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Dear OSC Delft members,
Happy new year! We hope you've enjoyed a somewhat relaxing Winter break.
Opportunities
- Do you have an idea that will help advance open science in your community? The NWO launched the Open Science Fund to support your idea with max 50,000EUR! Read this blog post to find out how TU Delft can help you with your application, contact Emmy (email retracted) if you would like to discuss an idea. Application deadline is April 1, 2020.
- Would you like to learn more about open science with a fantastic commmunity of like-minded researchers? Apply to join OLS-3, a mentoring and training programme for open science ambassadors (it's not only for life scientists). Application deadline is Jan 11, 2020.
Events
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Research Funding Weeks 2021 (organised by the TUD Valorisation Centre), Jan 25-Feb 5, online - register to participate the following 4 sessions that are particularly interesting for open science enthusiasts:
- Jan 26: Beyond publications: showcasing the richness of your research and maximizing value creation, for all researchers looking to maximize the impact of their work
- Feb 4: Responsible Research Assessment: DORA and NWO grants, for researchers who are interested in learning about research assessment
- Feb 4: Research Analytics, on how to make use of the library’s toolkit to identify research trends and position your research
- Feb 5: Demystifying data management and ethical considerations for grant applicants on ethical and data management considerations with applying for grants
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Recognition and Reward Festival, Jan 22, online, 18EUR - the Dutch Recogition & reward programme discusses the current status of programme a year after launching their position paper "Room for Everyone’s Talent".
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Plan S Ask-me-anything sessions - beginning 2021, funders who support Plan S worldwide, including NWO, will adopt new open access publishing mandates for their grantees. In these sessions, Just de Leeuwe (Publishing advisor, TU Delft library) will explain how this may impact your publishing strategy and answer your questions.
- Session 1: Tuesday, February 16, 11am-12pm (Register here)
- Session 2: Wednesday, March 3, 10-11am (Register here)
- Session 3: Thursday, March 18, 2-3pm (Register here)
All sessions are recorded.
Big changes to OSC Delft
First - a warm welcome to our new members: Giorgio (AE), Adriaan (CEG), Agnes (AE), Ahmed (3mE), Martijn (AS) and Najiba (comms) 🌻
We've made some important changes to OSC Delft, outlined below - these are made with the goal to build a more scalable, inclusive and open community. We invite you to find out more in this blog post.
- A version 1 of our new community website and Twitter @OSCDelft are live! 🚀 Thank you so much to all contributors
- Data Champions will stay as one of OSC Delft's hopefully many initiatives!
- Curious why you didn't get a newsletter last month? This is now part of a new Open Science Community newsletter, which will be sent once every 2 months ✉️
Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or comments.
All the best in the new year,
Emmy