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EOSC Roadmap Endorsed by European Commission
30 May 2018

EOSC Roadmap Endorsed by European Commission

In a meeting in Brussels yesterday, 29 May, EU research ministers endorsed the roadmap for the creation of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) which was been the result of around two years of intense negotiations and consultations.

EOSC will support EU science in its global leading by creating a trusted environment for hosting and processing research data. The Conclusions of the Competitiveness Council was proposed by the current Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. Bulgarian Minister for Science and Education Krasimir Valchev (depicted above) was present.

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EOSC popular on DANS Open Day on Open Science
19 Apr 2018

EOSC popular on DANS Open Day on Open Science

Open science is for many scientists still a statement rather than part of their scientific research and publication routine. To promote the practice of open science, and to inform the Dutch scientific community about the European infrastructural developments that facilitate open science, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) organized an Open Day on Open Science.

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EOSC-hub: integrated services for the European Open Science Cloud
24 Jan 2018

EOSC-hub: integrated services for the European Open Science Cloud

The EC-funded project EOSC-hub project started on January 1st 2018, bringing together an extensive group of national and international service providers to create the Hub: a central contact point for European researchers and innovators to discover, access, use and reuse a broad spectrum of resources for advanced data-driven research.

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The European Open Science Cloud holds its first Stakeholder Forum
24 Nov 2017

The European Open Science Cloud holds its first Stakeholder Forum

Over 300 people will gather in Brussels today for the first Stakeholder Forum of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). The European Open Science Cloud will bring together existing scientific data infrastructures to offer Europe’s researchers and science and technology professionals a virtual environment with open and seamless services for storage, management, analysis and re-use of research data.
 

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Paying for Open Access: two new Open Access Journal Reports published by Knowledge Exchange
10 Aug 2017

Paying for Open Access: two new Open Access Journal Reports published by Knowledge Exchange

How are authors of journal articles paying Open Access fees or Article Processing Costs? What is the administrative burden for authors? And do their research organisations have an accurate overview of all these payments?

Knowledge Exchange has just published two new open access journal reports, both based on their recent study carried out among authors of six research organisations.

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Last Call for Science Demonstrators for the EOSCpilot project
31 Jul 2017

Last Call for Science Demonstrators for the EOSCpilot project

The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project (EOSCpilot) project is supporting the first phase in the development of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as described in the EC Communication on European Cloud Initiatives.

This is your chance, through this 2nd (and last) Open Call for Applications, to take part in the exciting EOSCpilot project, started in January 2017, as one of the Science Demonstrators.

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Selected Projects on the EOSCpilot First Call for Science Demonstrators
27 Jun 2017

Selected Projects on the EOSCpilot First Call for Science Demonstrators

The First Call for Science Demonstrators to the EOSCpilot (European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot) received 30 applications from 86 institutions in 19 countries, with challenging projects that would help to define the infrastructure needed by European researchers, while showing the scientific excellence and societal impact that could be achieved by EOSC (European Open Science Cloud). Following peer review, five of these proposals were selected to receive 12 months support starting from 1 July 2017.

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