Open Science Services

The partners are jointly developing various services which aim to support the open science ambitions of the Dutch research community. Services may focus (amongst others) on supporting FAIR data, improving the transparency of the impact of research, supporting reproducibility of research, etcetera.

 

How are pilot projects established?

Any member institution of the partners can suggest ideas for new services. Pilots are considered and approved according to the three-step process below.

1. Pilot ideation

   • New ideas are discussed amongst the partners and an initiation document is prepared for the initial review by the steering group. Following a positive review, the process moves to the next step.

2. Pilot validation

   • The steering group approves or rejects the pilot. The decision-making process is supported by a Statement of Work (describing the pilot goals and its deliverables) and a framework document, assessing if the pilot lives up to the collaboration principles.

3. Pilot evaluation

   • The steering group reviews the evaluation documentation and decides if the pilot met its goals and deliverables. If this is the case the pilot will continue as a “Service” open to all partner institutions for the length of the project.

 

Overview of the services

Name	Status	Participating Pilot institutions
Website Support	Pilot completed, Running as a Service	Amsterdam UMC (VU Medical Center, AMC,) VU and University of Amsterdam
Data Monitor	Pilot completed, Running as a service	VU, University of Amsterdam (UvA), Amsterdam UMC, University of Groningen, Utrecht University, UMCU, TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, University of Twente, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Universiteit Leiden, Tilburg University, Maastricht University, Open University, DANS (the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Universiteit voor Humanistiek (UvH) and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA)
Grants Monitor	Pilot running	TU Eindhoven, Utrecht University, Groningen University, TU Delft and AmsterdamUMC, Twente University
Telescope (Equipment Monitor)	Pilot completed, Running as a service	TU Eindhoven, Wageningen University and Research, GroningenUMC, VU
Rare Disease Monitor	Pilot completed, Running as a service	ErasmusMC, AmsterdamUMC, UMCGroningen, on behalf of NFU
Preprints Monitor	Pilot running	Amsterdam UMC, University of Groningen, Utrecht University, TU Eindhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Maastricht University
Author Disambiguation	Pilot running	Groningen University, TU Delft, VU, TU Eindhoven, Maastricht University
Team Science – author contributor data (CRediT)	Pilot running	Vrije Universiteit (VU), AmsterdamUMC, Groningen University, Maastricht University, TU Eindhoven