In a new blog, colleague Marta Teperek and co-authors explore why closer collaboration between research software engineers, data stewards, and other digital research professionals is key to robust, reproducible & future-ready research.
Read the blog: direc.to/oHkJ
Who will you nominate for the Leo Waaijers Open Science Award? The deadline (23 June 2026, 14:00:00 CEST) is fast approaching! Anyone (whether you are a researcher or not) can be nominated for award. You can submit multiple nominations!
More info:
www.nwo.nl/en/leo-waaij...
Congratulations to a team from @maastrichtu.bsky.social for receiving €250,000 from @opensciencenl.bsky.social for “Invisible knowledge work & scaling Open Science practices,” led by Bart Penders. Team includes @ccmmody.bsky.social, Ewout Meijer, @marielleprevoo.bsky.social & Yannis Stavrakakis.
ReSA’s April newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...):
- Community news: policy brief from @eosc-everse.bsky.social
- IRSC26 registration: tinyurl.com/IRSC-registr... & sponsors: @NWO, @opensciencenl.bsky.social & @esciencecenter.bsky.social
- Events: @force11.bsky.social #FORCE2026
Open science is an approach to science in which research processes and results are made widely accessible to everyone. The aim is to promote transparency, collaboration, reproducibility and public eng...
Important update: Open Science NL has extended the deadline for submitting proposals for the National Open Science Festival 2026 with 2 weeks to 28 June 2026, 23:50 CEST.
More info: opensciencefestival.nl/news/importa...
Are you interested in research on open science? Would you like to know what really works and what does not when it comes to open science implementation? Then join us at the 'Researching Open Science' event at PLNT Leiden on 18 September 2026!
More info: direc.to/oKfR
In the first quarter of 2026, NWO awarded grants to seven authors to enable them to publish their academic books open access. Through these grants, we are making valuable knowledge freely accessible to everyone.
More info: direc.to/oKgc
Registration and the call for contributions are now open!
Join the National Open Science Festival 2026 on 14 October at TU Delft. Register for free or submit a proposal for a workshop, lightning talk, poster session, networking session, or more
👉 opensciencefestival.nl/registration
On Thursday 4 June, the national ‘Recognition & Rewards’ programme published the Culture Barometer 2026. A lot is happening. At the same time, however, the survey shows that further steps are needed to embed open science structurally in academic practice and evaluation
More info: direc.to/oJtL
The call for Open & Sustainable Research Software 2026 has been open for some time now, but the deadline is fast approaching. In a few weeks, the deadline for submitting proposals will close: you have until 14 May 2026, 2PM CET.
Read the full call and/or apply: www.esciencecenter.nl/calls-for-pr...
Research Software Alliance
We have extended the deadline for submitting proposals for the National Open Science Festival 2026. Contributors now have two additional weeks to submit their ideas.
Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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On Thursday 4 June, the national ‘Recognition & Rewards’ programme published the Culture Barometer 2026. A lot is happening. At the same time, however, the survey shows that further steps are needed t...
