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.
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,...
Dr Michelle Doran presents Ireland’s National PID Strategy at IDW2025
Under the theme ‘Data for Positive Change: Empowering Communities and Advancing Research’, International Data Week 2025 (IDW 2025) is taking place this week, 13-16 October 2025, in Brisbane, Australia. IDW 2025 will combine the Research Data Alliance 25th Plenary...
Announcement of the 2025 NORF Open Research Fund Awards
The National Open Research Forum (NORF) is pleased to announce the funding of four open research networks under the 2025 NORF Open Research Fund: Diamond Capacity Hub Ireland Open Repositories Ireland Sonraí, Irish Data Stewardship Network TROPIC These networks were...
NORFest 2025 Registration Now Open
Ireland's National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025 will be held on 6-7 November 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. This two-day event will spotlight global open science, cross-cutting policy agendas, and emerging themes in open research and innovation....
NORFest 2025 Programme Out Now!
The programme for the National Open Research Festival 2025 (#NORFest2025), which will be held on 6-7 November 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin is now published. Programme highlights include: A keynote talk by Ms. Joy Owango, Founding Director of the Training...
ROCHE updates: Conference Highlights and Team News
The goal of A Review of Open Research in Health Ecosystems in Ireland (ROCHE) is to understand policies, practices, challenges and opportunities for open research in commercialisable research, particularly in Digital/Connected Health research and innovation in...
SCOIR Roadshow Series
As part of their national outreach under the SCOIR (Secondary rights, Copyright, Open Access, Institutional policies, and Rights retention) project, the team are thrilled to announce their Autumn Roadshow Series - a set of dynamic, in-person conversations around...
DARIAH-IE Endorses the National Action Plan for Open Research
DARIAH-IE is the Irish node of the pan-European Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH), an infrastructure supporting digitally enabled research and teaching across the Arts and Humanities. DARIAH-IE has officially endorsed Ireland’s...
NORFest 2025 Keynote Speaker Announcement: Ms. Joy Owango
We are thrilled to announce the keynote speaker for the National Open Research Festival, NORFest 2025: Ms. Joy Owango, Founding Director of the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa). NORFest 2025 will take place on 6-7 November 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy,...
New collaboration for NORF-funded Open Research networks in Ireland!
Sonraí, the Data Stewardship Network has teamed up with Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) and the Irish Reproducibility Network (IRN) to sign a Memorandum of Understanding from the 27 March 2026 that helps to strengthen Ireland’s Open Research ecosystem. Through this...
IReL to Host the National Open Research Forum (NORF)
The Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) has been appointed as the new host of the National Open Research Forum (NORF). This transition follows a formal mandate issued by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS), which...
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...