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.
What’s Next for Open Research in Ireland? Our Five Destinations
Over the course of a year, the ENGAGED project has convened over 150 participants across Collective Intelligence Workshops, online and in-person, culminating in five public destinations for open research in Ireland by 2030. This is more than a roadmap. It’s a call to...
Strengthening Open Repository Collaboration in Ireland
Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) has recently strengthened their collaboration with IReL, forming a key alliance with the National Open Access Monitor. This partnership was formalised in September when Aaron Binchy, IReL’s Open Access Monitor Officer, assumed...
A Full House at NORFest 2025: Shaping the Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland
On 7 November, Day Two of NORFest 2025, OpenAIRE, IReL, and the NORF projects (ABOARD; MOSS-I and Sonraí, whose work touch on open research practices, infrastructures, or assessment) co-hosted a hands-on, discussion-driven workshop titled 'The Next Phase of Open...
Inside the ENGAGED project session at NORFest 2025
On 7 November 2025, Day Two of the National Open Research Forum (NORFest) 2025 in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), the NORF-funded ENGAGED project hosted a community engagement workshop titled 'New Faces: The Future of Open Research and Public Engagement'....
National Open Research Festival 2025 summary
Ireland’s National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025 took place on the 6-7 November, 2025 in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), Dublin. This two-day booked-out event had over 150 guests in attendance. It shone a spotlight on global open science, cross-cutting policy...
DARIAH-IE wants to hear from Arts & Humanities researchers in Ireland
DARIAH-IE is a national infrastructure for the Arts & Humanities in Ireland. It is the Irish node of the European-wide a research infrastructure, DARIAH-EU, which aims to enhance and support digitally enabled research and teaching. As DARIAH-IE continues to...
Dr Dermot Lynott awarded Open Research & Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Dr Dermot Lynott, Maynooth University (MU), lead of the NORF-funded TROPIC (Training for Open Research in an Irish Context) project, who was recently awarded the inaugural Open Research & Scholarship Award from Maynooth University, in...
Call for Feedback: Help Shape Open Health Research Ireland
Practitioners involved in health research without a formal academic affiliation are invited to complete a short online survey which will provide information to assist with the establishment of an Open Health Research Ireland Network (OHRIN). The project aims to...
SCOIR × PATTERN: A Cross-Border Collaboration for Open Research Futures
The SCOIR (Secondary rights, Copyright, Open Access, Institutional policies, and Rights retention) is proud to announce its newest partnership with PATTERN, a project funded by the European Union, focused on advancing open research competencies across Europe. Through...
NORF welcomes landmark statement on Open Science
The UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) has adopted a landmark statement on Open Science, led by the International Science Council (ISC). The statement recognises open science as vital for advancing research, linking science with policy and society,...
The ENGAGED Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap Roadshow
The ENGAGED Roadshow is well underway, and the conversations happening across the country have been energising. Over the past number of weeks, we have had the opportunity to bring the ENGAGED Roadmap to colleagues and communities at Trinity College Dublin, South East...
Managing an Open Repository? Here’s how Open Repositories of Ireland can help
The Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) invites managers of Open Access repositories who want to improve their repository's visibility to join the OpenAIRE Adopter Assistance Programme. Adopting the OpenAIRE version 4 metadata standard is a clear step towards repository...
iFrame workshop: Building the national RDM framework
We would like to invite you to participate in the final iFrame workshop on the 25th March at the Asiera offices (formerly HEAnet) in Dublin (93/94 North Wall Quay) The iFrame project is a NORF-funded investigation into the support for research data management in Irish...
Community voices shaping the ENGAGED roadmap
The ENGAGED project continues to be shaped through genuine co creation with the communities it serves. Across our collective intelligence workshops, NGOs, policy makers, citizen scientists, community partners, and people with lived experience have actively contributed...
Launch of the Irish Reproducibility Network
As part of the NORF-funded TROPIC II project, the end of January saw the official launch of the Irish Reproducibility Network, which is a national, peer-led network rooted in collaboration that connects researchers, librarians, and research offices to strengthen...