News
This page includes news from NORF, its associated research projects and initiatives and the broader open research community, featuring opportunities such as calls for papers and awards, both nationally and internationally.
Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research: Advancing Open Science and Public Access to Research
Today (21 November 2022), Ireland's National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030 was launched at an event hosted by the National Open Research Forum (NORF). The National Action Plan outlines objectives and actions for the next chapter in Ireland’s transition...
Introducing Our New Logo
We are proud to announce a new NORF brand identity which includes a new logo, colours and fonts. The new identity is being rolled out in recognition of a new phase for the Forum that is focused on the implementation of open research as outlined in the National Action...
Ireland’s National Open Research Forum Awards €1.16 Million to Six Collaborative Projects to Advance Open Research
Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF) has awarded funding to six new collaborative projects to implement priority actions in Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030. By building national capacity and infrastructure for open research, these...
NORF National Action Plan and Projects’ Launch Event
Date: Monday, 21 November 2022 Time: 14:00-15:30 GMT Location: Online Register hereThe National Open Research Forum (NORF) is delighted to announce an online event on 21 November 2022 to launch Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030 and projects...
Vacancy – Director at the Digital Repository of Ireland
Applications are invited for the position of DRI Director at the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), located at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). This is a specified-purpose contract from 1 January – 31 December 2023 for a Director to cover a career break for the...
CoNOSC Welcomes NORF’s Dr Daniel Bangert to Board
The Council for National Open Science Coordination (CoNOSC) has announced two newly elected Board Members to the CoNSOC Board, including Dr Daniel Bangert, National Open Research Coordinator for Ireland. CoNOSC is a network of national Open Science coordinators in the...
National Open Research Coordinator Launches Lero’s Open Science Charter
Limerick, October 21, 2022: Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, today launched an Open Science Charter which promotes making research openly available to all. The new charter will lead to increased visibility for researchers, greater...
National Open Research Coordinator Presents at Ireland’s first EOSC National Tripartite Event
On 28 September 2022, the Department for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) hosted Ireland’s first European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) National Tripartite Event at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Pearse St, Dublin. The...
DRI is Hiring a Research Associate
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is hiring a Research Associate to join its team located at the Royal Irish Academy. This is a two-year specific purpose contract for a Research Associate to support DRI’s commitment to WorldFAIR and EOSC Future, two data-sharing...
NORF welcomes new Project Manager
Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF) is pleased to welcome Dr Michelle Doran in her new role as Project Manager for NORF, based at the Digital Repository of Ireland, RIA.
Connecting the evidence-for-policy and open research agendas
In this blog Patrice McCormack and Ian Marder of the NORF funded project, Embedding a culture of interdisciplinary open research in Ireland’s criminal justice sector through a national Researcher-Practitioner/Policymaker Partnership, report on the conference, “What next for Irish Public Policy Development?”, at ILAS Auditorium, University of Galway, 28 May 2024.
Draft model legislation for Secondary rights, Copyright, Open access, Institutional policies, and Rights retention (SCOIR)
We are delighted that the NORF-funded SCOIR project has a Draft model legislation to ensure open access to major Research Outputs produced by researchers and academics at Irish Institutions. SCOIR aims to unharness the power of open research by assessing and...
Commoning the Humanities and Social Sciences at RESSH2024
The Fourth Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities Conference (RESSH2024) took place in Galway on 23rd - 24th May 2024 as part of the NORF-funded project, Cultivating an Open Research Culture in the Humanities and Social Sciences, led by Dr Lai Ma at...
TROPIC project presented at RESSH 2024 and Sonraí Data Stewardship Conferences
Talks by Dr. Dounia Lakhzoum, at RESSH 2024 in Galway, and by Dr. Dermot Lynott, at the Sonraí Data Stewardship Conference in Cork Dr. Dounia Lakhzoum presented some of the key findings from the NORF-Funded TRaining for OPen research in an Irish Context (TROPIC)...
QSA*Net Team Participating in the 51st SAI Annual Conference
Post-doctoral researcher, Dr. Rong Bao presenting the project poster at the conference Image 2: QSA*Net SAI Conference project poster The team working on the NORF-funded project, QSA*Net, were pleased to participate in the 51st Sociological Association of Ireland...