Explore the Value of Open (EVO) “Birds of a Feather” Series

As part of the EVO Program, HRA is offering one-on-one consultative sessions with Kristen Ratan, from Stratos.  The link to sign up is here. We are also hosting a series of working sessions for organizations with similar challenges to work together to explore and implement open science policies, practices, and compliance monitoring that is appropriate for your organization. In these “Birds of a Feather” sessions (BOFs), facilitated by Kristen Ratan, we will review relevant resources available to HRA members, hold Open Mic sessions for members to share their experiments/findings, and work together to solve shared challenges. This first BOF was on Data Sharing. Recording of the calls along with relevant links can be found above.

HRA’s Exploring the Value of “Open” (EVO) Program

I am thrilled to announce that as part of our EVO program, HRA is now a participating member of the Federal Agencies’ 2023: Year of Open Science!!

The EVO Program will host webinars, form small group cohorts, and provide resources to help HRA members understand how to implement policies that advance open research and scientific discovery, while simultaneously advancing your mission.

 In January 2023, the OSTP announced actions they are taking to advance open and equitable research, including designating 2023 as the Year of Open Science. The announcement included an official definition of open science for use across the federal government as well as the establishment of a new online resource, open.science.gov, that will track federal open science initiatives, funding opportunities, and programs across the federal government.

The agencies will now actively drive culture change around open science and this effort will support the implementation of the Nelson Memo on Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research.

Read this piece in Nature by NASA’s Open Open Science lead Chelle Gentemann (speaker for the Jan 18th EVO webinar) discussing what helped catalyze the initiative and emphasizing the need for the community to come together to actively reward open science practices.

I encourage you to engage with the EVO Program to learn how efforts to foster open science, both at the federal level as well as by other HRA members, can help inform your organization’s policies and procedures.

The EVO Program will cover not only the why, but also the how, and ways to measure impact of open research policies, practices, and incentives. The Program will be led by Kristen Ratan (Stratos), and the Open Science Community cochair, Salvatore La Rosa (CTF). It will include invited speakers, demonstrations, lively discussions, trials of technologies and services, and development of resources.

Upcoming Webinars

Previous Webinars

9/7/2023 11-12PM ET: Data Sharing – Best Practices and Measuring Impact

6/6/2023 12-1pm ET: EVO Program Webinar Data Sharing and Policy Landscape

4/25/2023 12-1pm ET:  Intro to Health Open Research: An open research publishing option using F1000 

03/07/2023: HRA Facilitating Open “Birds of a Feather” Series: Data Sharing

01/18/2023:  The 2023 Federal Year of Open Science Initiative with NIH, NSF and NASA 

11/10/2022:  Data sharing: why, how, and measuring impact 

10/13/2022:  From policy into practice 

09/29/2022:  HRA Open Relaunch 

09/13/2022:  Value of ORCID for funders 

09/08/2022:  EVO Program Launch

Resources