Erin McKiernan
@emckiernan.bsky.social
Researcher in biophysics, neurophysiology. Profesora Titular en el Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Open science advocate. Dir. Programs & Strategies, Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA) @orca-open.bsky.social.
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Interested in advancing #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource #OpenAccess? Affiliated with a traditionally under-resourced US institution? Apply for a $15k Catalytic Award!
📆Informational webinar November 18 at noon ET
📋Register here: bit.ly/4nxempj
🔎Program details: www.orcaopen.org/work/cap
📆Informational webinar November 18 at noon ET
📋Register here: bit.ly/4nxempj
🔎Program details: www.orcaopen.org/work/cap
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Interested in advancing #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource #OpenAccess? Affiliated with a traditionally under-resourced US institution? Apply for a $15k Catalytic Award!
📆Informational webinar November 18 at noon ET
📋Register here: bit.ly/4nxempj
🔎Program details: www.orcaopen.org/work/cap
📆Informational webinar November 18 at noon ET
📋Register here: bit.ly/4nxempj
🔎Program details: www.orcaopen.org/work/cap
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The free webinar to explore real-world case studies + insights from:
Philip Bourne, University of Virginia
Akhila Kosaraju, Phare Bio
@jenny-molloy.bsky.social, University of Cambridge
Julieta Arancio, ORCA
🗓 Nov 12, 2025 | 🕙 10–11 ET/16–17 CET
📍 Online (Zoom) — bit.ly/471zIoD
[2/3]
Philip Bourne, University of Virginia
Akhila Kosaraju, Phare Bio
@jenny-molloy.bsky.social, University of Cambridge
Julieta Arancio, ORCA
🗓 Nov 12, 2025 | 🕙 10–11 ET/16–17 CET
📍 Online (Zoom) — bit.ly/471zIoD
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Fostering Innovation through Open Science. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Fostering Innovation through Open Science. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The free webinar to explore real-world case studies + insights from:
Philip Bourne, University of Virginia
Akhila Kosaraju, Phare Bio
@jenny-molloy.bsky.social, University of Cambridge
Julieta Arancio, ORCA
🗓 Nov 12, 2025 | 🕙 10–11 ET/16–17 CET
📍 Online (Zoom) — bit.ly/471zIoD
[2/3]
Philip Bourne, University of Virginia
Akhila Kosaraju, Phare Bio
@jenny-molloy.bsky.social, University of Cambridge
Julieta Arancio, ORCA
🗓 Nov 12, 2025 | 🕙 10–11 ET/16–17 CET
📍 Online (Zoom) — bit.ly/471zIoD
[2/3]
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🚀 @orca-open.bsky.social is thrilled to share a new analysis on how #OpenScience, #OpenSource, and #OpenData fuel innovation, power AI breakthroughs, and drive societal progress.
📖Read the report: zenodo.org/records/1687...
💬Join us for a webinar (see next!)
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📖Read the report: zenodo.org/records/1687...
💬Join us for a webinar (see next!)
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October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🚀 @orca-open.bsky.social is thrilled to share a new analysis on how #OpenScience, #OpenSource, and #OpenData fuel innovation, power AI breakthroughs, and drive societal progress.
📖Read the report: zenodo.org/records/1687...
💬Join us for a webinar (see next!)
[1/3]
📖Read the report: zenodo.org/records/1687...
💬Join us for a webinar (see next!)
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Advice, please! We have this manuscript, preprinted on OSF osf.io/preprints/os..., all about our work bringing #OpenHardware into medical education. We've been desk rejected from Royal Society Open Science and Research in Learning Technology (after 3+ months!), both for being "out of scope". (1/n)
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October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Advice, please! We have this manuscript, preprinted on OSF osf.io/preprints/os..., all about our work bringing #OpenHardware into medical education. We've been desk rejected from Royal Society Open Science and Research in Learning Technology (after 3+ months!), both for being "out of scope". (1/n)
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Want to learn about practical innovations in responsible research assessment in the US? 🇺🇸
Join us online on Nov 20, 1pm ET, to hear about innovations in tenure, open peer review training, and the Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge!
Register 👉 bit.ly/RRA-innovati...
Join us online on Nov 20, 1pm ET, to hear about innovations in tenure, open peer review training, and the Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge!
Register 👉 bit.ly/RRA-innovati...
October 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Want to learn about practical innovations in responsible research assessment in the US? 🇺🇸
Join us online on Nov 20, 1pm ET, to hear about innovations in tenure, open peer review training, and the Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge!
Register 👉 bit.ly/RRA-innovati...
Join us online on Nov 20, 1pm ET, to hear about innovations in tenure, open peer review training, and the Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge!
Register 👉 bit.ly/RRA-innovati...
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Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.
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Grants available for department and institution leaders at U.S. institutions who are willing to reimagine hiring, promotion, and tenure practices in ways that reward open science, team science, and diverse contributions to knowledge. Deadline January 8, 2026. www.ma3challenge.org
Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement
www.ma3challenge.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Grants available for department and institution leaders at U.S. institutions who are willing to reimagine hiring, promotion, and tenure practices in ways that reward open science, team science, and diverse contributions to knowledge. Deadline January 8, 2026. www.ma3challenge.org
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Some scientists aren’t waiting for journals to catch up. They’re showing us what’s next.
The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.
More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...
Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond
The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.
More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...
Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond
October 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Some scientists aren’t waiting for journals to catch up. They’re showing us what’s next.
The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.
More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...
Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond
The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.
More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...
Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond
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🚀 Applications are OPEN for the 2nd round of the ORCA Catalytic Awards!
With support from the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ORCA is offering $15,000 per project to grow a culture of #OpenScience #OpenScholarship at traditionally under-resourced U.S. institutions.
🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap
With support from the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ORCA is offering $15,000 per project to grow a culture of #OpenScience #OpenScholarship at traditionally under-resourced U.S. institutions.
🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap
Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program — Open Research Community Accelerator
The Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA), with generous support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is pleased to launch the Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program. The program aims to...
orcaopen.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🚀 Applications are OPEN for the 2nd round of the ORCA Catalytic Awards!
With support from the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ORCA is offering $15,000 per project to grow a culture of #OpenScience #OpenScholarship at traditionally under-resourced U.S. institutions.
🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap
With support from the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ORCA is offering $15,000 per project to grow a culture of #OpenScience #OpenScholarship at traditionally under-resourced U.S. institutions.
🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap
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Thanks for the opportunity to discuss our efforts to modernize academic appointment & advancement, @retractionwatch.com! #ResearchAssessment #OpenScience
Several organizations are now putting more than $1 million toward reimagining hiring, promotion and tenure at U.S. universities.
$1.5 million program targets changes to academic incentives
The incentive systems that drive academic research underlie nearly every story we write: publication counts for promotion, pressure to produce positive results, hitting certain metrics, and so on. …
retractionwatch.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thanks for the opportunity to discuss our efforts to modernize academic appointment & advancement, @retractionwatch.com! #ResearchAssessment #OpenScience
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Several organizations are now putting more than $1 million toward reimagining hiring, promotion and tenure at U.S. universities.
$1.5 million program targets changes to academic incentives
The incentive systems that drive academic research underlie nearly every story we write: publication counts for promotion, pressure to produce positive results, hitting certain metrics, and so on. …
retractionwatch.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Several organizations are now putting more than $1 million toward reimagining hiring, promotion and tenure at U.S. universities.
Reposted by Erin McKiernan
Want to learn more about The Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge? Join @orca-open.bsky.social on October 1 at 3pm ET for a virtual information session.
See details and register below. ⬇️
#academia #highereducation #grantopportunity
See details and register below. ⬇️
#academia #highereducation #grantopportunity
Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement
www.ma3challenge.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Want to learn more about The Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge? Join @orca-open.bsky.social on October 1 at 3pm ET for a virtual information session.
See details and register below. ⬇️
#academia #highereducation #grantopportunity
See details and register below. ⬇️
#academia #highereducation #grantopportunity
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...
PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director
pkp.sfu.ca
September 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY: @pkp.sfu.ca is looking for a Managing Director! This is a rare opportunity to lead a highly impactful #scholcomm organization. Role works closely with me (Scientific Director) to provide strategic and operational leadership. Help us spread the word!
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...
pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h...
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📅 Proposals due: Jan 8, 2026
🔗 Learn more, register for information sessions, and apply: www.ma3challenge.org
It’s time to modernize academic advancement systems so they reflect the values institutions champion. Join us! (5/5)
🔗 Learn more, register for information sessions, and apply: www.ma3challenge.org
It’s time to modernize academic advancement systems so they reflect the values institutions champion. Join us! (5/5)
Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement
www.ma3challenge.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
📅 Proposals due: Jan 8, 2026
🔗 Learn more, register for information sessions, and apply: www.ma3challenge.org
It’s time to modernize academic advancement systems so they reflect the values institutions champion. Join us! (5/5)
🔗 Learn more, register for information sessions, and apply: www.ma3challenge.org
It’s time to modernize academic advancement systems so they reflect the values institutions champion. Join us! (5/5)
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🏆 Awards:
– Up to six $250K grants for institution-wide reforms
– Up to six $50K grants for department/center-level reforms
Winners also join a community of practice to share insights & accelerate change across higher ed. (4/5)
– Up to six $250K grants for institution-wide reforms
– Up to six $50K grants for department/center-level reforms
Winners also join a community of practice to share insights & accelerate change across higher ed. (4/5)
September 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🏆 Awards:
– Up to six $250K grants for institution-wide reforms
– Up to six $50K grants for department/center-level reforms
Winners also join a community of practice to share insights & accelerate change across higher ed. (4/5)
– Up to six $250K grants for institution-wide reforms
– Up to six $50K grants for department/center-level reforms
Winners also join a community of practice to share insights & accelerate change across higher ed. (4/5)
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We’re especially interested in #ResearchAssessment proposals that elevate:
- #OpenScience
- #PublicEngagement
- #CivicScience
- #TeamScience
- Diverse contributions to knowledge
(3/5)
- #OpenScience
- #PublicEngagement
- #CivicScience
- #TeamScience
- Diverse contributions to knowledge
(3/5)
September 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We’re especially interested in #ResearchAssessment proposals that elevate:
- #OpenScience
- #PublicEngagement
- #CivicScience
- #TeamScience
- Diverse contributions to knowledge
(3/5)
- #OpenScience
- #PublicEngagement
- #CivicScience
- #TeamScience
- Diverse contributions to knowledge
(3/5)
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Backed by @moorefound.bsky.social, @danafoundation.bsky.social, Rita Allen Foundation, & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the MA3 Challenge seeks bold reforms to build more collaborative, responsive, & transparent academic reward systems. (2/5)
September 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Backed by @moorefound.bsky.social, @danafoundation.bsky.social, Rita Allen Foundation, & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the MA3 Challenge seeks bold reforms to build more collaborative, responsive, & transparent academic reward systems. (2/5)
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🚀 $1.5M Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge is live!
@orca-open.bsky.social, alongside the American Academy of Arts and Sciences & @asterainstitute.bsky.social, is calling on US colleges, universities, & departments to reimagine hiring, promotion, & tenure. (1/5)
@orca-open.bsky.social, alongside the American Academy of Arts and Sciences & @asterainstitute.bsky.social, is calling on US colleges, universities, & departments to reimagine hiring, promotion, & tenure. (1/5)
September 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚀 $1.5M Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge is live!
@orca-open.bsky.social, alongside the American Academy of Arts and Sciences & @asterainstitute.bsky.social, is calling on US colleges, universities, & departments to reimagine hiring, promotion, & tenure. (1/5)
@orca-open.bsky.social, alongside the American Academy of Arts and Sciences & @asterainstitute.bsky.social, is calling on US colleges, universities, & departments to reimagine hiring, promotion, & tenure. (1/5)
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📢 Good News !!! The application deadline for the Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes has been extended to August 22, 2025.
✨ This is your chance to be recognized for your contributions to #OpenScience !
👉 Submit your application : at.theneuro.ca/cooperprizes
#Neuroscience
✨ This is your chance to be recognized for your contributions to #OpenScience !
👉 Submit your application : at.theneuro.ca/cooperprizes
#Neuroscience
IHCF OS Prizes 2025 - past awardees testimonials
YouTube video by MontrealNeuro
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August 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
📢 Good News !!! The application deadline for the Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes has been extended to August 22, 2025.
✨ This is your chance to be recognized for your contributions to #OpenScience !
👉 Submit your application : at.theneuro.ca/cooperprizes
#Neuroscience
✨ This is your chance to be recognized for your contributions to #OpenScience !
👉 Submit your application : at.theneuro.ca/cooperprizes
#Neuroscience
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Less than 1 month left to apply for The Neuro-Irv & Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes. Don’t miss your chance!
👀 Look at our Q&A for tips on eligibility, criteria, and how to apply.
🤩 Get inspired by past winners:
👉 Submit your application:
🔗 links in comment
#OpenScience #Neuroscience
👀 Look at our Q&A for tips on eligibility, criteria, and how to apply.
🤩 Get inspired by past winners:
👉 Submit your application:
🔗 links in comment
#OpenScience #Neuroscience
July 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Less than 1 month left to apply for The Neuro-Irv & Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes. Don’t miss your chance!
👀 Look at our Q&A for tips on eligibility, criteria, and how to apply.
🤩 Get inspired by past winners:
👉 Submit your application:
🔗 links in comment
#OpenScience #Neuroscience
👀 Look at our Q&A for tips on eligibility, criteria, and how to apply.
🤩 Get inspired by past winners:
👉 Submit your application:
🔗 links in comment
#OpenScience #Neuroscience
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Are you leading an #OpenScience initiative advancing the field of #neuroscience? Submit your application for The Neuro - Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes 2025. Deadline is August 15th. More info here www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... and here www.mcgill.ca/neuro/files/...
🚨 Calling all Open Science collaborators | The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)
🚨 Calling all Open Science collaborators
Are you leading an Open Science initiative advancing the field of neuroscience? Don’t miss this opportunity to be recognized for your contributions. Submit yo...
www.linkedin.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Are you leading an #OpenScience initiative advancing the field of #neuroscience? Submit your application for The Neuro - Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes 2025. Deadline is August 15th. More info here www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... and here www.mcgill.ca/neuro/files/...
Great new resource from @orca-open.bsky.social Senior Advisor, Julieta Arancio: "Open Science Hardware: An Introduction for Librarians" ucla-imls-open-sci.info/lc-open-hw/, a lesson developed with support from UCLA’s Open Science for Librarians program. #OpenHardware #OpenScience
Open Science Hardware: An Introduction for Librarians: Summary and Setup
ucla-imls-open-sci.info
July 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Great new resource from @orca-open.bsky.social Senior Advisor, Julieta Arancio: "Open Science Hardware: An Introduction for Librarians" ucla-imls-open-sci.info/lc-open-hw/, a lesson developed with support from UCLA’s Open Science for Librarians program. #OpenHardware #OpenScience
Are you leading an #OpenScience initiative advancing the field of #neuroscience? Submit your application for The Neuro - Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes 2025. Deadline is August 15th. More info here www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... and here www.mcgill.ca/neuro/files/...
🚨 Calling all Open Science collaborators | The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)
🚨 Calling all Open Science collaborators
Are you leading an Open Science initiative advancing the field of neuroscience? Don’t miss this opportunity to be recognized for your contributions. Submit yo...
www.linkedin.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Are you leading an #OpenScience initiative advancing the field of #neuroscience? Submit your application for The Neuro - Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes 2025. Deadline is August 15th. More info here www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... and here www.mcgill.ca/neuro/files/...
Excited to share our first paper from the abreLA project, funded by @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social and run by @orca-open.bsky.social. "Improving biomedical education in Latin America through open science hardware: A case study of one medical school in Mexico" #OpenScience doi.org/10.31219/osf...
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doi.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Excited to share our first paper from the abreLA project, funded by @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social and run by @orca-open.bsky.social. "Improving biomedical education in Latin America through open science hardware: A case study of one medical school in Mexico" #OpenScience doi.org/10.31219/osf...
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📣 Call for Proposals: SIPS-PCI Registered Report Funding Partnership!
The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science and Peer Community In Registered Reports @pci-regreports.bsky.social invite researchers from all areas of psychology to submit empirical research projects for consideration.
The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science and Peer Community In Registered Reports @pci-regreports.bsky.social invite researchers from all areas of psychology to submit empirical research projects for consideration.
July 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
📣 Call for Proposals: SIPS-PCI Registered Report Funding Partnership!
The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science and Peer Community In Registered Reports @pci-regreports.bsky.social invite researchers from all areas of psychology to submit empirical research projects for consideration.
The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science and Peer Community In Registered Reports @pci-regreports.bsky.social invite researchers from all areas of psychology to submit empirical research projects for consideration.