Open Science Evaluation
- Open Science is part of the evaluation criteria (V2.4.1) – minimum 6 points out of 10.
- Both mandatory practices (open access, data management) and optional practices (citizen science, open peer review, preregistration, etc.) are assessed.
Mandatory Practices
- Open access to scientific publications
- Management of research data according to FAIR principles, with open access following the principle “as open as possible, as closed as necessary”
- Possibility to fund a Data Steward position
Open Access to Publications
- Deposit the final publisher version or the final peer-reviewed version (postprint) in a trusted repository no later than the publication date.
- Provide immediate open access under a CC BY license (for monographs, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, or CC BY-NC-ND are also possible).
- This requirement applies even when publishing via the gold OA route (in an OA journal).
- Publication metadata must comply with OP JAK recommendations, be public, and machine-readable.
Research Data
- A Data Management Plan (DMP) must be prepared already at the grant application stage (as part of the Feasibility Study).
- The DMP must be updated after 24 months and at the final report stage.
- Data must be deposited in a trusted repository and made available under a CC BY license (or equivalent).
- Access restrictions are allowed for reasons such as rights protection, security, or privacy, but must be justified in the DMP.
Optional Practices (positively evaluated)
- Early sharing of results (preregistration, preprints)
- Sharing of other outputs (software, algorithms, models, open lab notebooks)
- Open peer review
- Engagement of additional stakeholders (citizen science)
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Creation of open educational resources (OER)