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Call for Open Science Awards 2025

11 March 2025

Do you believe in the power of a transparent and inclusive research culture? Are you passionate about engaging society in science? Nominate a project for the Open Science Community Amsterdam Awards 2025! You can nominate yourself and others. Submit your project before 12 May.

Open Science is an international movement that makes scientific knowledge openly available, accessible and reusable for everyone. The OSCAwards celebrate the many ways of contributing to open science and a credible, transparent and inclusive research culture. Researchers, educators, support staff and students are invited to submit completed or ongoing projects.

Categories and evaluation criteria

There are eight prizes of €400,- in four different categories of Open Science. The categories are:

  • Open Access / Open Data / Open Materials / Open Software
  • Transparency / Metascience / Preregistration / Reproducibility
  • Citizen Science / Societal Impact / Community Engagement
  • Open Educational Resources / Open Educational Practices

You are eligible for the OSCAWARDS if:

  • The nominated project has been completed in 2024 or 2025 or is still ongoing. 
  • At least one of the project members is employed by (or, in case of a student submission, study at) one of the participating institutes until at least June 2025, the month of the award ceremony.
  • At least one of the project members is a member of the  Open Science Community Amsterdam. You can become an OSCA member here: https://osc-international.com/osc-amsterdam-register/.

The jury will judge entries based on their adherence to the following criteria:

  • Alignment with Open Science values
  • Potential to improve science or benefit society
  • Potential to foster diversity and inclusion
  • Sustainability

Important dates

  • Submission deadline: 12 May, 16:00
  • Award ceremony: 12 June, SPUI25, Amsterdam
Submit a project now

About OSCA

The Open Science Community Amsterdam (OSCA) is a collaborative initiative of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Vrije University (VU), the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), the Amsterdam University Medical Centre (Amsterdam UMC), and the Student Initiative for Open Science (SIOS). OSCA is part of the larger Open Science Community Network the Netherlands (OSC-NL). The goal of the Open Science Community is to create a platform for researchers and students from all institutes and faculties to interact and learn from each other about Open Science practices. Find out more about the Open Science Community Amsterdam.