OER-Barcamp Österreich 2026
2026-04-09 - 2026-04-10
#reOPEN – OER gemeinsam gestalten
Wir treffen uns als österreichische OER-Community, tauschen Erfahrungen aus, bringen Ideen ein und entwickeln Innovationen – in Barcamp-Sessions, Workshops, Pro-Action-Cafés und Co-Creation-Räumen. Von bewährten Praktiken bis zu neuen Trends – die breiten Aspekte offener Bildung werden gemeinsam erkundet und weiterentwickelt.
Termin & Ort:

9.–10. April 2026
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, Universität Wien

Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos – wir freuen uns sehr, euch die Möglichkeit zu geben, gemeinsam als OER-Community der österreichischen Hochschulen Ideen zu entwickeln, Erfahrungen auszutauschen und neue Impulse für offene Bildung zu setzen. Wir freuen uns auch über OER-Expert:innen und Interessierte aus dem gesamten Bildungsbereich und über Österreich hinaus.
OER-Practitioner Special:
Am Vormittag des 10. April gibt es die kostenlose Möglichkeit, die OER-Practitioner-Ausbildung mit einem Präsenzworkshop bei OER-Expertin Sandra Schön zu starten. Auf die Teilnahme folgen individuell absolvierbare Teilleistungen, und die Ausbildung schließt mit der offiziellen OER-Zertifizierung von FNMA ab – ideal für alle, die aktuell an ihrer Hochschule keinen Zugang zu diesem Angebot haben. Anmeldung und weitere Informationen folgen auf der Veranstaltungshomepage.
Alle Details zum Programm und zur Anmeldung findet ihr auf der Veranstaltungshomepage:
https://shared-oer-services.univie.ac.at/oer-barcamp-oesterreich-2026/
Veranstaltet wird das OER-Barcamp Österreich 2026 von den Shared-OER-Services in Kooperation mit österreichischen Hochschulen und Partnernetzwerken.

EGI2026 Call for Contributions
2026-04-13 23:59 (Europe/Paris) | Online
EGI2026 is coming to Ghent, Belgium!
Block your calendars between September 21 and 25, 2026.
This beautiful city is located 30 mins by train from Brussels.
Ghent combines the charm of a medieval city centre with a vibrant cultural and culinary (night)life.
The conference will be organised in the historical ‘De Bijloke‘ venue, a 13th century hospital/abbey, currently used as a location for concerts and events.
Over the next months, we will release more details about the Call for Proposals, Exhibition and Partnerships opportunities, and of course about Registration – stay tuned!

EU investiert über 307 Mio. EUR in künstliche Intelligenz und verwandte Technologien
2026-04-15
Die Europäische Kommission hat zwei neue Aufforderungen zur Einreichung von Vorschlägen im Rahmen des Clusters „Digitalisierung, Industrie und Raumfahrt“ des Arbeitsprogramms „Horizont Europa“ veröffentlicht, mit denen 307,3 Mio. EUR zur Stärkung der digitalen Innovation und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Europas bereitgestellt werden.

Insgesamt 221,8 Mio. EUR sind für eine Initiative bestimmt, die sich auf die Entwicklung vertrauenswürdiger Dienste der künstlichen Intelligenz (KI), innovativer Datendienste und die Sicherung der strategischen Autonomie der EU konzentriert. Im Rahmen der Aufforderung werden Projekte finanziert, die zur Entwicklung von KI beitragen, einschließlich Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung der Strategie „Anwenden von KI“, der Robotik, der Quantentechnologien, der Photonik und virtueller Welten. Mit mehr als 40 Mio. EUR für die „Open Internet Stack Initiative“ werden sowohl Endnutzeranwendungen als auch Technologien innerhalb der Stacks entwickelt, um europäische souveräne digitale Gemeingüter zu unterstützen.
Für die zweite Aufforderung zur Einreichung von Vorschlägen stehen zusätzliche 85,5 Mio. EUR zur Verfügung, mit denen eine offene strategische Autonomie bei digitalen und neu entstehenden Technologien und Rohstoffen unterstützt wird. Es wird sich auf Themen wie KI-Agenten der nächsten Generation, Robotik für Industrie- und Serviceanwendungen und die Entwicklung neuer Materialien mit verbesserten Sensorfunktionen konzentrieren.
Diese Aufforderungen zur Einreichung von Vorschlägen fördern nachhaltige Innovation und die europäische Führungsrolle bei strategischen digitalen Technologien im Einklang mit dem Kompass der Kommission für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Mit diesen Investitionen will die Kommission die Führungsrolle bei strategischen Technologien durch nachhaltige, auf den Menschen ausgerichtete Innovationen sichern.
Cluster 4 des Arbeitsprogramms von Horizont Europa „Digitalisierung, Industrie und Raumfahrt“ ist strategisch darauf ausgerichtet, die Führungsrolle und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Europas in wichtigen strategischen digitalen Sektoren wie KI, Quantentechnologie, künftigen digitalen Netzen, virtuellen Welten und anderen Schlüsseltechnologien zu beschleunigen. Diese Aufforderungen stehen Unternehmen, öffentlichen Verwaltungen, Hochschulen und anderen Einrichtungen aus den EU-Mitgliedstaaten und Partnerländern offen.
Das Bewerbungsfenster bleibt bis zum 15. April 2026 geöffnet.
Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf dem Portal „Funding & Tenders“.

PATTERNs of Change: Building an Open and Responsible Future for European Research
2026-04-15 09:00 - 15:00 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The PATTERN project is happy to invite you to attend its final event: PATTERNs of Change: Building an Open and Responsible Future for European Research.
Join policymakers, research organisations, SMEs and EU-funded projects to reflect on how we can scale up open and responsible research and innovation (Open RRI) across Europe and to share what actually works (and what doesn’t) in real-life implementation.
The programme
Morning: Policy-oriented sessions (09:00–13:00)
A high-level roundtable and a practical outreach workshop focused on aligning researchers’ needs with EU-driven policies and strengthening Open RRI practices.
Afternoon: Story Slam Session with Sister Projects (14:30–15:30)
A short, fun and refreshingly honest format: projects share an “unsuccessful” story (something that didn’t go to plan, a failed approach, a lesson learned) and the presentation must include a MEME.
Afternoon: Walkthrough poster session and networking (15:30–16:30)
A dedicated space to showcase posters and dissemination materials, walk around, connect and exchange ideas. Feel free to bring posters, roll-ups, flyers, postcards, or any other comms materials you’d like to share.
Learn more and register here!

Webinar on EOSC Federation and activities at national level
2026-04-23 13:00 - 14:00
Curious about how the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is shaping the future of research and collaboration?
We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar, “EOSC Federation and activities at national level”. This session will provide a concise yet insightful overview of the EOSC Federation, its strategic direction, and what it means for the Austrian research community and service providers. We will also take a closer look at the role of the EOSC Support Office Austria in this context.
During the webinar, you will gain key updates on current developments, learn about the progress towards establishing the Austrian EOSC Node, and have the opportunity to engage directly with experts in an interactive discussion.
Date: 23 April 2026
Time: 1–2 pm CEST
Registered participants will receive the Zoom link prior to the webinar.
Agenda:

Welcome
Introduction to the EOSC Federation – Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi (EOSC SOA, TU Graz)
EOSC Support Office Austria (EOSC SOA): role and activities – Dimitri Prandner (EOSC SOA, JKU)
Towards the Austrian EOSC Node: current status – Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi (EOSC SOA, TU Graz)
Interactive Q&A & discussion

If you have any burning questions already, feel free to send them though the registration form or to contact@eosc-austria.at
We would be delighted to have you join us for this engaging session.

Meeting Link: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/67913244265?pwd=[REDACTED]

Teaching Reproducibility for Professional Development and Intellectual Growth
2026-04-23 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
We would like to cordially invite you to another Open Science Education Coffee Lecture. This time, the focus will be on how reproducibility can be taught in economics and what significance it holds for research, professional qualifications and career development.
Teaching Reproducibility for Professional Development and Intellectual Growth
23 April 2026 | 15:00 – 16:00 CEST
Online | in English
Organised by: ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Reproducibility has long been more than just a methodological detail. It plays an increasingly important role in the quality of academic work and in how research is taught and learned today. But how can this topic be effectively conveyed in teaching?
In this Open Science Education Coffee Lecture, Richard Ball, Professor of Economics at Haverford College (USA), will provide insights into the work of Project TIER, which he has helped shape for many years. As a member of the Executive Committee, he is one of the individuals who help shape the project’s content and strategy. His talk is therefore not only an introduction to the approaches of Project TIER, but also an opportunity to explore the development of reproducible research from a perspective that closely integrates teaching and research.
Richard Ball will demonstrate how transparency and reproducibility have been systematically integrated into the teaching of quantitative methods in the economic and social sciences since 2013. This involves specific teaching approaches, methodological and professional skills, and the question of how the standards of scientific research have changed in recent years – for example, through data and code policies and the establishment of replication archives.

FOR2026 Conference: The Future of Open Research: Reliable, Responsible, Equitable
2026-05-04 - 2026-05-06 | Technical University of Munich
The future of open research is uncertain. On the one hand, decades of activism and institutional support have placed the value and significance of intelligent strategies and formats for open research (and its dissemination) beyond doubt. Openness is central to the development of trustworthy, accountable, collaborative, and socially engaged knowledge. On the other hand, open research measures need to be tailored to diverse research conditions around the globe and across domains, which in turn requires substantial investment, local engagement, responsiveness to the ethical and social dimensions of inquiry, and attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
While the implementation of open science principles is certainly facilitated by ever more accessible digital technologies and training programmes, for many researchers around the world, acquiring the expertise and skills to engage in open research practices remains elusive. Exposure to open research initiatives often happens as an end-user rather than as an active contributor. This is because well-resourced environments produce the tools, set the research goals, define the standards and methods, which leads to them benefiting disproportionally from the opportunities. This makes even the best-intentioned projects into opportunities for the best-resourced environments (which are often in charge of producing open science tools) to impose their own understanding of research goals, standards, and methods on everybody else. Therefore, without domain- and location-specific input, the risk is that open research amplifies existing inequities and discrimination in the production, use, and evaluation of knowledge, thereby inflicting damage to the research system instead of the promised improvements. And this is not to mention the ongoing debates over how politically unpalatable open science may be, the extent to which open research has been appropriated by commercial entities such as large publishing companies and digital platforms, the fraught intersection between open science and artificial intelligence, and the ongoing difficulties in supporting and maintaining open research activities and tools in the long term.
This conference brings together scholars, activists, and policymakers to consider this challenging landscape and discuss the future of open research. Our goal is to facilitate the development of open research practices explicitly geared to serve the public interest, which involves interrogating what may constitute that ‘public interest’ to different audiences and in different locations around the world. A central element for our discussions will be the development of a Munich Manifesto for Equitable Open Research, detailing ways to utilise open research to foster reliable, responsible, and equitable forms of inquiry. A draft text of the manifesto will be circulated two weeks before the conference to all participants, and one session of the conference will be dedicated to discussing and finalising the declaration and its possible signatories.
We call for contributions by researchers across all fields of knowledge, including the arts and humanities, policy-makers interested in research and development, representatives of scholarly and commercial institutions involved in research, and civil society associations engaged in knowledge production.

Sprache / Macht / Daten
2026-05-05 - 2026-05-06 | Klagenfurt
Wie sprechen wir über unsere Welt? Und wer legt die Begriffe, Bedeutungen und Beziehungen fest? Mit der steigenden Menge an Daten und den technologischen Möglichkeiten, diese zu verknüpfen, verschieben sich auch Machtgefüge – mit teils massiven Folgen. Denn wer Daten sammelt, speichert und modelliert, beeinflusst, wie Wissen entsteht und welche Perspektiven und Erzählungen (un)sichtbar werden.
Um das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Sprache, Macht und Daten im digitalen Kulturerbe gemeinsam zu beleuchten, lädt das Bundesministerium für Kunst und Kultur (BMWKMS) mit dem Kulturpool, der Österreichischen Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG), der Topothek und dem kärnten.museum zum Stakeholder Forum 2026, am 5.-6. Mai 2026 in Klagenfurt ein.
Wie können Museen, Archive, Bibliotheken und Akteure wie Kulturpool ihre Verantwortung wahrnehmen? Welche Infrastrukturen und Voraussetzungen sind zur Öffnung und Vernetzung von Sammlungen notwendig?
Und was braucht es, um die nachhaltige Nutzung, interdisziplinäre Forschung sowie die verantwortungsvolle und innovative Vermittlung von Kulturerbe-Daten zu fördern?

Webinar: OMERO – A Platform for Image Data Management
2026-05-05 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The Health Data Research Hub (HDRH) at the Medical University of Graz provides a secure data environment and standardized interfaces that form the foundation for data excellence across the entire research data lifecycle—from study planning and the creation of data management plans to long-term storage and the secure reuse of data in analytical environments.
This presentation will focus on OMERO, an open-source platform developed by the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) for the centralized storage, management, visualization, and analysis of microscopy and bioimaging data, including associated metadata. Its client–server architecture enables location-independent access via web and desktop clients, while an access-controlled infrastructure ensures secure data management and distribution.
By automatically capturing microscope metadata, OMERO supports transparent and reproducible research in accordance with the FAIR principles. In addition, it offers compatibility with numerous bioimaging file formats, as well as APIs and plugins that enable high interoperability.
The presentation will conclude with a short live demonstration of OMERO and selected workflows.

KU Leuven Open Science Day
2026-05-06 | Kasteelpark Arenberg 41 , 3001 Heverlee
Open Science is an integral part of today’s research. It encompasses a wide range of practices and outputs across all stages of the research lifecycle. For instance, researchers share their publications via repositories, publish in Open Access journals, and disseminate early findings through preprints. They make their data FAIR, preregister their research protocols, and engage the public through Citizen Science initiatives.
Challenges include selecting the most appropriate channel for publishing research, considering the economic implications of this choice, as well as managing the learning curve and time investment required to implement certain Open Science principles. At the same time, researchers must navigate various considerations, including GDPR compliance, intellectual property rights, and research security. KU Leuven is committed to Open Science, guided by the principle: “as open as possible, as closed as necessary.”
The Open Science Day is an opportunity for researchers of the KU Leuven Association to take part in this discussion, to showcase their own Open Science efforts, to shed a light on difficulties they might encounter, to share experiences and solutions.

10th Open Science Retreat
2026-05-06 - 2026-05-07
With the Open Science Retreat (OSR) the ZBW brings together international Open Science supporters from different stakeholder groups. Again, we are planning two sessions where we will dive deeply into the topics that are of burning interest to us all.
We cordially invite you to join our 10thOpen Science Retreat that will be held virtually on 6 & 7 May 2026, 15:00-17:00 CEST.
It is dedicated to the theme “The future of Open Science amid authoritarianism, geopolitical tensions and aspirations for data sovereignty”.

Fundamental scientific principles and findings are under unprecedented attack: Disinformation and science scepticism has reached new levels, threatening the very foundations of democracy and science. Autocratic governments are attempting to restrict academic freedom and to use science and research to legitimise their very own political narratives and agendas. At the same time, geopolitical tensions are deepening, leading to increased security concerns in science and research, potentially leading to less openness, collaboration and communication among researchers around the globe. Last but not least, these developments are also having a significant impact on the availability of research infrastructures and Open Science materials. Do our societies need more data sovereignty to meet these challenges?

To guide our discussions, we would like to address the following questions:

How can Open Science – with its emphasis on transparency, collaboration, equality of opportunities and reproducibility of scientific results – be sustained in the light of these global developments?
What measures can we, as an international community of Open Science practitioners, take to ensure that Open Science is firmly established as the default mode of doing science in an increasingly challenging environment?
In particular, how can we meet the challenges in areas like

endangered data, surveys and other Open Science materials?
endangered research infrastructures for science and research?

Can greater data sovereignty help us overcome some of the challenges we face in Open Science, or are there other approaches that might be more promising?

Don’t miss out on this opportunity and apply now for free for this unique networking event: openscienceretreat.zbw.eu
Deadline for application: 23 April 2026
The Open Science Retreat is an interactive event. Participants are expected to commit to active contribution during the entire retreat. The number of participants is limited (random election, however, balanced with regard to geographical distribution and diversity aspects).

We are looking forward to an exciting #OpenScienceRetreat – be part of it!

Open Science for Future Generations: Equity, Access, and Local Knowledge
2026-05-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Online
The United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library in the Department of Global Communications and UNESCO would like to invite you to: “Open Science for Future Generations: Equity, Access, and Local Knowledge,” scheduled for Thursday, 7 May, 2026, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. (ET). This virtual panel discussion is a side event to the 11th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Register Now

Open science is a cornerstone of the Pact for the Future and essential for advancing an inclusive and equity-based knowledge ecosystem. Despite growing global commitment to openness, significant structural inequities persist within the scholarly publishing and research infrastructure. These barriers disproportionately affect youth and researchers in the early stages of their careers. Limited access to publishing opportunities, research infrastructure, and global networks can constrain their ability to contribute to and benefit from the global knowledge commons.

Building on the outcomes of the 4th UN Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference, this panel will explore how open science policies and infrastructures can reduce systemic inequities and empower early-career researchers as knowledge producers and full participants in the scientific enterprise. Speakers will discuss strategies to incentivize participation with a focus on the challenges of brain drain and the importance of conducting research locally, adapting global goals to the specific context, needs, and priorities of local communities.

Speakers include:
Batool Almarzouq, UKRI Metascience Research Fellow
Luisa Fernanda Echeverría King, Simón Bolívar University (Colombia)
Madiareni Sulaiman, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN Indonesia)
Rania Sabo, UNESCO

Moderator: Dag Hammarskjöld Library

Participation in UN events is governed by the UN Code of Conduct. By registering for the event, you agree to adhere to this policy.

We look forward to your participation!

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Webinar: Piloting the Next Generation EOSC in an Experimental Network of Nodes
2026-05-12 12:00 - 13:00
This webinar will show how EOSC Beyond is helping a network of national, thematic, and e-infrastructure pilot EOSC nodes move from standalone infrastructures to a more cohesive network, mirroring the operational EOSC Federation.
Building on the substantial progress through the first two years of the EOSC Beyond project, we’ll hear from Node representatives who are leading this transformation. Discover real-world use cases, technical integrations, and the collaborative blueprint that is contributing to turning the vision of a federated EOSC into a working reality.

Open Science Conference 2026
2026-05-20 | London
This one-day hybrid event will bring together researchers, professional services staff and key stakeholders, with the aim to advance open science in the social sciences. Building on the work of the CIVICA Open Science Communities, this event aims to build capacity and promote Open Science in the CIVICA partner institutions.
The programme will feature keynotes, panels, lightning talks, and workshops. Our aim is to highlight the specific opportunities and challenges that open science brings to the social sciences, and to invite discussion about best practices between disciplines.
This will be a hybrid event, and will take place at LSE.
How to apply
Any submissions on opening the social sciences are welcome, and CIVICA si especially keen to receive proposals on the following topics:

Open Educational Resources (OER)
Interaction between Open Science and AI
Managing and sharing data in the social sciences
Open access monographs

Please contact library.openresearch@lse.ac.uk for more information.

EOSC EU Node Ask Me Anything for Researchers
2026-05-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Online
Join our upcoming Ask Me Anything (AMA) session to learn about the latest developments and practical benefits of the EOSC EU Node.
Speakers and Moderators: Peter Szegedi, Spiros Athanasiou, Maja Dolinar
Who is it for?
Researchers across the EU and associated countries involved in Open Science, data-intensive research, and collaborative projects.
What is on the agenda?
The session will cover:

Updates on the EOSC EU Node platform and its latest developments
Open questions from the community regarding services, access, and use of the platform

This interactive Ask Me Anything session is your chance to explore the EOSC EU Node in practice, learn about the latest updates, and ask questions directly to the team. Whether through a live demonstration of a real user scenario or an open discussion on platform developments and community needs, the session will provide valuable insights into how the EOSC EU Node can support your research.
How will the session work?

Interactive Q&A – Ask your questions about the EOSC EU Node’s services, capabilities, and recent developments.
Live engagement – Submit and upvote questions using Zoom’s Q&A feature.
Focused discussions – Depending on readiness, the session will either feature a practical EOSC United use case or focus on platform updates and community questions.

Register now to secure your place, we look forward to seeing you there!

EOSC-A 13th General Assembly
2026-05-27 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The EOSC United and EOSC Gravity projects will hold a joint General Assembly meeting on Wednesday, 27 May 2026 in Brussels. This full-day, in-person meeting will bring together partners from both projects to review progress to date, discuss key achievements, and align on strategic priorities. The programme will conclude with a networking dinner, offering participants an opportunity to connect and exchange insights in an informal setting.

Registration
Registration for the General Assembly meeting is now open. Representatives of partner organisations from the EOSC United and EOSC Gravity projects are invited to register by 07 May 2026.

Venue
The meeting will take place at the Renaissance Brussels Hotel, located in the European Quarter, close to the city centre.

Accommodation
Participants are kindly requested to arrange their own travel and accommodation. In addition to the Renaissance Brussels Hotel, the Radisson RED Brussels is situated just a few metres from the event venue and offers a convenient alternative.

Are We Measuring Open Science the Right Way?
2026-05-29 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
This webinar explores how Open Science indicators can be used responsibly to support evidence-based policy, monitoring, and research assessment reform. As indicators increasingly shape how progress in Open Science is measured and communicated, they also influence incentives across the research system.
The session brings together European initiatives working on Open Science monitoring, responsible metrics, and impact assessment to reflect on the opportunities, risks, and guiding principles for the use of indicators in policy and practice.
The discussion aims to recognise that indicators do more than describe reality – they can shape incentives, influence behaviour, and affect policy and funding decisions. The session will create a space for dialogue between monitoring initiatives, research assessment reform efforts, and policy actors working to ensure the responsible use of indicators in the European research landscape.
TARGET AUDIENCE

Policy makers and national ministries
Research funders and funding agencies
EOSC governance actors and Steering Board members
Open science initiative leads at national and European level
Research assessment reform communities (e.g. CoARA members)
Monitoring and evaluation experts in the European research landscape

Data Week Leipzig 2026
2026-06-01 - 2026-06-05 | Leipzig
Data Week Leipzig is a networking event that highlights the scientific, economic and social perspectives of data and its use. Representatives from authorities, industry, science and business will enter into a dialog.
We welcome the participants to Leipzig to get exciting insights in a week of events with numerous sessions. The latest trends and developments relating to the digital city and the use of artificial intelligence will be presented. There will be a special focus on climate and energy. There will also be the opportunity to take part in training sessions and workshops. One day will be dedicated to semantics and AI, and speakers will provide insights into how these technologies can contribute to a sustainable and resilient future.

EOSC Academy – Course 2 – Applying the EOSC Federation Handbook – online session 1
2026-06-01 09:00 - 12:00 | Online
The EOSC Federation Handbook is a practical guide for facility managers, resource providers, and technical staff implementing the EOSC Federation. This course will explain how to apply the Federation Handbook with the help of real-world Node implementations. It will provide guidance on how to build Nodes and join the Federation. The course targets organizations preparing, or are in the start-up phase to build Nodes and EOSC community members seeking deeper understanding of Federation processes.

Specific goals of the course:

Explain what readers of the Handbook can expect to learn from the Handbook.
Clarify what can and cannot be found in the Handbook.
Present how the Handbook requirements were applied by specific Nodes.
Learn how to Apply the building of a Node and join the Federation.
Convey the idea of the Handbook as a community effort (led and carried out by the community), that it is in continuous evolution, and that feedback is welcome and desired (stressing the channels to do that would be good)

The course targets the beneficiaries of the Gravity Preparatory and Interproject Calls who are preparing to build a Node as well as organisations and experts within the EOSC community who wish to deepen their understanding of the Federation and the processes supporting its development.
To ensure the course is as interactive as possible the strategy is to use a “flipped classroom” approach. The goal is to encourage the audience to engage with the EOSC Federation Handbook (aka Handbook) before the session, so the online sessions can focus on high-level explanation and answering their specific questions.
By the end of this course, the learner will:

Have detailed knowledge of the Handbook:
Understand the significance of the Handbook;
Be able to reflect on how to apply it to their own needs;
Be able to formulate and answer questions on the process of becoming a node.

EOSC Symposium 2026: Call for programme contributions
2026-06-01 14:00
The EOSC Symposium Programme Committee has launched an open call inviting individuals, teams, organisations, projects, and initiatives to help shape the EOSC Symposium 2026 programme.
The call is open from 12 May to 01 June 2026 (14:00 CEST) and offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the flagship EOSC event by proposing potential speakers, topics to be discussed, and questions to be addressed.
This year’s edition of the EOSC Symposium will revolve around three tracks, each featuring several sessions. The track and session titles are presented below.

Track 1: EOSC collaborations and future opportunities

EOSC’s role in supporting European AI Leadership
EOSC and Data Spaces
EOSC and ERICs/ESFRIs
Capacity building on using AI tools for data science

Track 2: EOSC best practices and user experience

Data federation, trustworthiness and sovereignty
Usage of EOSC Nodes resources (incl. EU Node) and related benefits
Automating data FAIRification
Data economy
EOSC User Forum

Track 3: EOSC Federation Operationalisation

EOSC Federation nodes in production: lessons learnt and next steps
EOSC Federation IF, architecture and data-related policies
EOSC Federation federating capabilities
Business models for EOSC Federation

TNC26
2026-06-08 - 2026-06-12 | Helsinki
The largest and most prestigious research and education networking conference, TNC attracts a truly diverse audience of over 800 participants from more than 70 countries, representing national and regional research and education networks, schools and universities, technology providers, and many of the world’s most exciting scientific projects. By bringing together decision-makers, networking and security specialists, identity and access management experts, researchers, academics and students, TNC offers a unique collaborative experience.
For more information about previous TNC editions, check out tnc.geant.org.
If you are attending TNC for the first time, don’t miss the TNC101 – TNC for Newcomers session on Tuesday morning.

EOSC Academy – Course 4 – Minimum Requirements for a Project Charter
2026-06-10 15:00 - 16:30 | Online
This course prepares research infrastructure professionals interested in applying to a Tripartite node enrolment call to develop compliant EOSC Federation Project Charters. The Project Charter is a mandatory document required for the EOSC Federation enrolment process and serves as the operational foundation for your Node during the build-up phase.
This course is designed for Node coordinators, consortium partners, technical leads, and policy officers who are preparing to join the EOSC Federation. It is organised in 8 Modules covering all 10 Charter sections, with practical exercises and real examples from first-wave Nodes that help with completing the Project Charter template. It concludes with a live Q&A session where EOSC-A representatives answer questions about course topics and first-wave Node representatives share practical experiences.
No prior experience with Federation governance is required, though familiarity with your organisation’s research infrastructure is helpful.

By the end of this course, the learner will be able to:

Describe the Project Charter template structure, the seven General Criteria, and evaluation requirements
Complete all 10 sections of your Project Charter using provided templates and examples
Develop compelling use cases that demonstrate multi-node collaboration
Designate the 5 mandatory key roles with appropriate personnel
Create a realistic timeline and risk mitigation plan
Submit a complete Charter ready for stakeholder review

Call for expression of interest: Articles of Association Roadmapping Working Group
2026-06-10 23:59 | Online
BRUSSELS – The EOSC-A Board of Directors has launched a call for expressions of interest to join a new Working Group tasked with developing a roadmap for the revision of the EOSC-A Articles of Association.
The call follows the approval of the Working Group’s mandate and duration during the 13th General Assembly meeting, held on 28-29 May 2026 in Brussels. The call is open to all EOSC-A Members and Observers, with interested candidates invited to submit their applications by 10 June 2026 (23:59 CEST) via the form below.
Following the application deadline, the EOSC-A Board will review all expressions of interest and determine the final composition of the Working Group. The Board will take into consideration factors such as the relevance of the applicants’ professional roles and the geographical diversity across the EOSC community.
The Board will announce the selected members on 12 June 2026. The group is expected to begin its activities within a week of the announcement.
Laying the groundwork for EOSC post-2027
The establishment of the Working Group reflects the expectation that the current Articles of Association (AoA) will need to be reviewed — and potentially revised — during 2027 to align with the future governance and funding model of EOSC post-2027. Greater clarity on the long-term framework for EOSC is anticipated by the end of 2026.
Although the formal revision of the AoA is planned for 2027, preparatory work needs to begin earlier to ensure an efficient and well-structured process. The Working Group will therefore focus on designing an AoA revision roadmap during 2026.
Working Group composition
The Working Group’s composition will aim to ensure balanced representation across all EOSC-A stakeholder communities and reflect their relative size, as presented in the table below.

Stakeholder group
Number of representatives

EOSC-A Mandated Organisations
2

Funders
1

RPO Umbrella Organisations
1

Research Performing Organisations
2

ESFRI Research Infrastructures
1

e-Infrastructures (multi-country)
1

Service Providers (national)
1

EOSC-A Board of Directors
2

Secretariat (ex officio/non-voting capacity)
2

Working Group mandate
The purpose of the Working Group is to:

Propose the Articles of Association Revision Roadmap for implementation during 2027, including its process, timeline, outputs and milestones.
Define the mandate, reporting lines, composition and selection process for the committee to implement the roadmap.

The Working Group will report to the EOSC-A General Assembly and will present its proposals at the General Assembly held in November 2026.
The Working Group’s deliverables will be:

The AoA Revision Roadmap identifying the required process, timeline, outputs and milestones; and
The mandate, reporting lines, membership and selection process for the committee which will implement the roadmap during 2027.

Rules of Procedure: Meetings will be considered quorate if more than 50% of the Working Group members are present. The Working Group will act by consensus wherever possible. When required however, the chair will have a casting vote.
Working Group lifetime
The Working Group will be convened in June 2026 and complete its mandate by the General Assembly of the EOSC Association held in November 2026. Effort will be contributed in-kind. No remuneration will be provided for time invested by Working Group members.
The Working Group will meet virtually, with a frequency to be determined by the Working Group members. The Working Group will be provided with administrative support by the EOSC-A Secretariat and EOSC Gravity project to help with coordination and logistics.

Open Science Festival
2026-06-11 - 2026-06-12 | Heerlen & Maastricht
On 11–12 June 2026, the Open Science Community Maastricht and Open Science Community Parkstad will jointly organize an Open Science Festival in Heerlen (11th) and Maastricht (12th) with the theme: Interdisciplinarity.
Expect inspiring workshops, engaging keynotes, and plenty of opportunities to connect with people from within and beyond the open science community.
📅 Save the dates in your agenda — more information will follow!
For questions please contact osc-maastricht@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Expanding and deepening the EOSC Federation (EOSC Partnership)
2026-06-15
Expected Outcome:
Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

The EOSC Federation provides to EOSC users with state-of-the-art digital services addressing their needs to store, process and share data, run software, models and workflows, and collaborate with their peers.
Research and digital infrastructures and other organisations providing scientific services are equipped with appropriate structures and technical, legal and coordination mechanisms to onboard, manage and sustainably operate digital tools and services in the EOSC Federation.
Investments across Europe in the provision of FAIR scientific data and services within EOSC are more aligned and coordinated, achieving economies of scale and more efficient use of digital resources.

Scope:
In order to carry out typical research workflows, researchers need to use a broad range of digital services such as data storage, computing, applications, and collaboration tools. Such services are often cost-intensive and their provision is restricted, e.g. to researchers within a country/region or a specific thematic area. The EOSC Federation aims to provide a trusted, sovereign and secure environment to researchers in Europe to use high-quality, FAIR research data and run research workflows, with a focus on cross-disciplinary and cross-country research collaboration.
The aim of the topic is to set up an EOSC Federation-wide mechanism that enables multiple organisations to seamlessly offer such digital services, and to support the sustained provision of these services to EOSC users. It also aims to enlarge the EOSC Federation by supporting the expansion of Nodes as gateways through which multiple organisations can offer their resources, such as data and services, to EOSC users.
Proposals should cover the following activities:
1) Provide seamless, user-friendly access to EOSC users to digital services for typical research workflows such as data storage, computing, applications, and collaboration tools, through a fully integrated EOSC Federation-wide system.

Gather requirements and analyse needs of researchers and EOSC users for such services and how they can best complement and integrate with existing resources in the EOSC Federation.
Support developing and embedding a Federation-wide resource management and accounting system for the efficient provision of such services across the Federation, building on the design principles of the ‘virtual credit allocation’ system of the EOSC EU Node and any further development in the EOSC Federation.
Provide access to EOSC users to such services, based on the researchers’ and EOSC users’ needs and requirements and making use of a Federation-wide resource management and accounting system and harmonised access policies, in line with the principles and guidelines of transnational and virtual access to European Research Infrastructures and related EOSC Federation policies.
Upgrade the EOSC user experience through deep, back-end, cross-provider integration of key digital services covering the full research lifecycle, achieving a user-friendly and robust environment.
Develop, test and demonstrate business models for the effective management of the supply and demand of such services, as well as for their long-term sustainable provision in the EOSC Federation, beyond the end of the project’s duration.
Develop guidelines to facilitate a harmonised approach to the acquisition and provision of such services that supports research data sovereignty and research security in Europe, ensuring a trusted, secure and sovereign EOSC Federation.
Establish mechanisms for continuous feedback and improvement, including indicators for monitoring the quality and usage of the services, building on and further developing existing mechanisms of the EOSC Federation, and ensuring that the evolving needs and requirements of EOSC users are met by the EOSC Federation.

These activities should be fully concerted and aligned with related parallel activities carried out by the EOSC Federation.
2) Support the broadening, integration and structuring of the participation of research communities in the EOSC Federation through

the development and establishment of intra-Node coordination mechanisms and organisational models to enable EOSC Nodes to effectively represent broad communities and multiple organisations in the EOSC Federation,
the development and use of digital capabilities, and of options for harmonised legal arrangements, such as contractual or service-level agreements, for onboarding and sustainably provisioning communities’ services through EOSC Nodes,
broadening organisations’ engagement with and contribution to the EOSC Federation, including underrepresented thematic research communities or geographic areas.

Proposals should implement the activities through the organisation of joint calls that provide grants to third parties.
The joint calls should be open to organisations that participate or are interested to participate in the EOSC Federation either by operating an EOSC Node or by onboarding their identified resources to the EOSC Federation, in line with the relevant criteria set by the EOSC Federation.
Proposed activities should be driven by current gaps and needs of scientific communities, digital infrastructures and service providers. Proposals should clearly demonstrate how they will contribute to addressing these needs and increasing the uptake of the EOSC Federation by researchers.
The activities should comply with and contribute to the continuous update and upgrade of related EOSC Federation policies and standards, including technical and interoperability standards, the use of open standards, harmonised access and use policies, and cybersecurity[1].
Proposals should include a robust and credible plan for the long-term, beyond the project’s duration, sustained operation of the services that they will make available in the EOSC Federation, and any other relevant project results.
For what concerns provision of access to digital services by third parties funded under the joint calls, proposals should include a list of the digital services that will be supported through the joint calls. The third parties funded under the joint calls should identify the specific digital services that they will provide for access and the amount of access made available to EOSC users, allocating budget according to users’ demand and making use of the Federation-wide resource management and accounting system. These third parties should also fulfil further conditions and requirements described in the ‘Virtual Access Activities’ part of the ‘Specific Features for Research Infrastructures’ section of this Work Programme, for what concerns publicity of the access offered, determining the access costs, and setting criteria for access by EOSC users in line with the EOSC Federation access policies. Proposals are expected to address compliance with these specific conditions and notably ensure that the selected third parties will provide appropriate documentation to support and justify the amount of access provided and corresponding costs.
Projects are encouraged to explore synergies with relevant EU initiatives such as EuroHPC. To ensure coherence and complementarity of outcomes, funded projects are expected to cooperate with each other and with relevant initiatives and projects contributing to the development of the EOSC Federation including actions awarded under the topics HORIZON-INFRA-2023-01-EOSC-04, HORIZON-INFRA-2024-EOSC-02-01, HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-01, HORIZON-INFRA-2026-01-EOSC-01 and closely interact with the organisational setup of the EOSC Federation. To this extent, proposals should provide for dedicated activities and earmark appropriate resources. This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership for the European Open Science Cloud[2].
[1] As described in the EOSC Federation Handbook and other relevant documentation potentially adopted by the EOSC Federation.
[2] https://eosc.eu/partnership/

Strengthening the potential of the EOSC for knowledge valorisation and industry-academia collaboration (EOSC Partnership)
2026-06-15
Expected Outcome:
Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Better overview of the identified opportunities and barriers of the EU’s current legal framework on intellectual property (patents, copyright, licenses etc.) for researchers to valorise knowledge resources provided and/or processed in the EOSC Federation.
Organisations contributing resources to the EOSC Federation have improved capacity, stronger incentives and better legal and technical conditions to valorise these knowledge resources and engage in open innovation practices and industry-academia collaboration.
Organisations contributing to the EOSC Federation have clearer frameworks and incentives to offer their resources to innovators, deep-tech startups and startups emerging from academia.
Organisations contributing to the EOSC Federation have established channels in EOSC to promote knowledge valorisation with the private sector, including SMEs and industry.

Scope:
This topic aims to support increasing and exploiting the potential of EOSC as a driver of innovation and a platform for researchers to develop new technologies and solutions that can be brought to the market.
Knowledge valorisation is one of the EU’s key priorities for the European Research Area, aiming to ensure that the increasing amount of research results generated in the EU, mostly with full or partial public funding, are transformed to products, services and solutions that benefit society and contribute to economic competitiveness.
Many initiatives have already been taken at EU level to boost knowledge valorisation, including the guiding principles, codes of practice and a platform to build a community to share experiences[1].
The EOSC Federation brings together and makes available to researchers, large volumes of knowledge resources, including data, publications, software, tools and services from different research and data infrastructures and scientific services providers across Europe. It therefore has the potential to facilitate and provide appropriate frameworks for knowledge valorisation, open innovation practices and industry-academia collaboration especially for what concerns results that stem from cross-discipline or cross-country research. Activities funded under this topic should aim to support the capacity of the EOSC Federation and its community to better valorise research results in line with the EU’s code of practice on intellectual assets management[2] and standardisation in the European Research Area[3].
A key element in this effort is to clarify the legal conditions to valorise knowledge resources, including resources provided in the EOSC Federation. As knowledge resources have various degrees of copyright protection, it is often challenging for researchers to navigate in what they are allowed to do with the knowledge resources and how they can be used in industry-academia collaboration. A better overview of requirements and more legal clarity will therefore incentivise researchers to valorise the knowledge resources of the EOSC Federation.
This effort should also take into account the specific needs of different research communities contributing to the EOSC Federation, ensuring they have the possibility to set better legal terms for knowledge valorisation through appropriate choice of licenses etc. More guidance is therefore needed to ensure that contributors can share their knowledge resources in the EOSC Federation with fewer legal strings attached.
Proposals under this topic should include the following activities:

Analyse opportunities and barriers emerging from the provisions of the EU’s current legal framework on intellectual property and relevant types of licenses that set the legal conditions for researchers to valorise knowledge resources in EOSC Federation.
Gather requirements and needs, develop and analyse potential business models and access schemes for innovators and start-ups in Europe to access and use resources available in the EOSC Federation.
Develop a number of case studies of identified EOSC stakeholders valorising their results and/or establishing collaboration links with the private sector.
Map out and evaluate the possibilities of relevant types of licenses for knowledge resources to facilitate knowledge valorisation and engage in open innovation and industry-academia collaboration.
Organise workshops, webinars and awareness-raising campaigns, and develop guiding material targeted at EOSC users and communities contributing to EOSC on how to facilitate and engage in knowledge valorisation and industry-academia collaboration based on the knowledge resources of EOSC Federation.
Develop recommendations and best practices, based also on the case studies, for further development of the EOSC Federation to facilitate knowledge valorisation and industry-academia collaboration.

To ensure complementarity with and use of the latest EU guidelines and research results, proposals should build on ongoing and previous Horizon Europe-funded projects, including IP4OS, EU guiding principles for knowledge valorisation, Knowledge Valorisation Platform and code of practice for intellectual property management and standards. This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership for the European Open Science Cloud[4].
[1] https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/research-area/industrial-research-and-innovation/eu-valorisation-policy/knowledge-valorisation-platform
[2] http://data.europa.eu/eli/reco/2023/499/oj
[3] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reco/2023/498/oj
[4] https://eosc.eu/partnership/

Data Steward School
2026-06-15 | Katowice, Poland
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

The University of Silesia Data Steward School 2026 (DSS 2026) is an international training program aimed at developing competencies in open science, research data management, and the use of digital tools and artificial intelligence in science.
The programme responds to the growing demand for new competences in science, among researchers, as well as employees of the University administration and academic libraries, especially in the context of:

research data management,
data security.
digital tools for learning
Artificial Intelligence in Science
reliability and research excellence
national and European research infrastructures, including the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

VALUE FOR THE RESEARCH INSTITUTION AND THE UNIVERSITY

Participation in DSS 2026 enables:

creating new roles in the University/Research Institution, including Open Science Coordinator, Data Curator, Data Steward, Data Librarian,
development of knowledge and competences of university administration and technical staff as well as library employees, in the area of:

preparation of project documentation in the area of research data management
implementation of the Data Management Plan
reporting the Data Management Plan

development of knowledge and competences of research teams to carry out research using secondary data and digital tools
creating and implementing openness and data management policies in units
implementation of national and European policies of openness and scientific integrity, especially in the area of research data management
introduction of national and European standards for research data management
increasing the security of research data.

OBJECTIVES

The goal of DSS 2026 is:

preparing participants for the role of Data Steward / Data Manager / Data Librarian Development of competences in the field of:

creating and implementing open science policies and research data management,
research data management,
artificial intelligence in research data management,
data governance and regulations in the EU:

data governance and data stewardship in the organization,
compliance with regulations (e.g. GDPR),
the European data framework (Data Act, Data Governance Act),
access control and data sharing agreements;

building competences for work in the environment of national and European research infrastructures and the EOSC Federation;
participation in European communities of specialists in the field of research data management.

PARTICIPANT’S PROFILE

The programme is addressed to people starting their activity in the area of research data management, including:

data stewards and data managers
administrative employees
librarians and scientific information specialists
researchers (all career stages)
PhD students
technical workers
people planning a career in the area of data stewardship.

STRUCTURE OF THE DSS 2026 PROGRAMME

Module 1 – Intensive Face-to-Face Course
Number of teaching hours: 54 hours
Date: 6-10 July 2026
Place: Katowice
This module includes range of topics:

Open science and scientific integrity
Data lifecycle and research data management
Research Data Management Plan (DMP): Create, Deploy, Report
FAIR & CARE standards
Legal and ethical regulations in the area of research data and AI
Data repositories
Persistent identifiers (PIDs)
Metadata and documentation
Data quality
Data modeling
Digital tools and artificial intelligence at work as data steward
The role of a data steward in an institution
EOSC: European Open Science Cloud
Data processing
Data storage
Data archiving
Data sharing
Data security
Research Data Management Training

Optional activities (8 hours of didactic classes, full-time, July 2026)

meeting with international and national organizations in the field of research data management
meeting with representatives of research infrastructures,
meeting with representatives of research data repositories,
meeting with representatives of the Data Stewards Network

Module 2 – Specialisation
Number of teaching hours: 20 hours (2 x 10h)
Date: October 2026
Online
Participants choose a maximum of two specialisation paths:

Science and Technology (STEM)
Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH)
Natural Sciences (NS)
Data management in university administration and academic library
Competences in the management and operation of research data repositories
Trusted and responsible data management (FAIR-CARE-TRUST)
Designing and conducting training in the field of research data management (train-the-trainer)

Module 3 – Individual Mentoring Program
Date: October-December 2026
Online/fixed location/hybrid

the participant chooses a mentor from among DSS experts
the program is based on individual work with an expert
the purpose, thematic scope, time and frequency of meetings are the subject of a bilateral agreement

EDUCATIONAL METHODOLOGY / DIDACTIC MODEL

The methodological approach focuses on the effectiveness of learning by doing. It assumes a balance between the theoretical and practical components, in a 1:1 ratio of group and individual education. Each 60-minute teaching unit is structured into 30 minutes of the theoretical part (lecture with presentation) and 30 minutes of the practical part (workshops, demonstrations, exercises, role-playing, and a living lab, functioning in the program under the name “data laboratory”).
The theoretical component builds participants’ awareness and knowledge by introducing and briefly explaining key issues and terminology. The practical component is equally important, as it develops skills and competencies through direct application in practice. This approach enables optimal participant development, creating a stable, broad foundation of knowledge in data management and supporting the development of competencies necessary in professional and research environments.
In addition, an individual consultation component has been introduced. Participants who want to discuss issues related to the subject of a given session or deepen the content can take advantage of individual consultations with experts every day. This solution promotes systematic and progressive mastery of the material, allowing for ongoing clarification of doubts, answering questions that arise, and developing participants’ individual interests.
In this way, both individual development and the impact of the entire group, resulting from the commitment and cooperation of individual participants, are supported.
The continuation of the basic programme, including an in-depth domain and administrative approach to research data management and further targeted support for individual development, will be carried out in Module 2: Specialisation and Module 3: Individual Mentoring Program.
The specialisation component will enable participants to develop competencies in selected areas, adapted to the specifics of scientific disciplines and real challenges of administrative and repository work. In turn, the Mentoring Program will provide personalised expert support, enabling the translation of acquired knowledge into specific activities, projects, and solutions implemented in professional practice.
Such a designed development path guarantees not only the deepening of competences but also their permanent embedding in the context of research, strengthening participants’ independence and their ability to effectively manage data within the scientific community.
Forms of education:

lecture
presentation
workshops
demonstrations
exercises
role-playing
living laboratory
case studies (research infrastructures)
use cases
peer-to-peer learning

EXPERTS

The program is implemented by domestic and foreign experts:

universities
academic libraries
data repositories
Competence Centres
research infrastructures
projects and infrastructures implemented under the EOSC.

OGANISATION AND LOGISTICS

Module 1: Intensive stationary course: classes will take place at the headquarters of the University of Silesia in Katowice, in the modern space of the SpinPLACE building (Creativity and Coworking Centre).

Optional activities will take place, among others, in the Culture Zone of the City of Katowice.
Module 2: Specialisation: remotely/online on the MS Teams platform
[Description of DSS 2026 modules 1 & 2]
Module 3: Mentoring Program: remotely/online or stationary, depending on the mentor’s choice; study trips in Poland and abroad are also possible.
DSS Language: ENG
For information about DSS 2026 course in Polish click here

CERTIFICATION AND MICRO-CREDENTIALS

Participants receive a Data Steward School 2026 certificate of completion issued by the European Open Science School and a micro-credential.

COST OF PARTICIPATION

Package 1: DSS Training with accommodation
The first package includes a comprehensive training service DSS2026, including accommodation and full board. Accommodation is provided at the Ibis Budget Katowice Centrum hotel, in single rooms with breakfast, from Sunday 5.07 to Friday 10.07.2026.
The offer includes:

all training modules with optional meetings
individual consultations
teaching materials
certificate of completion DSS 2026
networking
accommodation
full board
DSS 2026 Opening Dinner
coffee breaks

Price: 3 000 EUR + VAT

Package 2: DSS training without accommodation
The second option involves participation in the training without accommodation – participants organise accommodation on their own, according to individual preferences.
The offer includes:

all training modules with optional meetings
individual care
individual consultations
teaching materials
certificate of completion DSS 2026
networking
board without breakfast (buffet lunch and dinner)
DSS 2026 Opening Dinner
coffee breaks

Price: 2 500 EUR + VAT
Course payment possible in PLN upon request.

Registration closes on June 15, 2026, at 23:59:00, or when all places are filled.

EOSC Academy – Course 2 – Applying the EOSC Federation Handbook – online session 2
2026-06-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Online

Trusted frameworks for secure and efficient data sharing in EOSC (EOSC Partnership)
2026-06-16
Expected Outcome:
Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Countries, research communities and institutions are equipped with data sovereignty frameworks harmonised within EOSC and aligned with EU legislation and international agreements.
Improved mechanisms and solutions for effective control over sensitive data and for enabling lawful data use and sharing across EU member states, scientific disciplines and third countries with EU adequacy decision in place.
More harmonised guidelines, support and training to researchers and data stewards on applying EU and national legislation and international agreements for data access, sharing, reuse, licensing and associated services within EOSC.
Increased interoperability with relevant solutions of other European data spaces for secure data management and processing.

Scope:
Research data sovereignty refers to the possibility for effective control by data owners of data usage and sharing when necessary. Effective and transparent community-driven data sovereignty frameworks are important enablers of open science, in particular ensuring safe and trusted management of personal or sensitive data, safeguarding the quality of curated research datasets and the effective application of related EU and national digital and data legislation. Data sovereignty mechanisms can also improve the resilience and preparedness of research and data infrastructures against risks related to access to and preservation of critical data and services, including risks related to data generated and stored outside the EU/EEA.
The exponential growth of available research data and the increasingly collaborative and cross-disciplinary research has accentuated challenges related to secure, efficient and lawful cross-border data sharing for research purposes. Removing barriers to data sharing while ensuring data sovereignty is crucial to realise the potential of EOSC to foster trusted cross-country and cross-discipline scientific collaboration.
This topic aims to support data sovereignty while enabling seamless and trusted data sharing and access across scientific disciplines, EU Member States and third countries where the EU considers sufficient data protection is in place, tackling different regulatory regimes and procedures.
Proposals should include the following activities:

Development and implementation of national, community and/or institutional research data sovereignty frameworks, including policies for data sharing and access, harmonised and aligned with EU digital and data legislation and international agreements such as adequacy decisions and digital partnership agreements, as well as best practices from EOSC, related common European data spaces and international data-sharing standards and initiatives.
Demonstration and validation of concrete adoption cases of data sovereignty policies by national, community or institutional actors, aligned with open science and the FAIR data principles.
Development of harmonised governance frameworks, ensuring smooth enforcement of data sovereignty policies.
Development of comprehensive data provenance tools to trace and verify the quality and lineage of data used in research, and demonstration through identified use cases within relevant selected thematic areas.
Development of templates and guidelines for secure and sovereign data management, including template agreements on data sharing, publication, and reuse, and guidelines for licensing.
Development of guidelines for classifying critical data and services based on sensitivity and relevance to scientific communities and European policies, and for managing risks related to access to and preservation of such critical data and services.
Analysis of data categories and definitions across scientific disciplines, incorporating compliance with security requirements set out in EU and national legislation.
Development of recommendations for the establishment of a support centre, linking with relevant national and thematic competence centres, focused on compliance of data management with EU and national legislation, and proof of concept of its integration and sustainable operation in the EOSC Federation.

Projects are encouraged to explore synergies with relevant EU initiatives such as other common European data spaces that address sensitive data or data critical for research. To ensure complementarity and use of latest research results, proposals should build on ongoing and previous INFRAEOSC projects such as those funded by topics 2023-EOSC-01-06, 2023-EOSC-01-04 and 2024-EOSC-01-04 and align with the EOSC Federation policies and standards[1]. This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership for the European Open Science Cloud[2].
[1] As described in the EOSC Federation Handbook and other relevant documentation potentially adopted by the EOSC Federation
[2] https://eosc.eu/partnership/

Uptake of FAIR data management practices and of EOSC by research communities and research infrastructures (EOSC Partnership)
2026-06-16
Expected Outcome:

Increased adoption of open science and research data management practices in line with the FAIR principles by researchers and across research infrastructures (RIs) in Europe.
Increased uptake of the EOSC Federation by researchers through the long-term sustainable provision in the Federation of scientific services and high-quality, FAIR research data, and their integration in scientific workflows addressing current gaps and needs of research communities.
Research communities, as well as ESFRI and other European research infrastructures increase their alignment with EOSC standards and policies, and their capacity to integrate in the EOSC Federation.

Scope:
This topic aims to further increase across Europe the adoption of open science and research data management practices in line with the FAIR principles, and to support the development of a user-focused and science-driven EOSC Federation.
It capitalises on the previous work by Science Clusters in enabling open science practices, FAIR implementation and managing open calls for multi-disciplinary science projects. It also builds on the experience by several RIs and other organisations as active participants in building the EOSC Federation, either through the establishment of EOSC nodes or the onboarding of resources to EOSC nodes[1], to support the engagement of underrepresented RIs and research communities into the EOSC ecosystem.
Proposals should cover both the following activities:
1) Accelerate FAIR adoption and the contribution to and use of EOSC resources by multiple research communities through open science projects.
This activity should be implemented through open calls that provide grants to third parties for open science projects through a cascading grant mechanism. The open calls should encourage, where applicable, cross-RI and/or cross-domain collaborations, including for data access, use and reuse.
Open science projects should address questions of high scientific impact, adopting best practices for FAIR data and service management and demonstrating their benefits. Their activities may include developing, annotating, curating and making FAIR high-value datasets, developing direct pipelines to integrate large-scale experimental data in repositories federated in EOSC, operationalising data access for AI-based applications, reusing existing datasets, enhancing existing and developing new vocabularies, data standards, metadata mappings and crosswalks, developing software, tools and services, or supporting open science community building.
They should cover a broad range of (academic and/or industrial) research communities and scientific disciplines, including those less represented in the EOSC Federation. They should make use of resources available in the EOSC Federation and adopt existing EOSC policies and standards[2], where possible. Projects should strive to ensure the sustained, beyond the projects’ duration, integration, deployment and operation of relevant outcomes in the EOSC Federation.
At least EUR 29 million of the EU contribution to this topic should be used in this activity[3]. The financial support to third parties for the open science projects must be provided in the form of grants that should be between EUR 100 000 and 250 000 per grant for a duration of 12 to 24 months. The consortium shall put in place adequate measures to support the integration of the open science projects’ results into the EOSC Federation. These could include mentoring, training and any other activities providing effective linkage to the EOSC Federation and EOSC Nodes, as needed for the specific nature of each project.
2) Support the integration of thematic research and RI communities in the EOSC Federation
The following activities should be included:

Coordinating, aligning and networking existing community-based competence centres on FAIR and open science practices developed within the EOSC ecosystem.
Developing training programmes, modules and material on FAIR and open science practices tailored to the specific needs of different thematic research communities. This activity should include feedback mechanisms to ensure that the training services are responsive to the evolving needs of EOSC user communities.
Developing frameworks for the provision and continuous evolution of high-impact services and data repositories onboarded to the EOSC Federation, fostering interoperability and integration of data and resources from diverse scientific domains and promoting their sharing through the EOSC Federation.
Establishing mechanisms for the integration and long-term sustainable provision of all relevant outcomes into the EOSC Federation, as well as for continuous feedback and adaptation, ensuring evolving requirements of researchers and RIs are met within the EOSC ecosystem.
Engaging underrepresented thematic research and RI communities to increase their integration in EOSC.

Proposals are expected to cooperate and align with activities of the EOSC Partnership and to coordinate with relevant initiatives and projects, including actions awarded under topics HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-01, HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-02 and HORIZON-INFRA-2027-01-EOSC-01. This may include the upgrade, deployment and adoption where appropriate of existing community-endorsed pilot, tools, services and standards developed by past and ongoing INFRAEOSC projects. To this extent, proposals should provide for dedicated activities and earmark appropriate resources.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement. This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership for the European Open Science Cloud[4].
[1] Relevant information and documentation about the EOSC Federation can be found in the EOSC Federation Handbook and other relevant documentation adopted by the EOSC Federation.
[2] As described in the EOSC Federation Handbook and other relevant documentation potentially adopted by the EOSC Federation.
[3] Including reasonable administrative and management costs related to the open calls for the financial support to third parties.
[4] https://eosc.eu/partnership/
