European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

Open science refers to an approach to the scientific process based on cooperative work and new ways of disseminating knowledge, improving accessibility to and re-usability of research outputs by using digital technologies and new collaborative tools. Invited by the European Commission, EU Member States and on a voluntary basis by five countries associated to the EU Framework Programmes for research (‘Associated Countries’) have been collecting data regarding their progress in implementing the 2018 Commission Recommendation on open access to and preservation of scientific information. This report provides information and analysis about the developments that have taken place during the period 2018-2022. The data provides a state of play of open science policies and practices at national level, while the analysis focuses on trends in the implementation.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and Publications Office of the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

Scientific and technological advancements raise complex ethical questions and may have significant societal impacts. The responsible and ethical use of scientific discoveries and novel technologies requires that reflection on the impacts and potential misuse of new technological developments is incorporated into the research process. The eight Horizon-funded projects featured in this Pack invite a rethinking of research governance systems, to ensure that scientific and technological progress, in all areas, goes hand in hand with the values we hold dear.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and Publications Office of the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

Ethics and research integrity are prerequisites for research excellence and for maintaining the trust of society in science. In addition, responsible research must reflect on the societal impacts and potential misuse of new technological developments such as artificial intelligence, new genomic techniques, biomedicine, geoengineering, synthetic biology, and neurotechnology. This requires a collective, wide-ranging and inclusive process of reflection and dialogue, based on the values around which we want to organise society and on the role that technologies should play in it. The European Union is committed to protecting and promoting fundamental rights, values and principles, both at home and in international research and innovation cooperation. The eight Horizon-funded projects featured in the CORDIS Results Pack on ethics and integrity in research illustrate how the EU is promoting the development of training, education and capacity-building, dialogue with global partners, and improved frameworks, tools and procedures to ensure that scientific and technological progress goes hand in hand with the values we hold dear.

European Commission: European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency, Publications Office of the European Union, 2023.

Open Science, as an approach to scientific processes focused on quick and transparent knowledge and data sharing, has long been a policy priority of the European Commission and has been widely promoted. By making results and data generated in research and innovation projects accessible to all societal actors, other researchers, innovators and the public can find and reuse these for their specific needs. In this way, further research is encouraged, novel solutions can be found, and complex challenges can be tackled.

European Commission: European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

In today's dynamic landscape, the term "open" resonates across various domains, from science and research to innovation and technology. “Open” can be found in various settings, concepts, policies and practices such as Open Science, Open Research, Open Access, Open Innovation, Open Source, Open Standards, or Open Data. This infographic highlights key concepts of “openness” in the EU’s current Framework Programme for Research & Innovation “Horizon Europe”. Understanding the nuances of openness, intellectual property protection, and commercial use is vital for navigating this complex terrain.

European Commission: European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

Open science is an approach aimed at making scientific research more transparent, accessible and collaborative. In the spirit of fostering collaborative research and innovation which are the core goals of Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation, open science now forms an integral part of the way in which projects funded through this framework programme are implemented. This Guide therefore aims to help readers navigate this relatively new topic and provide the necessary explanations and guidelines for those who are preparing a Horizon Europe project proposal – or indeed already implementing a Horizon Europe project – to not only ensure compliance with all open science-related obligations, but also to make the optimum use of this new aspect of Horizon Europe in the implementation of their research projects and exploitation of their results.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Evaluation study on excellent science in the European framework programmes for research and innovation – Annexes phase 2 – Supporting the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Evaluation study on excellent science in the European framework programmes for research and innovation – Annex 7.1 – Survey questionnaires – Phase 2 – Supporting the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Evaluation study on excellent science in the European framework programmes for research and innovation – Phase 2 – EOSC partnership report, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

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The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on excellent science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Evaluation study on excellent science in the European framework programmes for research and innovation – Final report phase 2 – Supporting the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

The study presents lessons learned and recommendations for policy on Excellent Science under Horizon Europe. This is one of several support studies feeding into the European Commission's interim evaluation of the European framework programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe.

Publications Office of the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

This report is the first in a series, the overall objective of which is to provide a better understanding of the links between the worlds of open government data, open science and education, which are tightly interrelated but seem to be often disconnected from each other in their current activities and recommendations. As a result of the research carried out in this series of reports, we will identify current limitations and challenges and will provide recommendations on how government officials may increase their awareness of developments and trends in the research world (e.g. the European Open Science Cloud), and how researchers and academics may increase the use of open datasets in their scientific or academic work.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

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This report puts forward a vision for Open Research Europe as a collective non-profit open access publishing service for the public good. This vision comes in the midst of important policy developments towards more equitable, transparent and sustainable costs for publishing and access to content, as well as accelerated activities for reforming research assessment. The report includes a rationale for the vision, the EU policy and political context, a value proposition and principles for the operation of a collective ORE.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Publications Office of the European Union, 2022.

This report presents the result of a study that explores the interactions and the balance between Open Science and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The report presents the state of the art and reflections to scope the statement 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary' in the context of an evolving and open Research and Innovation ecosystem. Furthermore, the report identifies concrete recommendations for policy makers and for IPR practitioners on the promotion of Open Science and its balance with IPR for better knowledge dissemination to the benefit of all.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

Research reproducibility and data usability will be enhanced if the advanced digitalisation of data collection, validation, analysis, and simulation will be developed and become commons of the research community enforcing the Open Science principles and policies, creating a critical mass of Quality Assessed FAIR Data (QAFAIRD) and research-objects enabling reliable and secure Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Virtual Research Environments. This opinion paper identifies the state of the art of the advanced digitalisation of research as well as the bottlenecks to be addressed to comply with the objectives and to contribute to make a fully operational EOSC.

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation,Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

In this opinion paper, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Steering Board identifies key recommendations developed upon consultation of the research community. Above all, it draws from insights from internationally operated Research Infrastructures (RIs) which have already reached significant results on data production, curation and sharing of rules. Working both at thematic community level and across communities, these institutions can inspire federation and generalisation at the full scale of research and innovation activities.

European Commission: Joint Research Centre, Batista Leite, S., Brooke, M., Carusi, A., Collings, A. et al., Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

Academic research papers from life sciences fields, such as biomedicine and biology, are often missing essential details about study methods. This can undermine trust, limit the use of new methods and hinder reproducibility and data reuse. Promoting Reusable and Open Methods and Protocols (PRO-MaP) aims to increase and improve the reporting of detailed, structured and open methods and reusable step-by-step protocols in the life sciences, supporting the EU’s open science and valorisation policies. These recommendations outline actions that four stakeholder groups – researchers, research institutions and departments, publishers and editors, and funders – can take to achieve these goals.

European Commission: European Research Executive Agency, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

This report addresses researcher skills, as part of a series of three feedback to policy reports, that take stock of the progress and promising practices generated by a selection of EU-funded projects on skills, research assessment reform and the R&I activities of the Horizon 2020 ‘Science with and for Society’ (SWAFS) projects supporting the alliances. This report is the first to capture contributions of EU-funded projects on skills development since the launch of the European competence framework for researchers (ResearchComp) website in 2023. It gives an overview of the progress achieved so far, on the basis of emerging and interim activities and outputs. However, it only includes the early-stage developments; further activities, outputs and outcomes in the area are likely to develop at a fast pace in the coming years.

European Commission: Joint Research Centre, Ponti, M., Maccani, G., Portela, M., Pierri, P. et al., Unlocking Green Deal data – Innovative approaches for data governance and sharing in Europe, Maccani, G.(editor) and Thabit Gonzalez, S.(editor), Publications Office of the European Union, 2024.

Drawing upon the ambitious policy and legal framework outlined in the European Strategy for Data (2020) and the establishment of common European data spaces, this Science for Policy report explores innovative approaches for unlocking relevant data to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal. The report focuses on the governance and sharing of Green Deal data, analysing a variety of topics related to the implementation of new regulatory instruments (i.e. the Data Governance Act and the Data Act) as well as the roles of various actors in the data ecosystem.