EOSC Austria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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