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Open Science NL has awarded €15M to boost Digital Competence Centers. The funding supports research software training, data interoperability, and community building, with funding for local DCCs, thematic DCCs and @eScienceCenter 👉

New blog by Jeroen Sondervan: Workshop report on designing the Work Programme 2026–2027 for Open Scholarly Communication. At the 2024 Open Science Festival, community input helped shape future priorities. Read the key insights:

Dutch institutions take action on recognising and rewarding open science. Open Science NL supports 23 institutions with €1.2M to embed open science into recruitment and promotion policies. 👉@RecogRewards.

RT @NWOFunding: Met wetenschapscommunicatieprojecten de verbinding tussen wetenschap en samenleving sterker maken? Er is een nieuwe WECOM-c….

RT @ScienceEurope: We are pleased to see @HLdeJonge (NWO) elected as a new @CoARAssessment Steering Board member. Thank you to outgoing Cha….

💎Want to learn more about the Call for Proposals Diamond Open Access? Join our online Q&A on 21 January 2025, 15:00. Get details about the call, learn how a journal was flipped, and ask your questions and get answers directly: .

Join Citizen Science Nederland for the Networking Day 2025! Are you actively involved in participatory research or interested in the topic? Join the third CS-NL Networking Day on 14 January in Utrecht. Sign up here: (non-Dutch speakers can be accommodated).

RT @OpusEu: @CoARAssessment @TechnopolisGrp @Eurodoc @gtoneill @PilSaugmann @uefiscdi @plocan @UniRijeka 🇳🇱 NWO Funding & Research Assessme….

At the Open Science Festival, our colleagues led 3 workshops to gather input for the new @OpenScience_NL work programme. Read the blog from Marta Teperek and Mark van Assem, with contributions from Maria Cruz, about Data, Software and Hardware:

Thank you all for making the Open Science Festival 2024 unforgettable!. Relive the moments: browse through the photos, watch the aftermovie, or listen to the favorite tracks of our visitors. Check it out here: #OSF2024NL.

The monitor showed that in 2023, 94.6% of publications resulting from ZonMw and NWO funding were published open access, with an estimated total cost of 10.9 million euros. Like last year, the monitor is entirely based on open metadata.

'Open access is of great importance, but we need to seriously consider how we want to achieve it and what costs we find acceptable,' said Arfan Ikram of @NWONieuws & @ZonMw, commenting after the numbers and costs of #openaccess over 2023 were published

RT @COP4ONOD: Plenary ‘Faces of Open Science’ kicking off the National #OpenScience Festival at @MaastrichtU

RT @DANS_knaw_nwo: @MaastrichtU is the place to be today! The @OpenScience_NL Festival has just started. Hosts Judith Kamalski and Mark Kaw….

From 21-27 October, it's International #OpenAccessWeek! Theme: 'Community over Commercialization.' Jeroen Sondervan (@OpenScience_NL / @NWONieuws) shares insights on diamond open access, featuring an online portfolio with expert contributions. Read more:

We’d love your feedback on the Open Science Meetings call. As we plan for a potential 2025 round, we want to hear your thoughts on this year’s process. Whether you submitted a proposal or just considered it, please take a moment to complete a short survey:.

RT @NWOFunding: Open access waarbij de lezer en de auteur niet betalen voor wetenschappelijke artikelen. Dat is diamond open access. NWO on….

New programme by Dutch Research Council @NWOFunding: academic journals that wish to 'flip' from a subscription model to diamond open access (no fees for readers - no fees for authors) can apply for funding to transition:

Only six more days until the Open Science Festival #OSF2024NL in Maastricht! Host @UM_Library looked ahead with us: .