OPUS Newsletter (13)

Welcome to the special edition of the OPUS Newsletter

Find out the latest OPUS activities

Upcoming OPUS Event

Last chance to register: Opus Final Conference: Shaping the Future of the Research Assessment:

Join us in Paris or online on July 9-10, 2025, for the OPUS Final Conference. This event marks a significant milestone in transforming research assessment by promoting Open Science practices.

July 8, 2025: Roundtable discussion on the Role of RPOs and RFOs in Open Science Monitoring

• Title: The Role of RPOs and RFOs in Open Science Monitoring: Connecting Institutional Practices to Policy Aggregation

• Date: Tuesday, 8 July 2025

• Time: 14:30 – 17:00 CEST

• Location: Online

• Organised by: UNESCO, OPUS, OpenAIRE, OSMI as part of the Open Science: Monitoring Progress, Assessing Impact Conference

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The OPUS project is an EU-funded project implemented by an eighteen-organisations consortium led by The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN). The project commenced on 1 September 2022 with an implementation period of 36 months.

OPUS helps reform the assessment of research towards a system that incentivises and rewards researchers to take up Open Science (OS) practices of providing open access to research outputs, early and open sharing of research, participation in open peer-review, measures to ensure reproducibility of results, and involving all stakeholders in co-creation.

OS Ecosystem State-of-the-Art

OPUS conducted a comprehensive state-of-the-art on existing literature and initiatives for Open Science to reform research(er) assessment and incentivise and reward Open Science practices. It includes a stakeholder engagement plan

OS Interventions

OPUS developed indicators and interventions for Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) and Research Funding Organisations (RFOs) to implement a reformed research(er) assessment system that incentivises and rewards Open Science.

Pilots to Implement and Monitor Open Science

OPUS sets up, implements, and monitors the pilots’ open science practices in 3 RPOs and 2 RFOs, and conducts mutual learning exercises based on implementing the action plans.

Policy Brief

OPUS will develop and disseminate policy briefs on Open Science and a revised OS-CAM to assess research careers. The policy briefs will summarise the key findings of the project and link to the wider global context of Open Science.

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