News and events

17 August 2022

New open access deal with American Institute of Physics Publishing (AIPP)

A number of Dutch universities and UMCs have entered into a Read and Publish agreement with AIP Publishing (AIPP). Corresponding...

25 July 2022

The Dutch Data Prize

Every two years, the Dutch Data Prize is awarded to an individual or a team that makes research data FAIR...

open data

01 July 2022

Dutch Open Access monitor is renewed

The national partnership of university libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands, UKB, monitors the peer-reviewed articles that appear...

monitoring

open access monitor

25 May 2022

Diamond open access fund University of Groningen

The University of Groningen has launched a diamond open access stimulus fund. The fund aims to support diamond open access...

10 May 2022

Plan S calls for authors to claim their rights

To help researchers acknowledge and assert their rights, cOAlition S is launching an online campaign "Publish with Power: Protect your...

19 April 2022

Open Science Festival 2022

On 1 September 2022, the second edition of the Netherlands National Open Science Festival will take place at the Vrije...

Open Science

25 February 2022

Open access book fund launched for RUG and UMCG authors

The University of Groningen (RUG) has introduced an open access book fund. UG- or UMCG-affiliated authors can apply for funding...

open access books

24 February 2022

1 millionth open access publication

A milestone in the Netherlands! NARCIS provides access to over 1 million scientific open access publications! This enormous number has...

NARCIS

24 February 2022

UKB consortium signs new deals for access to scientific journals and open access publishing

Early 2022, the UKB consortium renewed a number of 'read and publish' contracts with major publishers. Through these deals, the...

30 November 2021

European Commission publishes scoping report on research assessment

The European Commission published a scoping report summarizing the outcomes of extensive consultations with European and international stakeholders, that took...

open access policy

Open Science

22 November 2021

Consultation National Programme Open Science

The Dutch National Program Open Science (NPOS) has set up an online open consultation. The aim of this consultation is...

EOSC

Open Science

VSNU

28 October 2021

Practical Guide on Preprints Published

The Dutch consortium of university libraries and the National library of the Netherlands (UKB) together with the Association of Universities...

Open Science

peer review

27 October 2021

Open Access figures for 2020 published. A significant increase, but for 100% an even firmer approach is needed

Today the VSNU announced that the Dutch universities have published 73% of their academic articles Open Access in 2020. This...

27 October 2021

Official launch of Radboud University Press

The official opening of Radboud University Press will take place on 29 October at 2:00 PM, during the International Open...

open access policy

open access books

open access week

16 August 2021

Update Open Research Data and Data Managements Plans - Information for ERC grantees

The Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ECR) has made an update (version 4.0) of ' Open Research Data...

European Research Council

open data

Open Science

repository

13 August 2021

Platform Open Research Europe launched

The European Commission has launched Open Research Europe . Scientific publications that are the result of Horizon 2020 and, in...

EOSC

European Research Council

27 May 2021

Horizon Europe has been started

Horizon Europe, the new funding programme for research and innovation of the Europese Union, has been started in May 2021...

22 February 2021

A milestone! NARCIS provides access to 900,000 open access scholarly publications!

In cooperation with the repository managers of scholarly institutions and the many researchers in the Netherlands, 900,000 scholarly publications are...

09 February 2021