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19 April 2022

Open Science Festival 2022

On 1 September 2022, the second edition of the Netherlands National Open Science Festival will take place at the Vrije...
Open Science
25 February 2022

Open access book fund launched for RUG and UMCG authors

The University of Groningen (RUG) has introduced an open access book fund. UG- or UMCG-affiliated authors can apply for funding...
open access books
24 February 2022

1 millionth open access publication

A milestone in the Netherlands! NARCIS provides access to over 1 million scientific open access publications! This enormous number has...
NARCIS
24 February 2022

UKB consortium signs new deals for access to scientific journals and open access publishing

Early 2022, the UKB consortium renewed a number of 'read and publish' contracts with major publishers. Through these deals, the...
30 November 2021

European Commission publishes scoping report on research assessment

The European Commission published a scoping report summarizing the outcomes of extensive consultations with European and international stakeholders, that took...
open access policy
Open Science
22 November 2021

Consultation National Programme Open Science

The Dutch National Program Open Science (NPOS) has set up an online open consultation. The aim of this consultation is...
EOSC
Open Science
VSNU
28 October 2021

Practical Guide on Preprints Published

The Dutch consortium of university libraries and the National library of the Netherlands (UKB) together with the Association of Universities...
Open Science
peer review
27 October 2021

Open Access figures for 2020 published. A significant increase, but for 100% an even firmer approach is needed

Today the VSNU announced that the Dutch universities have published 73% of their academic articles Open Access in 2020. This...
golden road
green road
monitoring
open access policy
open access monitor
open access week
Open Science
VSNU
27 October 2021

Official launch of Radboud University Press

The official opening of Radboud University Press will take place on 29 October at 2:00 PM, during the International Open...
open access policy
open access books
open access week
16 August 2021

Update Open Research Data and Data Managements Plans - Information for ERC grantees

The Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ECR) has made an update (version 4.0) of ' Open Research Data...
European Research Council
open data
Open Science
repository
13 August 2021

Platform Open Research Europe launched

The European Commission has launched Open Research Europe . Scientific publications that are the result of Horizon 2020 and, in...
EOSC
European Research Council
Funder
Horizon 2020
Horizon Europe
Open Research Europe
Open Science
27 May 2021

Horizon Europe has been started

Horizon Europe, the new funding programme for research and innovation of the Europese Union, has been started in May 2021...
EOSC
Horizon Europe
open access policy
open data
Open Research Europe
Open Science
22 February 2021

A milestone! NARCIS provides access to 900,000 open access scholarly publications!

In cooperation with the repository managers of scholarly institutions and the many researchers in the Netherlands, 900,000 scholarly publications are...
green road
monitoring
NARCIS
open access monitor
open data
Open Science
repository
09 February 2021

Open access platform for Dutch academic journals launched

The open access platform Openjournals.nl was launched on Friday 29th with seven academic journals in the field of social sciences...
DOAJ
golden road
NWO
open access policy
Open Science
VSNU
07 January 2021

Focus on FAIR: programme DANS 2021-2025

What does the Dutch data landscape need to be successful? How can DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services) contribute to...
open data
Open Science
01 December 2020

Dutch Research Council launches Open Science Fund

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has introduced a new funding instrument to stimulate Open Science. Eligible initiatives are in the...
NWO
open access policy
Open Science
26 November 2020

A milestone: 300,000 data sets in NARCIS!

Via the scholarly portal NARCIS you now have access to more than 300,000 data sets in Dutch archives. Almost 295,000...
NARCIS
open data
Open Science
repository
03 November 2020

The Netherlands National Open Science Festival goes online

The current rise in COVID-19 infections in the Netherlands has led to the decision that the rescheduled National Open Science...
golden road
green road
NWO
Open Science
VSNU
22 October 2020

New Starter Kit to develop your own institutional Open Science Community

During the international Open Access week 2020, we cannot emphasize enough that research articles should be freely accessible. To get...
open access week
13 October 2020

International Open Access Week 2020 - Open Science activities in the Netherlands

The international open access week will take place from 19 - 25 October this year, with the theme "Open with...
open access week
open data
Open Science

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