The long-awaited new Act, which will significantly reshape the Czech research environment, was adopted on July 23, 2025, and published in the Collection of Laws on September 9, 2025, as Act No. 328/2025 Coll. It will enter into force on […]
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Webinars on Developing Research Data and Software Management Policies
When: every Monday from September 8 to September 29, 2025, starting at 14:00 (CEST) Where: online The Digital Curation Centre (DCC), in collaboration with RDA Europe, is hosting a four-week series of online workshops and sessions designed to help research […]
Read moreOP JAK – aknowledgement for publishers
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT), through the managing authority of the program, has published Open Science Policy, which beneficiaries can reference when communicating with publishers. The Open Science Policy within the OP JAK program is now also […]
Read moreThe Value of Open Science: A Case Study Analysis
Is investing in open science infrastructure worth it? This is the question addressed in Deliverable D4.4 of the European PathOS project, which assesses the costs and benefits of two established open science tools: UniProt and RCAAP. PathOS (Open Science Impact […]
Read moreWebinar: Rethinking AI Regulation
When: July 17, 2025, 15:00 CEST Where: online The European debate on AI regulation has recently focused primarily on using copyright law as a tool to restrict the training of AI models. An upcoming online webinar titled “Wrong Question, Wrong […]
Read moreDORA’s Responsible Research Assessment Guide
Across the research world, there is growing recognition that the way we evaluate research and researchers needs to change. Many current systems rely on narrow indicators – such as publication counts or journal impact factors – that don’t reflect the […]
Read moreThe Open Science Cookbook
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has published The Open Science Cookbook (edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee), a comprehensive practical guide designed to help academic libraries develop and expand open science services. […]
Read moreEvaluation of Research Organizations – Metodika 2025+ (cze)
The Research, Development and Innovation Counclil (RVVI) organized a workshop in collaboration with VŠCHT dedicated to the new methodology for evaluating research organizations. The goal of the meeting was to present changes in evaluation in the new Methodology 2025+ (Metodika […]
Read moreNew Research Act
The draft of a completely new research act (Act on Research, Development, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer – Zákon o výzkumu, vývoji, inovacích a transferu znalostí), which will replace the Act on Research and Development Support (Zákon o podpoře výzkumu a […]
Read moreCZARMA REGON: Discussion on the New Act on Research, Development, Innovation, and Knowledge Transfer
When: May 7, 2025, 9:00–11:00Where: Charles University, Blue Lecture Hall (entrance via Celetná 16) or online(Only in Czech) The Czech research landscape is about to undergo significant changes – a new Act on Research, Development, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer is […]
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