| foster-plus- |
Description |
FOSTER Plus (Fostering the practical implementation of Open Science in Horizon 2020
and beyond) is a 2-year, EU-funded project, carried out by 11 partners across 6 countries.
The primary aim is to contribute to a real and lasting shift in the behaviour of European
researchers to ensure that Open Science (OS) becomes the norm.
Research communities, research performing institutions, and research funders have
each recognised that OS skills are increasingly essential for researchers to undertake
responsible research and innovation. While there is increasing agreement around the
need to improve OS skills amongst all stakeholders, the adoption of OS approaches
has been quite limited to date. Indeed general awareness of OS approaches has improved
among EU researchers. However, there is still a lack of practical guidance and training
to help researchers learn how to open up their research within a particular domain
or research environment. For this reason, FOSTER Plus places specific emphasis on
creating discipline-specific guidance and is partnering with expert organisations
representing the scientific areas of life science, social science and humanities.
FOSTER Plus will enhance existing materials and co-produce new training content. The
resources will be discipline-specific and their practical and tangible outcomes can
directly be applied into researchers’ daily practices. The training activities will
be addressed to all relevant stakeholders in the European Research Area, with a focus
on young scientists, academic staff and policy makers. A strong train-the-trainer
approach and network of open science trainers to act as ambassadors will help to reach
a wide audience. |
