FIT4RRI is at the end of its second year and the project is in the middle of the co-creation experiment testing phase. The consortium met in Maastricht in the Netherlands from 14-15th May 2019 to discuss recent developments and future actions. The project partners presented the progress of their work. After an successful call for FIT4RRI trainings, the winners were … Read More
A notifications system to stay up to date with Open Science and RRI training material
In an effort to assist our community with staying up to date with the most recent Open Science and RRI developments, we implemented a notification system in the FOSTER platform. The FOSTER portal is the platform where FIT4RRI content and training materials are being hosted. Registered to the platform users can navigate the Open Science and RRI taxonomies to subscribe to … Read More
Five proposals get FIT4RRI funding for their training event
Early 2019, the FIT4RRI consortium published a call for training events. Now we are happy to announce the winners of the call. Among 56 proposals the project decided to support 5 training events: 1. “Responsible Research and Innovation in practice. A course for the Madrid autonomous community” The event at University Pompeu Fabra in Spain will bring together researchers and … Read More
A comprehensive picture of trends and experiences in RRI
Mapping and Benchmarking of trends, barriers to and drivers of RRI and Open Science In July 2018, the FIT4RRI Work Package 1 “Mapping and benchmarking” completed its journey. Its aim was to develop a comprehensive picture influences on RRI and Open Science: On the one hand focusing on the major trends, barriers to and drivers of Responsible Research & Innovation and … Read More
FIT4RRI consortium & advisory board meeting in Brussels
FIT4RRI is in its second year now and the project moves from the analysis phase to testing the first results. After looking at trends, barriers and drivers of Responsible Research & Innovation and Open Science in an extensive literature review and benchmarking process, considering also sectoral and geographical perspectives, we now dive into the testing phase on how RRI and … Read More
Our 2nd Consortium Meeting!
FIT4RRI is a 3 year project under “Science with and for Society”, funded by the European Commission. It has been created to activate institutional changes in RFPOs and bridge the gap between the potential role and actual limited impact of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Open Science (OS) on Research Funding and Performing Organisations (RFPOs). It will act on … Read More
Open Access Week interview by The Open University
Interview answered by Nancy Pontika, Open Access Aggregation Officer at CORE based at the Open University in UK. 1. Does your organization have an open access strategy? And how are you implementing it? CORE is an Open University (OU) project and is jointly funded by the OU and Jisc. CORE is a global full text aggregator of Open Access … Read More
Open Access Week interview by The University of Liverpool
Interview answered by Sarah Roughley, Scholarly Communications Librarian at The University of Liverpool in the UK; and Matina Tsalavouta, Research and Impact Marketing and Communications Manager at the University of Liverpool in the UK. 1. Does your organization have an open access strategy? And how are you implementing it? Yes we do have a policy which is publically available here: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/our-research/research-environment/open-access-data-management/; … Read More
FIT4RRI taking part in Open Access Week
Interview answered by Andrea Riccio, member of Sapienza grant office team. She works in the writing and management of European proposal, with a focus on Responsible Research and Innovation. 1. What does Open Access mean to you as a research manager? Open access represents the path towards a growing demand for transparency about research outputs and outcomes and about … Read More