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Dr. Michelle Doran Appointed to the UK-IE DH Association Governance Working Group
The National Open Research Forum is pleased to announce that Dr Michelle Doran has been appointed to the Governance Working Group for the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association. Dr Doran is a project manager for NORF, which is coordinated by the Digital Repository...
Advancing a Shared Direction for Research Assessment Workshop Summary
Event illustrations by Beth McComish Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF) and National Research Integrity Forum jointly hosted an in-person, half-day workshop on the first of November 2023 at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, Ireland. This event was funded...
NORF-TRaining in OPen Research in an Irish Context (TROPIC) Workshop Summary
On Friday 22 September 2023, we had the privilege of organising a full-day workshop on Open Science Practices at Maynooth University. The primary objective of the event was to foster connections, expand our open research networks, develop ideas for open research...
Vacancy: DRI Director at the Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy
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 five-year fixed-term contract. The Director has responsibility for the DRI’s direction, leadership, management and...
NORFest 2023 Registration Now Open!
Registration for Ireland’s inaugural National Open Research Festival (#NORFest2023) is now available at this link. When registering, you will be asked to indicate which part(s) you can join, as we expect spaces to be very limited. Registration ends 25 October 2023. If...
Ireland’s National Open Research Forum Announces Thirteen Collaborative Projects to Advance Open Research
Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF) is delighted to announce funding for thirteen new consortia-based projects designed to advance the implementation of the National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030 and to build national capacity and infrastructure...
MoreBrains Cooperative Awarded Contract for the Review and Analysis of the Persistent Identifier Landscape in Ireland
Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF) is pleased to announce that MoreBrains Cooperative has been awarded the contract to conduct a review and analysis of the Persistent Identifier (PID) landscape in Ireland. This contract results from an open tender run by...
Developing the National Open Access Monitor, Ireland: Stakeholder Webinar
On 22 September at 14:00, IReL and OpenAIRE will present an introductory webinar for stakeholders to outline the Monitor functionality that OpenAIRE will deliver, aspects of data & indicators quality which will impact the Monitor, and an introduction to engagement...
The NORF September Newsletter is Out Now!
With details of the National Open Research Coordinator vacancy, the National Open Research Festival 2023 preliminary programme, a webinar on the new National Open Access Monitor and much more, our September Newsletter is available here:...
NORFest2023 Preliminary Programme Out Now!
The preliminary programme for the National Open Research Festival 2023 (#NORFest2023) is now available. Programme highlights include: A keynote talk titled “Opening Science” by Chelle Gentemann, programme scientist at NASA on NASA’s Open Science programme, and...
Recent Posts
Pilot Training on the Responsible Use of Research Metrics (RURM)
The project partners are delighted to share an update on our ongoing project to develop a pilot training resource on the Responsible Use of Research Metrics (RURM) for the Irish research community. In the past few months, the project partners have completed five...
NORF welcomes new Project Manager
NORF are delighted to welcome Dr Chris Burbidge as project manager to our team based at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). In this role, Chris will support the implementation of Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030. Chris comes to NORF from iCRAG,...
Publication of NORFest 2023 Report
We are pleased to announce the publication of the NORFest2023 Report. This report arises from Ireland’s inaugural National Open Research Festival (#NORFest2023), a two-day event hosted by the National Open Research Festival (NORF) on Thursday, 2 November and Friday, 3...
CORD Partnership hosts webinar on developing research partnerships
On Thursday 2 May, the Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership hosted its second event of 2024. Funded by the National Open Research Forum (NORF) under the Open Research Fund Call 2023, CORD is bringing its partners together for three events...
A Case Study: Investing in Open Scholarly Infrastructure in Ireland Will Save Time and Money. It’ll Also Be Good for Research
This blog is re-posted from the Scholarly Kitchen and you can find it here. The post coincides with the launch of a cost-benefit analysis commissioned by the Irish National Open Research Forum (NORF) and written by MoreBrains Cooperative, that estimates the return on...