDI, who will present Open and GDPR-Compliant Science – highlighting the legal challenges posed by Open Science and Research Data Management and potential solutions.
BERD@NFDI will address the role of Open Science and Research Data Management in business and economics research. We will cover incentives for doing Open Science and their impact on research in the social sciences, as well as shifting journal requirements for transparency in the political sciences. Our latest 2025 awardees will also present their funded projects and the Open Science practices they will use in their diverse research.
All members and researchers of the University of Mannheim and beyond are invited to join our Open Science Day.
We would be delighted if you are able to attend this event. If you are interested in attending, please sign up below:
Click here for online registration
Click here for in-person registration
Programm

Leibniz Open Science Day 2025: “Better Science for Better Policies”
2025-10-27 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
ZBW ─ Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, DIW Berlin (the German Institute for Economic Research), WZB (Berlin Social Science Center), and RWI ─ Leibniz Institute for Economic Research are pleased to invite to the Leibniz Open Science Day 2025: Better Science for Better Policies.
With the growing importance of the social sciences in addressing societal challenges, the significance of a meta-scientific perspective is also increasingly on the rise. We need a deeper understanding of how evidence is generated and communicated to society and policymakers.
Replications and meta-studies in particular are becoming increasingly crucial to ensure the reliability and validity of scientific research findings. These approaches help identify heterogeneities and biases, improve methodological standards, and foster transparency, ultimately enhancing the credibility of scientific knowledge.
