The Open Science Festival 2025 took place on 24 October at University Medical Center Groningen, attracting some 400 attendees, including researchers, educators, professional research support staff and policymakers, all eager to share and learn about open science practices.

The development of a national open science monitor for the Netherlands has officially started with a project meeting held in Leiden on 9 October. With funding from Open Science NL, the consortium comprising CWTS and Dialogic will develop a robust, context-specific framework for monitoring and evaluation, as well as a prototype dashboard to visualise such an open science monitor.

OS Retreat - A gathering of like-minded individuals who are enthusiastic about embracing Open Science

Five scientific journals have received a grant from NWO to switch from a subscription model. They will adopt the diamond open access model: a form of open access in which not only is the content freely available to readers, but authors also do not have to pay to publish their articles. The NWO executive board has allocated a total of over 187,000 euros for this.

The Dutch Research council is a Software Heritage Bronze sponsor.

ZonMw and NWO have jointly published their action plan for reforming research assessment, in line with the principles of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). The plan not only highlights the progress made so far but also sets a roadmap of concrete actions through to 2027. These include reviewing and refining the evidence-based CV and exploring open science practices in grant evaluations.

The Steering Board of Open Science NL has decided to award a €300,000 grant to the network of institutional open access publishers in the Netherlands, known as the Netherlands University Presses (NUPs...

The Steering Board of Open Science NL has decided to award a €300,000 grant to the network of institutional open access publishers in the Netherlands, known as the Netherlands University Presses (NUPs...

Open Science NL has awarded five grants of €400,000 each to expand citizen science hubs at research organisations. These grants will help foster knowledge exchange and strengthen expertise and support...

The Steering Board of Open Science NL has decided to award a €300,000 grant to the network of institutional open access publishers in the Netherlands, known as the Netherlands University Presses (NUPs...

Share your experiences and help us develop the NWOpen-API further. Join the user meeting which will take place later this year.

Open Science NL invites interested researchers and professional support staff to submit applications for the new call Research on open science. This call focuses on research into open science practice...

Would you like to join the National Open Science Festival 2025 in Groningen? Register now as a participant or submit a proposal for a session, information stand, or — new this year — a poster presentation. Registration is open from 28 May.

Open Science NL invites interested parties to submit applications for the new call Research on open science. This call focuses on research into open science practices, with the aim of strengthening th...

The Open University, the collaboration of philosophical universities, and the collaboration of universities in the Dutch Caribbean will each receive funding to establish a Digital Competence Centre.

With a €1 million grant from Open Science NL, the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is establishing a network to enhance digital data competencies. This is especially important, as data...