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The Open and Universal Science (OPUS) project

The Open and Universal Science (OPUS) project develops coordination and support measures to reform the assessment of research and researchers at Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) and Research Funding Organisations (RFOs) towards a system that incentivises and rewards researchers to take up Open Science practices.

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  |  Updated: 21 May 2024
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Open and Universal Science (OPUS)

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Keywords:
Assessment/Evaluation, Incentives, Rewards
Project Goals

The OPUS project is an EU-funded project implemented by an eighteen-organisations consortium led by The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN). The main goal is to develop coordination and support measures to reform the assessment of research(ers), along with the following:

 

  • Conduct a comprehensive state-of-the-art on existing literature and initiatives for Open Science
  • Develop a comprehensive set of interventions to implement Open Science at RPOs and RFOs
  • Develop realistic indicators and metrics to monitor and drive Open Science at RPOs and RFOs
  • Test the interventions and indicators and metrics via action plans in pilots at RPOs and RFOs
  • Utilise a stakeholder-driven feedback loop to develop, monitor, refine, and validate actions
  • Synthesise outcomes into policy briefs and a revised OS-CAM2 for research(er) assessment
Deliverables

The main activities of the OPUS projects aims to deliver the following seven Work Packages:

 

  1. State-of-the-Art on an Open Science Ecosystem
  2. Interventions for Open Science (Rewards and Incentives for Researchers)
  3. Indicators and Metrics for Open Science (Rewards and incentives for Researchers)
  4. Pilots to Implement and Monitor Open Science
  5. Policy Briefs on Open Science
  6. Project Coordination and Data Management
  7. Dissemination, Communication, and Exploitation