What is Open Science, why do public research funders care, and how can you as an applicant use it to get ahead of the competition? Horizon 2020 now mandates that Open Science is part of the Knowledge Transfer and Communication Strategies of each research project in order to support the Innovation Union's ambitions towards research fueled innovation and growth. The presentation introduces the concept to potential Horizon 2020 applicants. The work is funded by FP7 FOSTER (www.fosteropenscience.eu).

2. “Open science is the umbrella term of the
movement to make scientific research,
data and dissemination accessible to all
levels of an inquiring society,
amateur or professional.”

3. Research & Innovation
Two (very vocal!) Commissioners on
Open Access think so too:
• Vice-President Neelie Kroes
• Digital Agenda
Digital single market
• Commissioner
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
• Research & Innovation
European Research Area (ERA)
& Innovation Union

4. Bryn Nelson, Nature 10 Sept 2009

6. … and the rest ?

7. Why Open Science ?

8. Excellent
science
Industrial
leadership
Societal
challenges
1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing
2. Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and
maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy
3. Secure, clean and efficient energy
4. Smart, green and integrated transport
5. Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
6. Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
7. Secure societies
EGI
Community
Cross-cuts all
SocChallenges

9. Grant Agreement Article 29.I - VI
Source:
http://ec.europa.eu/research
/participants/data/ref/h2020
/grants_manual/amga/h202
0-amga_en.pdf

10. What is “Article 29.I – VI” all about?
Source: www.wordle.net

11. Complying with Horizon 2020
while getting funded ?
1. Excellence:
Objectives
Relevance to WorkProgram
Concept & Approach
Ambition min 3/5 POINTS
2. Impact:
Expected impact to WorkProgram
Maximise Impact (Open Access & Open Data)
min 3/5 POINTS
3. Implementation:
Workplan & Management
Consortium & Resources min 3/5 POINTS

12. Complying with Horizon 2020
while getting funded ?
• 2. IMPACT (min 3/5 points):
2.1 Expected impact to WorkProgram
- expected impacts set out in the work programme
- delivering innovations to the markets
- socially important impacts
2.2 Maximise Impact (Open Access & Open Data)
- plan for results dissemination and exploitation
- research data management for verification & re-use
- knowledge strategy management & Open Access
… for public and societal engagement!

13. Is there any evidence that Open Science
leads to economic benefits?
Source: Houghton, J., Swan, A. & Brown, S. Access to
research and technical information in Denmark.
(2011) http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/272603
19% of the processes
developed would have been
delayed or abandoned
without access to research
a 2.2 years delay would
cost around EUR 5 million
per firm in lost sales

14. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0021101
IDEA &
PROPOSAL
TESTS
DATA
MODEL
CODE
ARTICLES
Open
Notebook
Science
DOI
OpenAIRE
DOI
GitHub
DOI

15. FUNDERS: National & EC
Academic Staff
Today`s
Graduate
Student
Scientist of
Tomorrow
Project Managers
INSTITUTIONS
Knowledge
Managers

17. FP7 FOSTER (Science in Society)
Duaration: 2014-2015 (24 months)
Eloy Rodrigues, Un. Minho
FOSTER Coordinator
eloy@sdum.uminho.pt
Petr Knoth, Open University
Research Associate
WP3 Leader
e-Learning Platform
Iryna Kuchma, eIFL
WP4 Leader
Training
iryna.kuchma@eifl.net
Ivo Grigorov, DTU Aqua
FP7 Project Manager,
WP2 Lead Content & Validation
ivgr@aqua.dtu.dk
Birgit Schmidt, Un. Goettingen
FP7 OpenAIRE Project Officer &
WP5 Leader
Networking
bschmidt@sub.uni-goettingen.de
Jose Carvalho, Un. Minho
FOSTER Project Manager
jcarvalho@sdum.uminho.pt