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« With its second work programme, Open Science NL takes another major step towards making open science the norm in the Netherlands. On 14 November, the Steering Board approved the programme for 2026 and 2027. It outlines thirteen funding instruments covering the full spectrum of open science, ranging from citizen science…

« This study investigates how differing national research governance models impact academic performance by comparing European Research Council (ERC) grant winners in the social sciences and humanities from France and the Netherlands. Situated within the broader context of centralized versus decentralized research systems, the analysis aims to understand how these structures…

« Open Science NL has awarded five grants of €400,000 each to expand citizen science hubs at research organisations. These grants will help foster knowledge exchange and strengthen expertise and support for citizen science across the Netherlands. (…) »

« (…)  we collaboratively designed a national Diamond Open Access Discovery Kit. This kit will serve as a practical resource to help navigate, promote, and support Diamond OA publishing at the faculty and department levels. (…) »

« How can Diamond Open Access be funded? The Finnish Federation of Learned Societies (TSV) hosts a platform with more than 150 learned society journals and are distributing governmental funding to cover the operating costs of under-financed national Diamond journals. In Canada, the majority of scholarly journals are Diamond thanks to…

« (…) This new payment model for publications is part of a pilot project to explore how publication costs can be managed more efficiently and transparently while simultaneously giving a boost to Open Science. At the end of March, NWO and ZonMw signed an agreement with SURF to participate in the…

« The Dutch Research Council NWO supports academic journals that wish to transition from a subscription model to an open access model in which authors do not have to pay publication fees. They can soon apply for a subsidy from a new programme: the Diamond Open Access fund. A total of…

« In the second and final package of the 2023 Open Science Fund round, 30 projects will receive a financial boost of up to EUR 50,000. The projects cover a broad spectrum of open science practices across all scientific disciplines. (…) »

« (…) On 17 November, the Open Science NL Steering Board adopted the 2024-2025 work programme. This programme outlines the funding programmes that will be developed in the next two years. An annual budget of 20 million euros is available for this purpose. This budget runs until 2031; several two-year work…

« The DANS Data Station for the Life Sciences, enabling researchers and data professionals in the Medical, Health, and Green Life Sciences to digitally archive and publish research data, is now live. (…) »