YERUN Open Science Awards

Call for applications
The 2021 call for applications opens on 15 November 2021

The YERUN Open Science Awards are aimed at encouraging and rewarding Open Science initiatives across the YERUN network. We are excited to see applications that demonstrate and/or support the practice of varying aspects of Open Science, such as: FAIR and open data, Open Access publishing, recognition and rewards, public engagement, citizen science, open education, open science skills development, etc.
The awards will target initiatives that support the scholarly community to adopt and implement Open Science principles in their work, and that are implemented by the following categories:

1. Researchers (teams or individuals)
2. Administrative staff or professional services (teams or individuals).

One initiative under each category will be selected and awarded as an inspiring practice in its field(s) that serves as an example for others in implementing Open Science. Winners will bring in a monetary award to their institution/department (5,000€ for each award – 2 awards per year), which will be used to further advance the existing initiative or implement a new initiative on Open Science. The two award winning initiatives will be invited to showcase their work at an event organised by YERUN. All other eligible initiatives will be showcased in a dedicated space on the YERUN website and newsletter.

We encourage the submission of inspiring and innovative practices that contribute to raising awareness on Open Science, to building a community of practice about Open Science and to contribute to the university’s overall Open Science culture.
Please note that at the time of application, initiatives should be beyond the stage of planning and implementation; in other words, the initiative should be up and running at the time of application. Applicants are also asked to indicate in their application how they would use the award were they to receive it, in order to further foster Open Science behaviours and initiatives.

For detailed information on eligibility criteria, applicants information or evaluation procedure please see here.

How to Apply
The online application form for the YERUN Open Science Awards should be filled out directly by an individual involved in the initiative.
If you are interested in applying, please follow the link.
If you would like to encourage colleagues to apply, please follow this link where you will be able to include the email address(es) of the colleague(s) you would like to invite to apply to the awards.

Deadline
The official deadline to submit your application online is 14 December 2021 at 23:59 CET. Once you will submit your application successfully, you will receive a confirmation email.